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Comment by BitPart on July 11, 2008 at 6:48pm

These are just fun entertainment not mind bending revelations.... I really enjoyed them.

Ginger and Cinnamon Italian * * * *
The Housekeeper French * * * *

Comment by sashababy on July 7, 2008 at 7:35pm

Old Boy by Chan Wook Park
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. Awesome Korean film. There are a couple more by the same director, also good.

Comment by noelle2053 on July 4, 2008 at 5:52pm

ay and spanish films: Y tu mama tambien, motorcycle diaries, everything by almador esp talk to her, Sound of sleep is interesting, Pan's labyrinth... Many more

Comment by noelle2053 on July 4, 2008 at 5:50pm

German: Europa Europa, Downfall, Rosenstrasse, Aimee und jaguar, the edukators, Run Lola Run if you can stand their trashy accent, Nowhere in Africa, The experiment, Lives of others...
French: Anything by Louis Malle esp. Murmer of the heart, goodbye children, L'acombe Lucien, L'enfant, If you go for over trendy then Amelie, King of hearts, Le femme nikita,
Random: The conformist, A tale of two sisters, Ju-On, Ringu, Battle Royale, Suicide club, Firemen's ball, The cranes are flying, Man with a movie camera, Berlin story, Everything by Akira Kurasawa and Milos Forman, Loves a Blonde, 28 days later....

Comment by Greg Guro on May 31, 2008 at 9:49pm

I liked Hari Kari and Burmese Harp a great deal.

Comment by gordon kobayashi on May 25, 2008 at 9:23pm

Black Book was one of the best films I've seen this year. About the Dutch Resistance to the Nazi occupation.

Comment by Alex DeLarge on May 25, 2008 at 7:48am

The Dardenne brothers have made some great films and Le Fils (The Son) is one of them. If you liked it, I would highly recommend L'Enfanttoo. The tension is sometimes in the things we don't see on the screen. I always try to keep in mind that the director is showing us an image for a particular reason, even if that image seems to contradict the dialogue or serve no narrative purpose. If we look beneath the surface their films are always intersting and emotionaly violent.

Comment by mercurio3 on May 22, 2008 at 10:22pm

"the Son" french film. interesting. a bit slow, but interesting.

Comment by Kate on May 9, 2008 at 12:11pm

I just finisished watching the movie "White", part of the "three colors trilogy-Red, Blue, and White". I loved "Red", and "Blue", but I could not understand the ending of "White". Does anyone think they know what happens at the end?

Comment by flm.snb on May 6, 2008 at 1:17am

Before The Rain (Milcho Manchevski, 1994) is FINALLY coming out on DVD next month (6/24) from Criterion. I love this film: 3 crosscutting stories that end up tying together in the end. There are others to name, but I see it as a clear forerunner of Inarratu's work (Amores Perros, Babel), and other recent 'converging storyline' films.
Not the main point/story, but it also ended up enlightening me to the underlying LONG term strife in the former Yugoslav states.

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