Category Archives: Foreign

The Handmaiden (2016)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chan-wook Park Writers: Seo-kyeong Jeong & Chan-wook Park (Inspired by the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters) Advertisements

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Mystery, Romance | Tagged adaptation, chan-wook park, drama, fingersmith, foreign, fraud, gay, handmaiden, heiress, homosexual, homosexuality, japan, japanese, korea, korean, lesbian, mystery, pickpocket, romance, sarah waters, seo-kyeong jeong, steal, the handmaiden, thief | Leave a comment

Wild Tales (2015)

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Damian Szifron Writer: Damian Szifron

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2015, affair, anthology, bomb, car accident, comedy, crime, Damián Szifron, dario grandinetti, diner, drama, explosive, foreign, hit and run, lawyer, leonardo sbaraglia, maria marull, murder, parking ticket, plane, plane crash, relatos salvajes, restaurant, ricardo darin, road rage, short stories, suicide, vignettes, waitress, wedding, wild tales | Leave a comment

Two Days, One Night (2014)

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Writers: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2014, belgian, catherine salee, deux jours une nuit, drama, fabrizio rongione, fire, foreign, france, french, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, mario cotillard, money, mother, one night, two days, two days one night, unemployed, unemployment, woman, work | Leave a comment

What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Woody Allen & Senkichi Taniguchi Writers: Woody Allen, Julie Bennett, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser, Len Maxwell, Mickey Rose, & Bryan Wilson Extremely corny and barely a movie. Comedy rarely ages well. I can’t image having paid to see something … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Foreign, Review | Tagged action, adventure, Bryan Wilson, comedy, crime, dub, dubbed, egg salad, food, foreign, Frank Buxton, international secret police: key of keys, japan, japanese, Julie Bennett, Len Maxwell, Louise Lasser, Mickey Rose, recipe, Senkichi Taniguchi, spoof, spy, the lovin' spoonful, tiger lily?, what's up, woody allen | Leave a comment

The Hunt (2013)

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Thomas Vinterberg Writers: Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Review | Tagged custody, denmark, drama, foreign, jagten, kindergarten, lie, love, Mads Mikkelsen, school, son, teacher, the hunt, thomas vinterberg, tobias lindholm | Leave a comment

Cutie and the Boxer (2013)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Zachary Heinzerling

Posted in Documentary, Foreign, Review | Tagged alex shinohara, art, artist, artists, biography, cutie and the boxer, documentary, foreign, gallery, husband, japan, japanese, marriage, married, new york, new york city, noriko shinohara, nyc, paint, painter, relationship, son, ushio shinohara, wife, zachary heinzerling | Leave a comment

A Cat in Paris (2012)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol Writers: Alain Gagnol & Jacques-Remy Girerd (English Adaptation by Michael Sinterniklaas) Cute enough but skews a bit too young for me. The animation is nice and the movie is really short. I don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Thriller | Tagged a cat in paris, action, alain gagnol, animated, animation, anjelica huston, burglar, cat, comedy, france, french, jacques-remy girerd, jean-loup feliciolo, jewlery, mafia, marcia gay harden, matthew modine, michael sinterniklass, mob, paris, statue, thief | Leave a comment