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Highlighting foreign, independent, and cult cinema.
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American Translation (2011)

American Translation (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr Starring: Lizzie Brocheré, Pierre Perrier Language: French, English Duration: 114 min. Rating: 6.4 Summary: From the m...

1 h ago

Random Musings - May 2012

Random Musings of the Month Well, this month was all about Cannes, and though I had tons of fun covering it from afar, its not so easy syncing your schedule with an event happening nine timezones awa...

1 day ago

2012 Cannes Film Festival: Award Winners

It has been another fun twelve days, but the 65th Cannes Film Festival comes to a close today. All thats left is for the winners to be announced, and of course the dreadfully long wait for me to get ...

4 days ago 1 person likes this

The End of August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)

The End of August at the Hotel Ozone • Konec srpna v Hotelu Ozon (1967) Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama Director: Jan Schmidt Starring: Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek, Beta Ponicanová, Vanda Kalinová Language: ...

23 may 12

2012 Cannes Film Festival: Second Half Report

Were already at the midway point of the 65th Festival de Cannes. There have been rainstorms and bad weather messing with the proceedings, but there have also been some very strong films shown. Curren...

22 may 12

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai • Ichimei • 一命 (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Takashi Miike Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Eita, Ebizô Ichikawa, Hikari Mitsushima Language: Japanese Duration: 126 min. Rating: ...

21 may 12

2012 Cannes Report: Days 1-6

The 65th Festival de Cannes opens today and all the big names and faces are set to gather at the Croisette for the Opening Ceremony, hosted this year by Bérénice Bejo, star of last years surprise of ...

16 may 12

Happy End (1967)

Happy End (1967) Genre: Comedy Director: Oldrich Lipský Starring: Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám Language: Czech Duration: 71 min. Rating: 7.5 Summary: The bold and experimenta...

15 may 12

Nobody Will Laugh (1966)

Nobody Will Laugh • Nikdo se nebude smát (1966) Genre: Drama / Comedy Director: Hynek Bocan Starring: Jan Kacer, Stepánka Rehákova, Josef Chvalina Language: Czech, English Duration: 94 min. Rating: 7...

14 may 12

Marty (1955)

Marty (1955) Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Delbert Mann Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair Language: English Duration: 89 min. Rating: 7.4 Summary: A touching story about two lonely people who ...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Chicken with Plums (2011)

Chicken with Plums • Poulet aux prunes (2011) Genre: Drama, Comedy Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Eric Caravaca, Chiar...

10 may 12

Fugue on the Black Keys (1965)

Fugue on the Black Keys • Fuga na cerných klávesách (1965) Genre: Drama, Short Director: Drahomíra Vihanová Starring: Julian Diaz, George Stivín, Franz Rauch Language: Czech, English Duration: 34 min...

09 may 12

Lemonade Joe (1964)

Lemonade Joe • Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) Genre: Western, Comedy, Musical Director: Oldrich Lipský Starring: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová, Olga Schoberová Langu...

08 may 12

The Salesman (2011)

The Salesman • Le vendeur (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Sébastien Pilote Starring: Gilbert Sicotte, Jean-François Boudreau, Nathalie Cavezzali Language: French Duration: 107 min. Rating: 8.1 Summary:...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

Nuit #1 (2011)

Nuit #1 (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Anne Émond Starring: Catherine de Léan, Dimitri Storoge Language: French Duration: 91 min. Rating: 7.0   Summary: Clara and Nikolai meet at a rave. They ret...

04 may 12

Little Deaths (2011)

Little Deaths (2011) Genre: Horror Anthology Director: Sean Hogan, Andrew Parkinson, Simon Rumley Starring: Luke de Lacey, Holly Lucas, Kate Braithwaite, Jodie Jameson Language: English Duration: 94 ...

03 may 12

Breathing (2011)

Breathing • Atmen (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Karl Markovics Starring: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Gerhard Liebmann, Georg Friedrich Language: German Duration: 90 min. Rating: 6.9   Summar...

02 may 12

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro • Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Robert Guédiguian Starring: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan Language: French Duration: 107 m...

01 may 12

Random Musings - April 2012

Random Musings of the Month Wow, another month that went by quickly. Lots of cool stuff in the world of film happened in April. The Hong Kong Film Awards, the Tribeca Film Fest, the first Sundance UK...

30 apr 12

2012 Tribeca Film Festival: Award Winners

The 11th Annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), announced the award winners of its competition categories yesterday (April 26, 2012) at an awards ceremony held at the Conrad New York Hotel in Downtown M...

27 apr 12

The Divide (2011)

The Divide (2011) Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Director: Xavier Gens Starring: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance Language: English Duration: 112 min. Rating: 6.4   Summar...

26 apr 12

Declaration of War (2011)

Declaration of War • La guerre est déclarée (2011) Genre: Drama Director: Valérie Donzelli Starring: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm Language: French Duration: 100 min. Rating: 7.7   Summary: A...

25 apr 12

Martyrs of Love (1967)

Martyrs of Love • Mucedníci lásky (1967) Genre: Fantasy Drama Director: Jan Nemec Starring: Lindsay Anderson, Jitka Cerhová, Hana Kuberová, Josef Konícek Language: Czech Duration: 71 min. Rating: 6.8...

24 apr 12

The Palme dOr

The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the coveted top prize presented to the director of the best feature film in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the Festival de Cannes was first held in 1...

23 apr 12

2012 Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard

First introduced in 1978 by festival president Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival runs parallel to the main competition and provides an opportunity for a wider ra...

20 apr 12

2012 Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection

The official selections for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival were announced on April 19 by the festivals Artistic Director, Thierry Frémaux. A total of 54 features representing 26 countries were chosen ...

19 apr 12 1 person likes this

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate • Long men fei jia • 龍門飛甲 (2011) Genre: Wuxia Director: Tsui Hark Starring: Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Kwai Lun-mei, Louis Fan, Mavis Fan Language: Mandarin D...

18 apr 12

31st Hong Kong Film Awards (2012) Results

The 31st annual Hong Kong Film Awards were presented on Sunday April 15th at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. 64 year old director Ann Huis touching drama, A Simple Life, unsurprisingly swept five of t...

17 apr 12

Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Marketa Lazarová (1967) Genre: Drama Director: Frantisek Vlácil Starring: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Jaroslav Moucka, Frantisek Velecký Language: Czech, German Duration: 162 min. Rating: 9.0  ...

16 apr 12

Alois Nebel (2011)

Alois Nebel (2011) Genre: Animated Drama Director: Tomás Lunák Starring: Miroslav Krobot, Marie Ludvíková, Leos Noha, Karel Roden Language: Czech Duration: 84 min. Rating: 7.8   Summary: A lonel...

13 apr 12

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