Foreign-Films-For-You: Blog

Nov 22, Mongol

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:49:28 GMT

Mongol is the highly acclaimed biopic of Genghis Khan, who is better portrayed here than he was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure...

Nov 21, Priceless

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:34:03 GMT

Priceless (Hors de Prix) is a lighthearted romantic comedy about mistaken identity, greed, lust, and really expensive watches...

Nov 20, Foreign Film Reviews on Video

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:02:16 GMT

Joe's foreign film reviews (on video) updated 11/20/08...

Nov 18, Death Note 2

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:17:25 GMT

Death Note 2: The Last Name (デスノート 2) is like a magic trick where the misdirection does nothing to prepare you for a final act that isn't even on the program.

Nov 17, Elite Squad

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:42:44 GMT

Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) is a gripping urban drama about drugs, crime, and corruption in the slums of Rio de Janeiro...and the specialized police force tasked to deal with it. I'm glad Pau

Nov 16, Revolver

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:10:32 GMT

Revolver is a Guy Ritchie movie that starts off as you'd expect, but ends up as something REALLY different...

Nov 9, Death Note

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:48:56 GMT

Death Note is great example of a comic-book to screen adaptation. It's a cool, intelligent thriller with plenty of twists...

Nov 9, I'm Not Scared

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:38:57 GMT

I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura) is film about a boy who stumbles upon a kidnapping plot...

Nov 6, Man Bites Dog

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:53:33 GMT

Man Bites Dog (C'est arrive prs de chez vous) is a highly disturbing commentary on the media's treatment of violence, done in the form of a fictional documentary...

Nov 6, Elevator to the Gallows

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:33:58 GMT

Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'echafaud) is an interesting French film noir-styled thriller made back in 1958...

Nov 1, Delicatessen

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:05:07 GMT

Delicatessen is a dark fantasy/comedy from France that is not for everyone...

Nov 1, Heavenly Creatures

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:54:04 GMT

Heavenly Creatures is a disturbing drama based on a shocking murder that occurred in New Zealand back in 1954. Starring a pre-Titanic Kate Winslet and directed by a pre-Lord of the R

Oct 28, The Piano Teacher

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:14:43 GMT
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) is a really messed-up movie about a deeply repressed piano instructor with some really whacked-out sexual obsessions.

Oct 28, The Sea Inside

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:09:43 GMT
The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) is based on the true story of Ramn Sampedro, a quadriplegic who spent almost thirty years campaigning for the right to legally end his own life.

Oct 23, Paradise Now

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:52:35 GMT
Paradise Now (الجنّة الآن) is a story about two friends who become suicide bombers, then wonder if it's really worth it to be martyrs...

Oct 22, The Devils Backbone

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:15:28 GMT
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinozo del Diablo) is a about an adolescent boy, a ghost that won't leave him alone, and a host of other dark secrets in an orphanage that are scarier than puberty...

Oct 20, Sexy Beast

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:42:51 GMT
Sexy Beast is a gangster movie that tries too hard to be shocking. Who wants to sit around and watch the guy who played Gandhi drop the F-Bomb every couple of seconds?

Oct 16, The Valet

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:18:55 GMT
The Valet (La Doublure) is a romantic comedy about greed, lust, infidelity, and other things that are funny as long as they're happening to someone else...

Oct 16, Mostly Martha

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:07:00 GMT
Mostly Martha (Bella Martha) is about an uptight chef in a high-class German restaurant who encounters more than just trouble in the kitchen...

Oct 10, Nana

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:09:07 GMT
Nana (ナナ) is the film adaptation of the popular Japanese manga (comic book) series...

Oct 8, Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:07:34 GMT
Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War is a harrowing drama about the Korean War, and you'll lose count of the number of Geneva Convention violations...

Oct 6, Netflix

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:03:45 GMT
Netflix is a convenient option for DVD rentals...read on for a simple, easy-to-understand overview of this online service...

Oct 6, Miss Potter

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:15:31 GMT
Miss Potter is a biopic about the adult life of writer/illustrator Beatrix Potter, the mastermind behind Peter Rabbit and other children's stories that you probably liked as a child...

Oct 2, The Band's Visit

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:23:50 GMT
The Band's Visit is about an Egyptian police band that gets lost in a small Israeli desert town..

Oct 1, A Dirty Carnival

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:59:11 GMT
A Dirty Carnival will make you wonder how gangsters ever succeeded without cell phones...

Sep 27, Insomnia

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:17:50 GMT
Insomnia is a psychological thriller that stars Stellan Skarsgard, whose constant glumness and scowling actually work...

Sep 24, Natural City

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:01:50 GMT
Natural City is a Korean science fiction movie that tries too hard to be Blade Runner, but at least avoids being like Waterworld.

Sep 20, Cache

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:20:20 GMT
Cache is a slow, yet emotional and unpredictable film by Michael Haneke. But it's reaaaaallly slow....

Sep 15, Kontroll

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:25:54 GMT
Kontroll is a strange tale that takes place in the Budapest metro system, and involves ticket inspectors, serial killers and people who go crazy after working too long at a crappy job...

Sep 15, Der Tunnel

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:10:21 GMT
Der Tunnel (The Tunnel) is based on the true story of a daring escape attempt from East Berlin that took place in 1961...

Sep 11, Lower City

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:25:02 GMT
Lower City (Cidade Baixa) is a 90-minute lesson on why you should never date a prostitute who moonlights as a stripper...

Sep 11, A Tale of Two Sisters

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:18:27 GMT
A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련) is a sufficiently creepy story that involves an evil step-mother and a ghost! Read on for Joe's review...

Sep 6, Blame it on Fidel

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:29:23 GMT
Blame it on Fidel (La Faute Fidel!) is the story of a girl who's world gets turned upside down by her activist-minded parents in 1970s France...

Sep 5, Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:35:22 GMT
In Crimson Rivers 2 Jean Reno returns and takes on a bunch of superhuman monks who want to kill a confused guy who looks like Jesus. This is not a comedy, by the way.

Sep 3, Water

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:43:06 GMT
Water is a powerful film detailing the plight of widows in 1930's India...

Sep 1, Foreign DVD's: General information for you

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:16:50 GMT
Some quick foreign DVD information that'll prove helpful...

Aug 31, Persepolis

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:28:18 GMT
Persepolis is a stylized, animated coming-of-age tale about a young Iranian trying to find her place in the world...

Aug 28, Goal

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:46:53 GMT
Goal! is an entertaining football (soccer) movie that follows a basic underdog storyline, and is the first of a trilogy...

Aug 28, Rabbit Proof Fence

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:20:13 GMT
Rabbit Proof Fence is about three displaced aboriginal youngsters in 1930's Australia who evade authorities and embark on a 1500 mile journey home...

Aug 25, Bread and Tulips

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:53:01 GMT
Bread and Tulips is a story about an under-appreciated housewife in Italy...

Aug 24, Children of Heaven

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:25:45 GMT
Children of Heaven (بچه‌های آسما) is a fascinating film about the simple but important act of keeping promises...

Aug 23, Sex and Lucia

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:56:06 GMT
Sex and Lucia (Luca y el sexo) is a film about a writer, an island...oh who am I kidding? You people just want to know about the sex!

Aug 21, Central do Brasil (Central Station)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:02:28 GMT
Central do Brasil (Central Station) is a road movie about how having a worthless, drunk for a father can really screw up your life...

Aug 21, The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:38:15 GMT
The Cave of the Yellow Dog is an intimate docudrama about a girl, a dog, and a disappearing way of life in the Mongolian countryside...

Aug 18, The Page Turner

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:18:41 GMT
The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de Pages) is a story about music, Bach, and revenge...

Aug 18, Them (Ils)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:22:53 GMT
Them is a horror movie about senseless violence based on actual events that happened outside Bucharest, Romania.

Aug 16, Layer Cake

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:55:02 GMT
Layer Cake is a complicated, action-packed drug thriller starring a pre-James Bond Daniel Craig and a post-Star Trek Colm Meaney...

Aug 16, The Apartment

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:22:11 GMT
The Apartment (L'Appartement) is about twisted love triangles that quickly become more like love icosahedrons...

Aug 16, Whale Rider

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:03:04 GMT
Whale Rider is a family movie about an indigenous New Zealand tribe's clash with modernity...

Aug 11, Rabbit on the Moon (Conejo en la Luna)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:44:36 GMT
Rabbit on the Moon (Conejo en la luna) is a harrowing tale of corruption, violence, and breast-feeding in Mexico...