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Category Archives: Foreign
Lucky Grandma (2020)
Director: Sasie Sealy Writers: Angela Cheng & Sasie Sealy A good first feature from Sasie Sealy with a charming lead performance from Tsai Chin.
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Foreign, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020, angela cheng, atlantic city, bodyguard, casino, chinatown, chinese, cigarettes, clem cheung, comedy, crime, drama, foreign, fortune teller, gang, gang war, grandma, immigrant, lucky grandma, michael tow, money, new jersey, new york, new york city, nyc, sassy sealy, smoker, smoking, widow
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Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Director: Kon Ichikawa Writers: Natto Wada & Yoshio Shirasaka & Shintaro Tanikawa & Kon Ichikawa One of the weirdest taglines I have seen on a poster. Three hours of watching athletes perform in close ups. Incredible photography. Loved it.
Posted in Documentary, Foreign, Sports
Tagged 1960s, 1965, athlete, competition, documentary, foreign, japan, japanese, kon ichikawa, natto wada, olympics, shintaro tanikawa, sport, sports, stadium, suketaru taguchi, summer, tokyo, tokyo olympiad, yoshio shirasaka
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Director: Juan Jose Campanella Writers: Eduardo Sacheri & Juan Jose Campanella (Based on the novel Eduardo Sacheri) Good!
Posted in Crime, Drama, Foreign, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Tagged 1970s, adaptation, argentina, buenos aires, carla quevedo, counselor, crime, dirty war, drama, eduardo sacheri, el secreto de sus ojos, foreign, guillermo francella, investigation, javier godino, juan jose campanella, law, mariela besuievsky, murder, mystery, novel, pablo rago, politics, rape, ricardo darin, romance, soledad villamil, the secret in their eyes, thriller, writer
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Come and See (1985)
Director: Elem Klimov Writers: Ales Adamovich and Elem Klimov (Based on the book “I Am from the Fiery Village” by Ales Adamovich & Janka Bryl & Vladimir Kolesnik) An incredible movie I will probably never watch again.
Posted in Drama, Foreign, War
Tagged 1940s, 1985, adaptation, aleksey kravchenko, ales adamovich, come and see, cow, drama, elem klimov, Fascism, fascist, foreign, genocide, german, hitler, i am from the fiery village, idi i smotri, janka bryl, military, murder, nazi, resistance, rifle, russia, russian, soviet, vladimir kolesnik, war, world war 2, world war ii
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Baxter (1989)
Director: Jerome Boivin Writers: Jacques Audiard & Jerome Boivin (Based on the novel “Hell Hound” by Ken Greenhall) Nasty French movie about a dog with murderous thoughts being raised by a child neo-Nazi.
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Horror
Tagged 1989, adaptation, aggressive, animal, baxter, bull terrier, comedy, dog, drama, foreign, france, french, hell hound, horror, jacques audiard, jerome boivin, ken greenhall, murder, pet, terrier
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Diamantino (2019)
Directors: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt Writers: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Science Fiction, Sports
Tagged brazil, breasts, career, carloto cotta, celebrity, comedy, crisis, Daniel Schmidt, diamantino, drama, failure, fame, famous, fantasy, football, foreign, Gabriel Abrantes, genetic modification, justin taurand, lesbian, love, maria joao mayer, neo-facist, portugal, puppies, refugee, sci-fi, science fiction, soccer, sports, undercover
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Director: Celine Sciamma Writer: Celine Sciamma
Posted in Drama, Foreign, Romance
Tagged 18th century, 2019, adele haenel, affair, Benedict couvreur, celine sciamma, drama, eighteenth century, foreign, france, french, gay, homosexual, island, lesbian, love, luana bajrami, noemie merlant, paint, painter, painting, portrait, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, portrait of a lady on fire, romance, valeria golino, wedding, women
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Chungking Express (1994)
Director: Wong Kar-Wai Writer: Wong Kar-Wai
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Foreign, Romance
Tagged 1994, brigitte lin, china, chinese, Ching-hsia Lin, chungking express, comedy, cop, drama, drime, faye wong, foreign, hong kong, hung Hing sam lam, jeffrey lau, Kar-Wai wong, love, police, quentin tarantino, restaurant, romance, takeshi kaneshiro, tony chiu-wai leung, underworld, wong kar-wai, yi-kan chan
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Close-Up (1990)
Director: Abbas Kiarostami Writer: Abbas Kiarostami
Posted in Crime, Documentary, Drama, Foreign
Tagged 1990, abbas kiarostami, biography, crime, criminal, director, documentary, drama, foreign, fraud, hossain sabzian, iran, iranian, mockumentary, mohsen makhmalbaf, prison, trail, true story
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Mardaani 2 (2019)
Director: Gopi Puthran Writer: Gopi Puthran
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Foreign, Thriller
Tagged action, aditya chopra, assault, cop, crime, drama, foreign, gopi puthran, india, indian, investigation, mardaani, mardaani 2, murder, police, Rani Mukerji, rape, sequel, sexual assault, thriller, Vishal Jethwa
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