La pianiste
Synopsis: Winner of three top prizes at Cannes, including the Grand Jury Prize, The Piano Teacher is a lucid descent into the most feverish depths of sexual obsession. Isabelle Huppert’s […]
Tag Archives: Foreign films
Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon
Synopsis: Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and […]
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan
Synopsis: A sweet and gently ironic story about the daughter of the village prostitute who desperately seeks an education rather than following in her mother’s footsteps. The film beautifully captures […]
Xiao cai feng
Synopsis: A Tailor Made Romance Based on the international bestseller, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970’s during the later stages of China’s cultural revolution. […]
Under the Skin
Synopsis: Jonathan Glazer’s third film following Sexy Beast and Birth, Under the Skin is the story of an alien in human form. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, […]
The ABC of Love and Sex – Australia Style
Synopsis: A ramped up sex ed doco packed with gratuitous nudity, lesbian liaisons, and candid interviews with colourful pioneers of Sydney’s gay and transvestite community. Narrators Sandy Gore and Michael […]
Skyfall
Synopsis: Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd installment of the longest-running film franchise in history. In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is […]
Casino Royale (2006)
Synopsis: Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated […]
The Great Happiness Space
Synopsis: “The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief,” introduces an extraordinary hidden world of Japanese nightlife in Osaka’s Cafe Rakkyo. The denizens of this glamorous demi-monde, dedicated […]
Gandhi
Synopsis: Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s riveting biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. A critical […]
A Passage to India
Synopsis: Winner of two 1984 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Score, Oscar winning director David Lean (1962, Lawrence Of Arabia 1957 The Bridge On The […]
Batalla en el cielo
Synopsis: From the Mexican director of the critically acclaimed Japón comes the most controversial film of the year. Marcos (Marcos Hernández) is the middle-aged chauffeur of Ana (Anapola Mushkadiz), the […]
Ai nu
Synopsis: She’s got a killer secret! In one of the most outrageous and taboo-smashing Shaw Brothers classics, sweet young Ainu (Lily Ho, Water Margin) is abducted and sold off to […]
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