Les diaboliques
Synopsis: Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri.Georges Clouzot (Le corbeau, The Wages of Fear), which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is […]
Tag Archives: Foreign films
Mortelle randonnée
Synopsis: Catherine (Isabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator – a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as “The Eye,” is […]
Oldboy
Synopsis: Park Chan-Wook’s classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man who’s wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years and is then suddenly released. Given money and a cell phone, he’s challenged […]
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is Lina Wertmüller’s most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off […]
Shi gan
Synopsis: Is Love Only Skin Deep? Alt-Asian maverick Kim Ki-Duk (The Isle, Bad Guy, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring) takes a scalpel to modern culture’s obsession with youthful beauty […]
Boksuneun naui geot
Synopsis: The first film in Park Chan-Wook’s acclaimed Vengeance trilogy. The sister of a simple and deaf factory worker, Ryu, falls ill and needs a kidney transplant, however he is […]
Se, jie
Synopsis: Lust, Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Set against the backdrop of a transforming country, […]
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Synopsis: The Show Must Go On, But The Clothes Must Come Off. Academy Award® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love) received her fifth Oscar® nomination for her saucy, hilarious performance […]
Call Girl
Synopsis: Maria, a high-class call girl, is hired to seduce a local politician in an attempt to obtain his permission to build a luxury resort on protected land. Meanwhile, two […]
Nathalie…
Synopsis: Fanny Ardant and Gérard Depardieu star in a story of love, sex and deception. Upon discovering that her husband has cheated on her, Catherine (Ardant) hires a prostitute Marlène […]
Straw Dogs (1971)
Synopsis: A film by Sam Peckinpah A young American mathematician, David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman), and his English wife, Amy (Susan George), move to a Cornish village, seeking the quiet life. […]
In the Loop
Synopsis: Peter Capaldi stars as a foul-mouthed British government spokesman who must act quickly when a mid-level minister (Tom Hollander of Pirates Of The Caribbean) tells an interviewer that U.S. […]
The King’s Speech
Synopsis: Find your voice. When England’s throne is suddenly thrust upon him, amidst royal family scandal and impending world war, King George VI (Colin Firth, Oscar nominee, Best Actor) must […]
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