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Tag Archives: Foreign films

Heavy Metal in Baghdad

August 12, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Heavy Metal In Baghdad is a documentary feature film that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for a deadly black scorpion native to Iraq) from the fall […]

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Il rosso segno della follia

August 10, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Just Murdered… John Harrington and his wife, Mildred, run an exclusive Paris fashion salon devoted to wedding apparel for women. John has secretly embarked on a spree of homicides, […]

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Following

August 10, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Following is a wickedly clever story of how a young man’s obsession with following people leads him into a dark underworld. Bill, the unlikely hero, is a marginalized but […]

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Film

Män som hatar kvinnor

July 29, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved […]

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Film, Literature

The Wicker Man (1973)

July 28, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward of The Equalizer) travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the […]

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Film

Tokyo!

July 22, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Three of world cinema’s great visionaries: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), Leos Carax (The Lovers On The Bridge), and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) […]

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Film, Literature

Death at a Funeral (2007)

July 20, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Frank Oz (In & Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) comes “a fast, furious and riotously funny farce” (Maxim) that’ll have you dying with laughter! As the mourners […]

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Film

Nezu no ban

July 19, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Wakeful Nights a.k.a A Hardest Night!! (Nezu No Ban) is a classy and refined Japanese comedy set in the world of Rakugo (Traditional Japanese Comic Storytelling) – or at […]

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Film

The Up Series

July 9, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, […]

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Television

Nyócker!

June 4, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A group of teens from the wrong side of Budapest’s tracks band together to make themselves rich by traveling back in time, burying a horde of mammoths under the […]

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Die drei Räuber

June 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Three black-cloaked robbers terrify the countryside until they meet an orphan named Tiffany and decide to buy a castle for homeless children. Animated. From the book by Tomi Ungerer. […]

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Film, Literature

Peur(s) du noir

June 1, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It has been hailed as the most visually stunning and unsettling anthology in modern animation history: Artistic director Etienne Robial brings together six of the world’s leading comic and […]

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Film

Mon meilleur ami

April 27, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Unlikeable antiques dealer Francois (Auteuil) always gets what he wants, but there’s one thing he’s never had: a friend. Challenged to a bet by his business partner, Francois must […]

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