Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3335 Films to Buy & Rent
I, Don Giovanni (2009)
- Dir. Carlos Saura
Feat. Lorenzo Balducci, Lino Guanciale, Emilia Verginelli…
- Veteran Spanish director Carlos Saura conducts this lavish, darkly–tinged story behind the making of Mozart's opera masterpiece, 'Don Giovanni'.
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2009 (2009)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 11 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2009' spread over 6 discs.
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Ju-On: White Ghost / Jun-On: Black Ghost (2009)
- Dir. Ryuta Miyake
Feat. Hiroki Suzuki, Natsuki Kasa, Ichirota Miyakawa
- Two inclusions to the Japanese supernatural horror JU–ON series, released simultaneously. Both are a series of chronologically inconsistent…
Kamui (2009)
- Dir. Yoichi Sai
Feat. Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki
- High adventure and spectacular fight sequences energize this otherwise inadequate period piece about fugitive ninjas in Japan.
Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009)
- Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling
- Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
Kung Fu Chefs (Gong fu chu shen) (2009)
- Dir. Wing Kin Yip
Feat. Sammo Hung, Vanness Wu, Cherrie Ying
- This gastronomic spin on the martial arts movie lacks the invention or absurdist comedy of GOD OF COOKERY, however still delivers plenty of chopsocky…
Leaving (Partir) (2009)
- Dir. Catherine Corsini
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Yvan Attal
- Doctor's wife and mother–of–two Kristin Scott Thomas falls unrelentingly for a blue–collar ex–con in this steamy, captivating…
Lebanon (2009)
- Dir. Samuel Maoz
Feat. Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen…
- Intense, multi–faceted battle thriller set during the height of the Israeli–Lebanon conflict in 1982 in which four young soldiers sent by…
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
- Dir. Klaus Haro
Feat. Kaarina Hazard, Jukka Keinonen, Heikki Nousiainen…
- Gently engrossing character study with a pardoned convict finding employment helping a blind pastor answer letters from his troubled parishioners.
Life Coach, The (Le Coach) (2009)
- Dir. Olivier Doran
Feat. Jean-Paul Rouve, Richard Berry, Annie Marivin…
- Affable comedy with a business coach, up to his eyeballs in debt, taking on a most difficult assignment help an irredeemable miquetoast close an…