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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 159 min.
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Plot: Twelve men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murder. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Valentin Gaft. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Trial ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min. B&W
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Plot: A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
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Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier , Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay. Directed by François Truffaut.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: The manager of an orphanage in India travels to Denmark to meet with a potential benefactor. In Danish, Swedish and Hindi, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup, Frederik Gullits Ernst, Kristian Gullits Ernst, Ida Dwinger. Directed by Susanne Bier.
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Categories: Family ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A band of Spanish conquistadors go up the Amazon in search of gold. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling. Directed by Werner Herzog.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Biography ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 123 min.
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Plot: A year in the life of a small Italian coastal town during the Fascist period of the 1930s. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noel, Ciccio Ingrassia. Directed by Federico Fellini.
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Categories: Politics ∙ Foreign ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 122 min.
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Plot: A naive Parisian girl with her own sense of justice decides to help those around her, discovering love in the process. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Comedy ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 154 min.
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Plot: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with life. In Spanish and French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A touching tale of a loving couple whose unbreakable bonds of marriage are tested by life's greatest challenge. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, William Shimell. Directed by Michael Haneke.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A new father vows to turn over a new leaf, and he and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
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Cast: Paul Brannigan, John Hershaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, Roger Allam, Siobhan Reilly, Charlie MacLean.. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Business ∙ Corporations ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
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Cast: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans. Directed by Marleen Gorris.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Comedy ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: Film follows the lives of young Danish soldiers situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions. In Danish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Live footage with soldiers portraying themselves.. Directed by Janus Metz .
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ali Suliman, Uri Gavriel, Karim Saleh, Ofri Fuchs, Reymond Amsalem, Abdallah El Akal, Nathalie Rozanes. Directed by Ziad Doueiri.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ National Security ∙ International |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: Camaraderie between two boys in Nazi-occupied France is threatened when a secret is revealed. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejto, Francine Racette, Philippe Morier-Genoud. Directed by Louis Malle.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 150 min.
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Plot: A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction, during the 1960's and 70's. In German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Martin Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg. Directed by Uli Edel.
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Categories: National Security ∙ Biography ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital. German with English subtitles
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Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler, Deniz Petzold, Susanna Bormann, Kristen Block, Rosa Enskat, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Peer-Uwe Teska, Elisabeth Lehmann, Mark Waschke, Peter Benedict, Thomas Neumann. Directed by Christian Petzold.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Medical ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 121 min. B&W
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Plot: A film commissioned by the Algerian government chronicling the Algerian revolution, 1954-62, from both sides. In Arabic, French, and Italian, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
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Categories: History ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Bīto Takeshi, Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Action ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 89 min. B&W
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Plot: Lamberto Maggioran, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
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Cast: A man and his son set out to find their stolen bicycle. In Italian with English subtitles.. Directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: A man on the wrong side of the law struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Hanaa Bouchaib, Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Eduard Fernández. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min. B&W
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Plot: A twist on the Snow White fairy tale filmed as a 1920s silent picture, set in Spain and featuring a female bullfighter.
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Cast: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Pere Ponce, Macarena García, Sofía Oria, Josep Maria Pou, Inma Cuesta, Ramón Barea, Emilio Gavira, Sergio Dorado. Directed by Pablo Berger.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Gender ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 75 min.
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Plot: A search for a lost family, on both sides of a conflict, reveals a story that could only be told in the war-torn Middle East. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Voice of Hiam Abbass. Directed by Noa Ben Hagai.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ War |
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Rated: NC-17 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 179 min.
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Plot: Adele's life is changed when she meets a young woman who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Mona Walravens. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Gender |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father. In Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Voices of Vinicious Garcia, Lu Horta, Marco Aurelio Campos. Directed by Ale Abreu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Animation ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 159 min.
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Plot: A wife, who prayed for her oilman husband to return, feels guilty when he returns paralyzed.
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Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier. Directed by Lars von Trier.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 90 min. B&W
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Plot: A small-time hood is betrayed by his girlfriend leading to a deadly conclusion. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: When an unlikely couple's daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial. In Flemish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg. Directed by Felix van Groeningen.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Musical ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Depicts the hijacking of a Rio de Janeiro bus in 2000. In Portuguese with English Subtitles.
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Cast: Newsreel footage with characters portraying themselves. Directed by Jose Padilla & Felipe Lacerda.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 76 min.
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Plot: Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." In Italian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca. Directed by Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviano.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: A newly appointed CEO of a giant European investment bank works to hold on to his power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy out his company.
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Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne, Liya Kebede, Celine Sallette. Directed by Costa-Gavras.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Banking |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A young Cuban piano player and a beautiful singer chase their dreams from Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood, and Las Vegas in 1948. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña, Mario Guerra, Jon Adams, Renny Arozarena, Blanca Rosa Blanco. Directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, and Fernando Trueba.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Foreign ∙ Musical |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 151 min.
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Plot: A troubled family is forced to come together when the matriarch becomes ill. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Paul Roussillon, Anne Consigny, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil Poupaud. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Health |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. In Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Johnathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge. Directed by Fernando Meirelles.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Poverty |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 113 min. Color/B&W
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Plot: Depicts the infamous reign of terror conducted by the occupying Japanese army in the Chinese capitol of Nanking in 1937, based on recorded witness testimony from survivors. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi. Directed by Chuan Lu.
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Categories: War ∙ Foreign ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: A scientist in a surreal society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they will slow his aging process. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon. Directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Children ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Two 18-year-old girls are assigned to work together during their compulsory military service and an unlikely friendship forms. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Cast: Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Irit Suki, Dani Geva. Directed by Dalia Hager and Vidi Bilu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Women ∙ Military |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 84 min.
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Plot: A man is about to be fired, but the spreading rumor about his homosexuality changes it all, as his company doesn't want to be sued for sexual discrimination. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermiette. Directed by Frances Veber.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Discrimination ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Government ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 77 min. B&W
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Plot: A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier where customers recognize the man from the police description as a murderer. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Rene Lefevre, Florelle, Jules Berry. Directed by Jean Renoir.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: Inside the walls of the Forbidden City the royal family is divided against itself.
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Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou. Directed by Zhang Yimou.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A young violinist moves to Moscow to continue his education and eventually achieves fame but he has to hide his past because if the truth is revealed he must choose between his father and his fame. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Yegor Beroev, Andrey Rozendent, Ksenja Lavrova-Glinka, Olga Kras'ko. Directed by Vladimir Mashkov.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Religion ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 156 min.
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Plot: The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich. Primarily in English (partly dubbed) with some German.
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Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger. Directed by Luchino Visconti.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 155 min.
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Plot: A dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis. In Romanian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu. Directed by Cristi Puiu.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Health ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Israeli secret agents catch "The Surgeon of Birkenau" - a Nazi monster who was never brought to trial. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Gila Almagor, Neta Garty, Yehezkel Lazarov, Alexander Peleg. Directed by Assaf Bernstein.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ War ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 174 min. B&W
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Plot: A journalist ventures into the decadent society of modern Rome and finds that his values are being destroyed, leaving him totally disillusioned. In Italian and English, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marcello Mastroianno, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux. Directed by Federico Fellini.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Media ∙ Privacy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 156 min.
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Plot: Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes. Directed by Oliver Hirshbiegel.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 108 min. B&W
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Plot: Two Yiddish families are caught in a tragic labyrinth of spiritual possession. In Yiddish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Abraham Morewski, Ajzuk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana, Dina Halpern. Directed by Michal Waszynski.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Religion |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 87 min.
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Plot: A young girl trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her family to become an eagle huntress.
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Cast: Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Daisy Ridley, Rys Nurgaiv. Directed by Otto Bell.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang. Directed by Ang Lee.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaussner. Directed by Hans Weingartner.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: VHS 120 min.
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Plot: Based on a true story, a nineteenth-century intellectual embarks on a life of crime designed to lead to his execution. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Marie-Armelle Deguy. Directed by Francis Girod.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Foreign ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: An Amazonian shaman and two scientists work together to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar. Directed by Ciro Guerra.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: A Jewish boy tries to hide his identity by joining the Hitler Youth. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Rene Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski. Directed by Agnleszka Holland.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ History ∙ War |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jean-Paul Beaujon, Amaury Bussy, Yves Boulen. Directed by JR and Agnes Varda.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Art ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A new dad discovers he has more in common with his attorney father than he thought. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman, Julieta Díaz, Adriana Aizemberg. Directed by Daniel Burman.
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Categories: Family ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 188 min.
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Plot: A feature-length documentary of two young Swedish children experiencing the comedies and tragedies of their family. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Jan Malmsjö. Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray 104 min.
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Plot: A transgender woman's life is turned upside-down by the death of her older boyfriend. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim . Directed by Sebastián Lelio.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Gender |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: A provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Libero de Rienzo, Laura Betti. Directed by Catherine Breillat.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Children |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 140 min.
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Plot: A 14-year-old's life is torn apart during World War II when he is sent to a concentration camp. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marcell Nagy, Aron Dimeny, Andras M. Kecskes, Jozsef Gyabronka, Endre Harkanyi, Daniel Craig. Directed by Lajos Koltai.
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Categories: War ∙ Foreign ∙ Discrimination |
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Rated: Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 79 min.
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Plot: A single mother works odd hours as a cleaning woman in order to support her two daughters. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Soria Zeroual, Zita Hanrot, Kenza Noah Aiche. Directed by Phillipe Faucon.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A young Hasidic Jewish woman is pressured into an arranged marriage to an older widower. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Cast: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chayim Sharir. Directed by Rama Burshtein.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Religion |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: The relationship between rival father and son Talmudic scholars is strained when the elder is finally recognized for his life's work. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Lior Ashkenaz, Yuval Scharf, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Nevo Kimchi, Alma Zack, Edna Blilious, Aliza Rosen. Directed by Joseph Cedar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Religion ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge. In Swedish with French and English.
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Cast: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren. Directed by Ruben Ostlund.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian earns his living as a black marketeer. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Christopher Buchholz, Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmoud Shalaby. Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Organized Crime ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made. In Persian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sheila Vand, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Arash Marandi. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour .
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Horror |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. Swedish or dubbed English dialogue; optional English subtitles.
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Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Annika Hallin, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Jacob Ericksson. Directed by Daniel Alfredson.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Foreign ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 152 min.
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Plot: A man convinced his niece was murdered believes the killer is a member of his own family. In Swedish and English, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Media ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A divorced woman with grown children spends her nights at social dance clubs for singles. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora, Luz Jiménez, Alejandro Goic, Liliana García . Directed by Sebastián Lelio.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Women ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 121 min.
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Plot: A young man tries to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma by keeping her in the dark about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of East Germany as she knew it. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas. Directed by Wolfgang Becker.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Government ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A chronicle of the romance between two adolescence which picks up after an 8-year absence. In French with English sub-titles.
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Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Children |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 142 min.
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Plot: Takes a look past the nightclubs and parties of Rome to find a timeless landscape of absurd and exquisite beauty. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Carlo Verdone, Toni Servillo, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Media |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. In Danish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jakob Cedergven, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi. Directed by Gustav Moeller.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 144 min.
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Plot: A woman hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress is secretly involved in a plot to defraud her. In Korean with English subtitles.
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Cast: Min-hee Kim, Jund-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo. Directed by Chan-wook Park.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Explores one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Felix Moeller.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ Biography |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 96 min. B&W
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Plot: Follows three young men in a French ghetto over a span of 24 hours. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Racism |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: Rebellious youth in 1955 Moscow wage a cultural battle against Soviet conformity. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Eugenia Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveyev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin, Olga Smirnova, Yanina Buiko. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Free Speech ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A man travels around Paris to a series of nine appointments, transforming into new characters at each stop. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Élise Lhomeau. Directed by Leos Carax.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Automobile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people.
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Cast: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko. Directed by Bong Joon-Ho.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Foreign ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. In Danish and French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe, Alexandra Rapaport. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
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Categories: Custody ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 119 min.
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Plot: The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. In Danish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, William Jøhnk, Juel Nielsen, Markus Rygaard. Directed by Susanne Bier.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 98 min.
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Plot: Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Tony Leung Chu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Sui. Directed by Kar-Wai Wong.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: When an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention. In Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh. Directed by Ziad Doueiri.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet. Directed by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Biography ∙ Health |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. In Chinese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Fan Siu-Wong, Lynn Hung, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi. Directed by Wilson Yip.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Biography ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: A journey into the customs and beliefs of Mayans living on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon, Manuel Antun. Directed by Jayro Bustamante.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Documentary ∙ Land Use |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 78 min.
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Plot: Three very different women living in Tel Aviv lives intersect and weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller. Directed by Etgar Keret.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 105 min. B&W
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Plot: Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino. Directed by François Truffaut.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people by the Soviet secret police 1940. In Polish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ History ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss. In Cantonese, subtitled in English.
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Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh. Directed by John Woo.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: An army private has been sent on a mission to detonate a bomb in a French village, only to find that the inhabitants have been replaced by escapees from the local asylum.
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Cast: Alan Bates, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy. Directed by Philippe De Broca.
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Categories: War ∙ Foreign ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: Two former lovers find their lives once again inexplicably linked. In French with English Subtitles.
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Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve, Maurice Garrel, Nathalie Boutefeu, Jean-Paul Roussillon. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Ségard, Fabrizio Rongione. Directed by Zsoh Bacs.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Mental Health ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Andre Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Friederlike Becht. Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A graduate student must choose between family and tradition, or the love of his life. In Georgian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Lili Koshashvili. Directed by Dover Koshashvili.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Religion |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 187 min.
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Plot: A noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa. Directed by Luchino Visconti.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A true-life drama about a simple-minded British teenager who befriends a group of gangsters, becomes implicated in the murder of a policeman, and ends up on death row.
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Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell, Eileen Atkins, Clare Holman, Michael Elphick, Mark McGann, Tom Courtney. Directed by Peter Medak.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Death Penalty |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A bullied boy finds love and revenge through a beautiful, peculiar girl. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl. Directed by Thomas Alfredson.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Horror ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 140 min.
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Plot: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyishi Ihara. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: International ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 140 min.
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Plot: A man faces misfortune as he fights a corrupt mayor to keep his home from being demolished. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Alekseĭ Serebri͡akov, Elena Li͡adova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madi͡anov, Valeriĭ Grishko. Directed by Andrey Azyagintsev.
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Categories: Domestic Relations ∙ Foreign ∙ Property |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
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Cast: Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, Harriet Manamela. Directed by Oliver Schmitz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
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Cast: Michael Parks, Maya Sansa, Andrea Tidona, James Parks. Directed by Giacomo Martelli.
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Categories: National Security ∙ Foreign ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: A wiretapping expert with the East German Secret Police becomes disillusioned with his career when his latest assignment, a playwright, challenges his beliefs. In German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup. Directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Privacy ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: Four London working-class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game.
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Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: Five abandoned German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs. Directed by Cate Shortland.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ War ∙ Children |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A university drop out spends his time trying to move to Europe. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: David Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elia, Sergio Boris. Directed by Daniel Burman.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Comedy ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: A look at modern-day life in China's capital involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Fan Bingbing, Tong Da Wei, Elaine Jin. Directed by Li Yu.
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Categories: Gender ∙ Foreign ∙ Custody |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: As adults, two friends continue the odd game they started as children: a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard. Directed by Yanin Samuell.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Comedy ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NC-17 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 159 min.
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Plot: A young actress becomes entwined in a plot to assassinate an important political official. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Leehom. Directed by Ang Lee.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 99 min. B&W
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Plot: A child murderer is chased through the city by both the police and the underworld. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Peter Lorre, Gustav Grundgens. Directed by Fritz Lang.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Jurisprudence ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A young Colombian girl enters the ruthless world of drug trafficking to escape her country for the United States. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Jhon Alexander Toro. Directed by Joshua Marston.
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Categories: Immigration ∙ Poverty ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: A veteran assassin is starting to develop Alzheimer's as he refuses to kill a 12-year old. In Dutch with English subtitles.
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Cast: Koen Du Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir. Directed by Erik Van Looy.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: The first of two parts charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine, the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and the Man of a Thousand Faces. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Cecile De France, Vincent Cassel, Gerard Depardieu. Directed by Jean-Francois Richet.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Action ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: The second part of the Mesrine saga, Jacques' life comes once and for all to a full bloody circle. French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Lanvin. Directed by Jean-Francois Richet.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Action ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Clay figures, archival footage, and narration recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
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Cast: Animation and archival footage. Directed by Rithy Panh.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: Ernesto "Che" Guevara circumnavigates South America on a thrilling and dangerous road trip.
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Cast: Gael García Bernal, Mía Maestro, Rodrigo de la Serna. Directed by Walter Salles.
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Categories: History ∙ Discrimination ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. In Turkish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Günes Nezihe Șensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğușlu, Elit Ișcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu. Directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 70 min.
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Plot: After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
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Cast: Vocies of Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud. Directed by Claude Barras.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Comedy ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.
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Cast: Sara Forestier, Jacques Gamblin, Zinedine Soualem. Directed by Michel Leclerc.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Politics ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 117 min.
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Plot: A warrior and pacifist princess struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Japanese and English soundtrack.
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Cast: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, English voices: Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman, Edward James Olmos. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 32 min. B&W
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Plot: Takes you inside the dehumanization world of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Narration by Michel Bouquet. Directed by Alain Resnais.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ History |
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No (2012)
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle. Directed by Pablo Larrain.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ History ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 140 min.
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Plot: Mayan peasants organize in an effort to improve their lives. In Spanish, Maya, and English, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Alicia del Lago. Directed by Gregory Nava.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Foreign ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Gaspar Galaz, Vicky Saavedra. Directed by Patricio Guzman.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jacques Herlin, Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Loic Pichon, Xavier Maly. Directed by Xavier Beauvois.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ History ∙ Religion |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: A group of Iranian girls who attempts to enter Tehran's Azadi Stadium dressed as boys in order to watch a big football match. In Farsi with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, M. Kheyrabadi, Ida Sadeghi, Golnaz Farmani. Directed by Jafar Panahi.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Gender ∙ Sports |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Daesu is released and sets out to find his abductors. In Korean with English subtitles or English dubbed track.
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Cast: Minsik Choi, Ji Tae Yu, Hyejung Gang. Directed by Chan-Wook Park.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: A Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt. In Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Waleed F. Zuaiter, Samer Bisharat. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 157 min.
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Plot: A police commissioner, a prosecuter, a doctor, and a murder suspect search for a corpse. In Turkish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Firat Tanis. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 83 min.
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Plot: Under the brutal Taliban regime in Afganistan, a desperate mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar. Directed by Siddiq Barmak.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Women ∙ Biography |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A recovering drug addict takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo. in Norwegian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Øystein Røger, Tone Beate Mostraum, Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal, Johanne Kjellevik Ledang, Petter Width Kristiansen, Renate Reinsve, Anders Borchgrevink. Directed by Joachim Trier.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Sentencing |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. In Finnish and Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Ville Virtanen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Eronen. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
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Categories: Immigration ∙ International ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A couple gives over the control of their family by living with the husband's rich adoptive father and underneath it all the wife is suffocating. In French and Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Emilie Dequenne, Stephane Bissot. Directed by Joachim Lafosse.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: Three brothers fight for Algeria's independence from France after World War II.
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Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Chafia Boudraa, Bernard Blancan. Directed by David Bouchareb.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 132 min.
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Plot: An unambitious family ingratiates themselves into the lives of a wealthy family.
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Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Sun Kyun, Cho Yeo Jeong, Choi Woo Shik, Park So Dam, Lee Jung Eun, Chang Hyae Jin. Directed by Bong Joon Ho.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Employment ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Fanny Ardant, Leila Bekhti, Melchior Beslon, Juliette Binoche. Directed by Oliver Assayas.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Racism |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland; which leads to the wife's request for a divorce. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
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Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox. Directed by Roman Polanski.
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Categories: Human Rights ∙ History ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother. In Korean with English Subtitles
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Cast: Min-Soo Jo, Eunjin Kang, Jae-rok Kim, Jeong-Jin Lee, Ki-Hong Woo. Directed by Ki-duk-Kim.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Creditors |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 84 min.
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Plot: Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief.
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Cast: Elena Anaya, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem. Directed by Fred Cavaye.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Action ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A successful bankrobber manages to hide the money before being caught, however, it is not just the police that are looking for the money. In French with English subtitles or dubbed English.
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Cast: Albert Dupontel, Alice Taglioni, Stéphane Debac, Sergi López. Directed by Eric Valette.
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Categories: Action ∙ Foreign ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 134 min.
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Plot: A young warrior finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest and a mining colony.
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Cast: Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Foreign ∙ Environmental |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: In an attempt to move on with her life, a woman leaves the home she was granted in her divorce in the hands of her adult twin sons. This ignites deep seeded resentment and rivalry between the two. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jeremie Renier, Yannick Renier. Directed by Joachim Lafosse.
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Categories: Family ∙ Property ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 155 min.
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Plot: A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
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Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi. Directed by Jacquest Audiard.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Racism |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: A Czechoslovakian journalist joins a radio station which broadcasts Nazi propaganda, in order to protect his Jewish wife. In Czech and German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Richard Stanke, Tomás Mechácek. Directed by Marek Najbrt.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ War |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Tale of a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to him than even he can guess. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore. Directed by Rene Clement .
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Fraud |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped; physically and mentally degenerates while the kidnappers negotiate about the ransom. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Yvan Attal, Anne Consigny, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Alex Descas, Michel Voïta. Directed by Lucas Belvaux.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 83 min. B&W
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Plot: Four people involved in the murder of a gentleman in feudal Japan and the seduction of his wife give differing accounts of what actually happended. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Categories: Witness ∙ Evidence ∙ Foreign |
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Red (1993)
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A young model discovers her neighbor, a retired judge, is keen on invading people's privacy. He spies on his neighbors' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Juliette Binoche. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski.
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Categories: Privacy ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 148 min.
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Plot: Historical drama based on the end of the Han Dynasty. In Mandarin, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Changh, Wei Zhao. Directed by John Woo.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: After an eight-year absence, a man returns to his French village. He convinces everyone that he is indeed who he claims to be, until he seeks the profits from his land. This request results in a court battle. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Roger Planchon. Directed by Daniel Vigne.
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Categories: Estates ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 122 min. B&W
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Plot: A story of a successful jewel robbery in which the four thieves betray each other. French and English dubbed soundtracks.
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Cast: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey. Directed by Jules Dassin.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 110 min.
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Plot: A look at bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II where the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: arcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Mila Parély, Jean Renoir, Roland Toutain, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot. Directed by Jean Renoir.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Comedy ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in a revolution by revealing it. Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Andrei Alexandrovich, Fedor Alexandrovich, Igor Alexandrovich. Directed by Chad Gracia.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Put in charge of his young son, a man moves to live with his sister and her husband. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure. Directed by Jacques Audiard.
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Categories: Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections. In Persian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: The story of Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
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Categories: Medical ∙ Human Rights ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo, Pablo Rago. Directed by Juan Jose Campanella.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Women |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: A wife sues her husband for divorce when he refuses to leave Iran and his Alzheimer's-stricken father for the sake of their child.
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Cast: Peyman Moad, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi, Merila Zare'i, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Babak Karimi, Kimia Hosseini, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Mediation |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 207 min. B&W
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Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Categories: Justice ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A phantom sniper is methodically assassinating key figures in a South Korean intelligence investigation.
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Cast: Suk-kyu Han, Min-sik Choi, Yoon-jin Kim, Kang-ho Song, Derek Kim. Directed by Je-gyu Kang.
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Categories: Government ∙ Action ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 136 min.
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Plot: In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman. In Plautdietsch (Mennonite low German) with English subtitles.
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Cast: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz. Directed by Carlos Reygadas.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Religion ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía. Directed by Cary Fukunaga.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 117 min.
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Plot: A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig is a woman who holds the key to his obsession. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Antonio Banderas, Roberto Alamo. Directed by Pedro Almodovar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Medical ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: 107 min.
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Plot: In Auschwitz concentration camp, a prisoner attempts to save the body of a boy he takes for his son from the flames. In Yiddish and German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak. Directed by László Nemes.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ War ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A closeted Korean-American teenager takes a job at a Korean spa to help his struggling family, only to discover an underground world of gay sex at the spa that both scares and excites him. In Korean and English, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, You Ho Cho. Directed by Andrew Ahn.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Sexuality |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 151 min.
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Plot: A museum's chief art curator attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. In Swedish and English, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic Wes, Terry Notary . Directed by Ruben Östlund.
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Categories: Art ∙ Ethics ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: In this comedy of justice, a pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief physically insults her husband. In Chinese, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei, Zhijun Ge. Directed by Yimou Zhang.
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Categories: Jurisprudence ∙ Foreign ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: A young detective desperately tracks the pickpocket who stole his gun. In Japanese, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Shiang-Chyi Chen, Kang-Sheng Lee. Directed by Ming-liang Tsai.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A Druze woman living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is faced with the likelihood of never being allowed to return to her home when she plans to get married to a Syrian man. In Arabic, Hebrew, English, Russian, and French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Eyad Sheety, Evelyn Kaplun, Julie-Anne Roth, Adnan Tarabshi, Marlene Bajali, Uri Gavriel, Alon Dahan, Robert Henig, Dirar Suleiman, Ranin Boulos, Hanna Abou-Manneh. Directed by Eran Riklis.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ International ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: After 20 years abroad, Mark returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.
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Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller. Directed by Danny Boyle.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 148 min.
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Plot: Two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War. In Korean with English subtitles.
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Cast: Dong-Kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeong-ran Lee. Directed by Je-gyu Kang.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Military ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: A two time murder suspect goes on the run, fighting to save his own life. In French with English subtitles or English track.
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Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Francois Cruzet, Marie Josee Croze, Andrea Dussollier, Giles, Lellouche. Directed by Guillaume Canet.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown. In Danish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Lene Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia. Directed by Henrik Ruben Ginz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 96 min. B&W
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Plot: A Dairyman's daughters marriage tests his loyalty to his faith and tradition. In Yiddish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Leon Liebgod, Paul Lubelski. Directed by Maurice Schwartz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Religion |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: 100 min.
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Plot: A young Bedouin boy comes of age in the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I. In Arabic, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox . Directed by Naji Abu Nowar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ War ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 71 min.
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Plot: The lives of a runaway boy and an ambulance driver in Karachi come together through a dying humanitarian. In Pashtoto with English subtitles.
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Cast: . Directed by Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: VHS/DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Based on a true story, in the late 19th century, the ninth richest nobleman in England disappears after a South American shipwreck.
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Cast: Robert Pugh, John Kani, Stephen Fry, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy. Directed by David Yates.
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Categories: Wills ∙ Estates ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A cattle herding family find their quiet lives disturbed by Jihadists determined to control their faith.
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Cast: Abel Jafri, Ibrahim Ahmed (aka Pino), Toulou Kiki, Mehdi AG Mohamed. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Religion ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Three homeless friends discover a newborn in a trash heap and set off to discover the child's history. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto. Directed by Satoshi Kon.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 136 min. B&W
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Plot: When an aging couple visits with their adult children they find they are an intrusion on the younger generation's life style. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Baoqiang Wang, Tao Zhao, Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo. Directed by Zhangke Jia.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A man deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
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Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee, Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle. Directed by Danny Boyle.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Employment ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min. B&W
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Plot: The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Leni Riefenstahl.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 95 min.
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Plot: A young woman has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up significant pay bonuses so that she can keep her job. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Catherine Salée. Directed by Jean-Pierie Dardenne.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 190 min.
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Plot: Two of the most radical student groups come together to form the United Red Army. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sakai Maki, Arata, Namiki Akie. Directed by Koj Wakamatsu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Military ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry. Directed by Francis Veber.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 192 min.
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Plot: An Indian Air Force pilot languishes in prison without speaking, 22 years after rescuing a stranded Pakistani girl. In Hindi with English subtitles.
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Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpai, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini. Directed by Yash Chopra.
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Categories: Sentencing ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 133 min.
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Plot: A young woman relentlessly searches for her fiance, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War I. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Clovis Cornillac, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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Categories: Military ∙ Romance ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: A small time operator returns to his hometown, a seductively vibrant but lawless sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas and nightclubs. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Manie Malone, Patsha Bay. Directed by Djo Munga.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 98 min.
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Plot: An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for a recitation competition as a way to raise funds for a bicycle. In Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Abdullrahman Al Gohani. Directed by Hifaa Al-Mansour.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Gender ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 148 min. B&W
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Plot: In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent explosives shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
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Categories: Employment ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
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Cast: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt, Paul Vaughan. Directed by Kirk Jones.
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Categories: Elder ∙ Ethics ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min. B&W
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Plot: A Spanish revolutionary maintains his ideals even though he is warned he will be sold out. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté. Directed by Alain Resnais.
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Categories: War ∙ Politics ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda. Directed by Kim Nguyen.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: Widowed at age eight, a girl is sent to a temple for Hindu widows, where her presence affects all of its inhabitants. In Hindi, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham. Directed by Deepa Mehta.
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Categories: International ∙ Religion ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv Lemoyne, Johan Liljemark. Directed by Lukas Moodysson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Musical ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A small New Zealand village faces a crisis when the chiefdom, bound by tradition to go to a male heir, falls to a twelve-year old girl.
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Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa. Directed by Niki Caro.
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Categories: Women ∙ Discrimination ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankole. Directed by Claire Danis.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Six short stories involving distressed people.
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Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Maria Marull, Monica Villa. Directed by Damian Szifron.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: Two down-on-their-luck actors find solace in drink and other substances and seek respite from their uneventful lives by escaping to an uncle's stone cottage.
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Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths. Directed by Bruce Robinson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Employment ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A TV actress wakes up to find her lover has left her, and she must contact his crazy ex-wife, son, a lawyer, and the son's fiance in order to track him down. in Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Fernando Guillén, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampeáve, María Barranco. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A lonely factory worker travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. In Xhosa with English subtitles.
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Cast: Nakhane Toure, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay. Directed by John Trengove.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 173 min.
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Plot: Each member of a middle class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
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Cast: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata. Directed by Edward Yang.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Foreign |
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Z (1969)
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Based on actual incidents in 1960s Greece, an investigator tries to uncover the truth following the murder of a prominent leftist while government officials attempt to cover up their roles. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Denner. Directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: Based on a 1956 novel, Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, awaiting his transfer to Buenos Aires. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Lola Duenas, Matheus Nachtergaele. Directed by Lucrecia Martel.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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