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Message, TheMessage, The (2009)
Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang
Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…
MicmacsMicmacs (2009) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle
The dir. of AMELIE and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN stays true to form(ula) with his visual chutzpah lavished upon another idealised scenario that this time…
Milk of Sorrow, TheMilk of Sorrow, The (La Teta Asustada) (2009)
Dir. Claudia Llosa
Feat. Magaly Solier, Susi Sanchez, Efrain Solis
Beguiling allegorical drama with a young woman afflicted with a rare disease passed down through the breast milk of a rape victim.
MotherMother (2009)
Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Ku Jin
Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…
MulanMulan (2009)
Dir. Jingle Ma, Wei Dong
Feat. Zhao Wei, Jaycee Chan
The legend of Mulan (previously tackled by Disney) is given the big screen treatment in this sweeping historical costume epic, a current specialty of…
MurdererMurderer (2009)
Dir. Roy Chow
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ning Chang, Tam Chun Yat
Serial killer convention receives an enjoyable, shameless workout with this Hong Kong policier, centred on a police investigator framed for a series…
My Tehran for SaleMy Tehran for Sale (2009)
Dir. Granaz Moussavi
Feat. Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express…
No One Knows About Persian CatsNo One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
Dir. Bahman Ghobadi
Feat. Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad
Unprecedented pseudo–documentary exploring Iran’s forbidden underground music scene, starring Tehranian rockers Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan…
Ong-Bak 3Ong-Bak 3 (2009)
Dir. Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Tony Jaa
Cliffhanger ending to the ONG–BAK legend sees Thai martial arts phenom Tony Jaa return to battle his arch nemesis (from Part II’s prequel…
OSS 117: Lost in RioOSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009) Recommended
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…

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