Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3335 Films to Buy & Rent
Soul Kitchen (2009)
- Dir. Fatih Akin
Feat. Adam Bousdoukos, Pheline Roggan, Moritz Bleibtreu…
- Light but hearty food comedy from the dir. of THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, about a soulful Greek immigrant who sets about relaunching his failed restaurant…
Storm (2009)
- Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid
Feat. Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane
- Accomplished international courtroom drama sees a determined prosecutor (Fox) risk life and limb in order to prove that the former commander of the…
Storm Warriors, The (Storm Riders II) (2009)
- Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam
- The Pang brothers helm this flamboyant, effects–heavy sequel to the OTT Hong Kong hit, delivering a mixture of wushu and wizardry with…
Ten Winters (2009)
- Dir. Valerio Mieli
Feat. Isabella Ragonese, Michele Riondino
- Engaging portrait of a decidedly rocky relationship spanning ten years between two university students is well–made and unassuming, and free of…
Thin Match Man, The (L'uomo fiammifero) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Chiarini
Feat. Francesco Pannofino, Marco Leonzi, Gabriele Manfredi
- Modern fairy–tale about a house–bound boy determined to find the thin–match man, a figure his mother once created who lights the…
Thirst (Bakjwi) (2009)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Kim Ok-bin, Ha-kyun Shin
- A voracious vampire movie not afraid to explore the corrupting and liberating power of being undead, starring THE HOST’s burly Song Kang–ho…
Tracing Shadow (Zhui ying) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Mak, Francis Ng
Feat. Jaycee Chan, Hao Dang, Francis Ng
- This batty Ming Dynasty comedy is a worthy throwback to Hong Kong’s campy martial arts movies of the early 90s, with an extravagant blend of…
Treasure Hunter, The (2009)
- Dir. Yen-ping Chu
Feat. Jay Chou, Chiling Lin, Eric Tsang…
- Madcap fusion of Indiana Jones and martial arts mayhem, with Mandarin popstar Jay Chou leading the charge as a protector of relics on the hunt for a…
Turning Point (2009)
- Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Michael Tse, Anthony Wong, Francis Ng…
- A triad gangster wrestles with conflicting loyalties after being selected by his boss to become a mole within the police force, then being recruited…
Un Village Francais (TV Series) (2009-2017)
- Feat. Robin Renucci, Audrey Fleurot
- Confronting the difficult subject of French collaboration with the Germans during WW2, this series details the lives of the people of a fictional…