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Gate of HellGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 04/09/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1953 Run Time: 89 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Machiko Kyô A Japanese warrior demands the hand of a married woman as payment for a great service he rendered in time of conflict. The woman, just as strong willed as he, prefers death to dishonor. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Costume Design. … more less -
Kunoichi: Lady NinjaGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 02/26/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2002 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Tokyo Shock Cast: Yûko Moriyama Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge on the evil lord Akinari Katou and "The 7 Spears", the band of soldiers he commands. Trained assassins and skilled in sorcery, these men took over the Aizu prefecture and took its most beautiful young women as concubines. When they left, they left behind seven daughters, who have now sought out the sword-master Jyubei Yagyuu to help them discover their own power so that they exact their own revenge. … more less -
Narayama Bushi-KoGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 02/05/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1958 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki A fusion of Japanese Kabuki and modern film techniques, this adaptation of Shichiro Fukazawa's 1956 novel depicts the moving tale of a 69-year-old woman's traditional journey from her poor village to the summit of Mount Narayama to die. 1983's THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA is Shohei Imamura's acclaimed remake of the film. … more less -
Tell No OneGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 12/04/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 125 mins Released By: Music Box Films Cast: Francois Cluzet, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marina Hands, Marie-Josee Croze, André Dussollier TELL NO ONE starts off innocently enough: sunlight streams through the trees at a gorgeous summer home as an Otis Redding song plays. But the ominous title is apt: the events in this French thriller based a Harlan Coben novel soon turn dark. Happily married couple Alex (François Cluzet) and Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) go for a swim, but their idyllic evening is interrupted by a brutal attack. Alex is knocked unconscious, and his wife is murdered. Almost a decade later, that night still haunts Alex. He receives an email pointing him to a link to a live webcam, where he sees a woman who looks remarkably like his dead wife turn and stare into the camera. Hope and confusion mount, but a discovery at the crime scene causes Alex to become the prime suspect in his wife's death, a murder that was thought to have been solved years ago. When TELL NO ONE played in its native France, it picked up four César awards, the country's equivalent of the Oscar, and it's easy to see why. Director Guillame Canet (who also plays a small role in the film) has crafted a taut, well-told film. TELL NO ONE's narrative journey is filled with numerous twists and turns, but the audience is content to be along for the ride with Canet at the wheel. There are elements of Hitchcock and THE FUGITIVE, but the film never feels like a rip-off of the classics. It's a gripping, entertaining tale that features solid performances, especially from Canet (L'ENFER) and Kristin Scott Thomas in a supporting role. … more less -
Bleach the Movie: Hell VerseGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 12/04/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. … more less -
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - The Egg of the KingGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 11/27/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 76 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. An epic trilogy gets underway in this sweeping medieval adventure that finds lone-wolf fortune hunter Guts recruited into a mercenary group dubbed "The Band of the Hawk," but questioning the impetus of the team's leader Griffith following a decisive victory on the battlefield. Meanwhile, a dark storm begins to gather on the horizon. Based on the bestselling manga by author Kentaro Miura (NOA, KING OF WOLVES). … more less -
Naruto: Shippuden - The Movie: The Will of FireGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 10/23/2012 Rating Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. Cast: Chise Nakamura, Junko Takeuchi, Satoshi Hino … more less -
Butterfly SwordGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 07/10/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 1993 Run Time: 87 mins Released By: Well Go USA, Inc. Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Joey Wang, Tze Chiun Young In this action-packed martial arts film, an honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with coup d'etat on their minds. Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung star as the brother and sister assigned to break into the revolutionaries' circle, who then find themselves embroiled in a confusing web of deception. Notably, action for the film was directed by Ching Siu Tung, known for his work in DRAGON INN and THE DUEL. … more less -
Organizer, TheGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 04/24/2012 Rating Production Year: 1963 Run Time: 130 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli The exploited workers in a textile mill are deadlocked in their demands until a charming, politically progressive professor gets involved in the negotiations while visiting the town. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Screenplay (Monicelli and Age Scarpelli). … more less -
Shiver of the VampiresGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 01/24/2012 Rating R Production Year: 1970 Run Time: 95 mins Released By: Kino on Video Cast: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Jacques Robiolles, Michel Delahaye, Marie-Pierre Castel French cult director Rollin's third sexy vampire tale (after THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE and THE NUDE VAMPIRE) focuses on two young newlyweds who end up in a strange castle full of vampires and hippies, and wind up cavorting and watching others cavort, to a crazy progressive rock score! An incredible looking film with amazing art direction, plenty of sex, and atmosphere to spare. … more less -
Identification of a WomanGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 10/25/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 1982 Run Time: 130 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson A divorced, middle-aged filmmaker (Milian) searching for a leading lady to star in his next feature comes to realize that he has been subconsciously utilizing this task to instead find a new lover. Being a little over ambitious, he manages to become romantically involved with two women. After an initial attempt at juggling the relationships, the filmmaker is left alienated and confused when one of the women mysteriously disappears and the other becomes pregnant with another man's child. An atmospheric, erotic love story from acclaimed Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (ZABRISKIE POINT, RED DESERT, BLOW-UP) who won the 35th Anniversary Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for this film. … more less -
Naruto: Shippuden - The Movie 2: BondsGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 10/25/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Warner Home Video This second full-length NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN anime movie follows Naruto as he runs into old friends, and goes toe-to-toe with the so called "Sky Ninja," who shows up out of nowhere and attacks the Leaf Village, claiming that his people were expelled from its grounds generations ago. … more less -
We Are Going To AmericaGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 09/27/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 1992 Run Time: 118 mins Released By: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. Cast: Lyubov Rumyantseva, Dima Davydov A Russian family leaves the Jewish ghetto to make a better life for themselves in America. The audience is guided through the voyage through the wondrous eyes of Motl, the family's eleven year old son. His wildly exaggerated point of view offers a perspective full of comedic magic and surreal beauty. In the spirit of L'AMERICA this bittersweet Russian film is based on a short story by Sholem Aleichem and follows his assertion that America is not a place where people live, but a place where people take refuge. … more less -
Practice of Love, TheGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 06/28/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 1984 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. Cast: Adelheid Arndt, Rudiger Vogler, Hagnot Elischka This thriller set against experimental images tells the story of Judith, a journalist, whose investigation of a murder implicates her two male lovers (an arms dealer and a psychiatrist). Through her dealings with these two men, she is forced to ask herself if love is even possible in a world of male power struggles. … more less -
RepriseGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 05/17/2011 Rating R Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 107 mins Released By: Lionsgate Cast: Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Magnus Williamson, Pål Stokka First time feature director Joachim Trier crafts a dazzling debut in REPRISE, an inventively constructed tale about the hard truths that divide creative ambition and personal authenticity. The film opens with childhood friends Erik (Espen Klouman Hoiner) and Phillip (Anders Danielsen Lie) preparing to submit their first novels. They imagine a whirlwind future in which they achieve the reclusive cult status of their favorite novelist. In truth, Erik's novel is rejected while Phillip's creates an immediate literary sensation. But the sudden notoriety and his obsessive emotions towards girlfriend Kari (Viktoria Winge) cause Phillip to have a mental breakdown. When Phillip is released from treatment the two friends find that they have traded fortunes, as Erik achieves his own success while Phillip struggles to piece together his fractured life. But Erik's fame also comes at a price, exposing his personal deficiencies and limitations. This will force the two friends to choose between asserting their creative liberty and honestly engaging the complexity of life. Lauded at numerous international film festivals, REPRISE jumps back and forth in time to show how the past is always present in our words and deeds. Trier and his talented ensemble are similarly skillful in showing how personal dreams and fantasies become the masks we must discard in order to reveal our true selves. … more less -
Barbarian Invasions, TheGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 05/17/2011 Rating Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 99 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Marie-Josee Croze, Dorothee Berryman, Johanne-Marie Tremblay Denys Arcand delivers a beautiful film with THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS, the story of a man on his deathbed who is joined by his distant son and all his closest friends throughout the last--wonderful and loving--days of his life. In this follow-up to 1986's THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, the same characters reappear. Now Remy (Remy Girard), the horny history teacher, is hospitalized and in pain. But at the urging of his wife, Louise (Dorothee Berryman), Remy's son Sebastian (Stephane Rousseau) comes to his aid. Sebastian is a banker who tosses cash around, paying hospital administrators, union workers, Remy's former students, and even a local heroin dealer, to help make his father's last days as comfortable as possible. Along with this financial commitment also comes love, and the relationship between this father and son is touching. The sometimes raucous and comic mood of the film, generated by perverted stories and silly jokes, stands in striking contrast to this serious story of life, sickness, and dying. But it is that balance, kept neatly in check by Arcand, that makes THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS a truly great cinematic feat, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable viewing experience. … more less -
Best Costume Design Double Feature: Moulin Rouge/The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 01/25/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 1994 Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce The gems in this double feature of outrageous Oscar winners took home the statuette for being fun and fabulous. Included here are Baz Lurhman’s MOULIN ROUGE as well as PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, starring Hugo Weaving. See individual titles for complete details. … more less -
Still LifeGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 09/28/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 1997 Run Time: 56 mins Released By: Facets Video Farocki's film is a commentary on modern life. By comparing the still life paintings of the Dutch masters with the still lives of today, photographs of products for advertisements, the director makes valid points about art, reality, and consumer culture. … more less -
Memory of WaterGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 07/27/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 1992 Run Time: 82 mins Released By: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. Cast: Boris Rotenstein Spanish auteur Faver's lyrical, strongly symbolic meditation on the persistence of memory, told through the perspective of a concentration camp survivor watching his lifetime of memories flow like a stream. Similar in scope and theme to Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Mirror." … more less -
Flower of My Secret, TheGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 11/03/2009 Rating R Production Year: 1996 Run Time: 100 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Marisa Paredes, Carmen Elías, Juan Echanove THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET is a surprisingly restrained film (no drag queens, raunchy sex, or murders) from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, and is considered one of his best. Romance novelist Leo (Marisa Paredes) experiences a nervous breakdown when she realizes her U.N. peacekeeper husband (Imanol Arias) no longer loves her, and the morbid novel she has just finished will never be accepted by her profit-minded publisher. Depressed, alcoholic, and suicidal, she begins to write for a Spanish newspaper under a pseudonym, starting with a scathing critique of her previous, best-selling work. The paper's hard-drinking, overweight editor Ángel (Juan Echanove) falls in love with Leo, never realizing the "flower of her secret"--that her other pen name is Amanda Gris, and that she is the writer of the romance novels he loves. The delightful cast includes Rossy De Palma and Chus Lampreave--hilarious as Leo's constantly bickering sister and mother--and Carmen Elías as her best friend, a woman who trains doctors in soliciting organ donations from grieving relatives. Almodóvar fills this beautiful film with sharply realized scenes, rich helpings of Spanish flavor, and a vibrant compassion for his characters. … more less
