Review: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata is one of the directors out of Studio Ghibli that seems to be less discussed by fans in the west. Takahata ...
Tag: Foreign
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First Victoria trailer, a true one shot action movie
From Hitchcock’s Rope in 1948 to Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s movie up for Best Picture this Sunday, and everywhere in between, filmmakers have been consistently ...
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Review: Two Days, One Night
Sometimes you watch a movie and you immediately know how you’re going to feel about it. There’s something about the atmosphere that it ...
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Trailer for White God features the dogpocalypse
Remember those awesome Homeward Bound movies? White God is nothing like that. Imagine the worst possible outcome for that film (and throw in ...
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SAIFF Review: Dukhtar
Most of the modern foreign films that I watch are from countries that are reasonably similar to the United States. People live in ...
SAIFF Review: Killa (The Fort)
I never moved when I was growing up. I knew people who moved once or twice, and then I knew others in military ...
Here comes the South Asian International Film Festival
As is often the case, it’s a festival of festivals here in New York. And if you’re particularly fond of Indian and/or Pakistani ...
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NYKFF Review: The Attorney
If you look up stills from The Attorney, you’re going to have a wildly inaccurate perception of what the film is supposed to be. ...
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Review: A Hard Day
Every so often, I see a film and think that the title is a perfect encapsulation of its very existence. If I were to ...
Here comes the 12th Annual New York Korean Film Festival
When February came and went with no mention of the New York Korean Film Festival, I was disheartened. With all of the far-less-deserving ...
The Thirteen Best Korean Films Streaming on Netflix Instant (2015 Edition)
For the past six or seven years, I’ve told people that my favorite type of international cinema is Korean. And even though I’ve ...
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Trailer for Force Majeure creates avalanche of family drama
Force Majeure is a Swedish film that premiered at Cannes and it examines a seemingly perfect Swedish family (husband and businessman Tomas, refined ...