South Korean icon Bae Du-na gives a fantastic
performance as Nozomi, the love doll
companion to a boring, sleazy but essentially harmless middle-aged man (Itsuji Itao). Within the first minutes of the movie, she inexplicably comes ... more
Based on the true events, The Balibo Conspiracy skillfully uses archival footage and various film stocks to recreate the chaotic and controversial days leading up to Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor. Anthony LaPaglia plays the r... more
The regulars at Bologna's Margherita Café are, to use the technical term, "losers." But they're an entertaining lot and likely to be as cherished by viewers as they are by the film's protagonist, an 18-year-old dubbed "The Kid." Set in... more
Although times are tough, the female workers of a provincial toy factory are given new smocks to assure them of their company's stability. When they show up the next day, they're shocked to find the factory empty, its machinery and man... more
Depressed that the love of his life is now with his former best friend, Jomar (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) spends his days watching disaster documentaries on the National Geographic Channel and half-heartedly running a shabby ski park.... more
When this uproarious road comedy begins, the central characters are young, prosperous, and in love. So what could go wrong as Elvis travels from Johannesburg to Cape Town to wed Ayanda? Well, just about everything. A missed bus, bad di... more
Set in 1942 amid the Japanese invasion of China, this lavish spy thriller keeps us guessing and rethinking what we know until the very end. After the resistance manages a series of assassinations of members of the Japanese-controlled p... more
There's lots of reggae music in this compelling documentary, whose interviewees include such reggae performers as Sugar Minott, U Roy, and Culture's Joseph Hill. Yet the film's main subject is not the music, but its inspiration: Rastaf... more
Suddenly finding himself a widower, film executive Pietro (Nanni Moretti) is bewildered by his apparent lack of grief yet resolves to be the perfect father to his 10-year-old daughter, Claudia (Blu Yoshimi). This determination manifest... more
Based on the true story of a young girl growing up in a Mafia family, The Sicilian Girl shines an intriguing light on what is, even in the Mediterranean, a shadowy world. After she witnesses her father gunned down in the street, Rita (... more
It's Paris, 1941. Exiled Armenian poet Manouchian, who survived his own people's genocide, finds common cause with the Jews being rounded up and reluctantly takes control of a ragtag group of young, foreign-born resistance fighters. At... more
Seven months into her second marriage in contemporary Cairo, smart and sexy Sun TV presenter Hebba Younes is grappling with a crisis: husband Karim, deputy editor of a popular newspaper, is under some pressure from higher-ups to persua... more
South Korean icon Bae Du-na gives a fantastic
performance as Nozomi, the love doll
companion to a boring, sleazy but essentially harmless middle-aged man (Itsuji Itao). Within the first minutes of the movie, she inexplicably comes ... 
Based on the true events, The Balibo Conspiracy skillfully uses archival footage and various film stocks to recreate the chaotic and controversial days leading up to Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor. Anthony LaPaglia plays the r... 
The regulars at Bologna's Margherita Café are, to use the technical term, "losers." But they're an entertaining lot and likely to be as cherished by viewers as they are by the film's protagonist, an 18-year-old dubbed "The Kid." Set in... 
Although times are tough, the female workers of a provincial toy factory are given new smocks to assure them of their company's stability. When they show up the next day, they're shocked to find the factory empty, its machinery and man... 
Depressed that the love of his life is now with his former best friend, Jomar (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) spends his days watching disaster documentaries on the National Geographic Channel and half-heartedly running a shabby ski park.... 
When this uproarious road comedy begins, the central characters are young, prosperous, and in love. So what could go wrong as Elvis travels from Johannesburg to Cape Town to wed Ayanda? Well, just about everything. A missed bus, bad di... 
Set in 1942 amid the Japanese invasion of China, this lavish spy thriller keeps us guessing and rethinking what we know until the very end. After the resistance manages a series of assassinations of members of the Japanese-controlled p... 
There's lots of reggae music in this compelling documentary, whose interviewees include such reggae performers as Sugar Minott, U Roy, and Culture's Joseph Hill. Yet the film's main subject is not the music, but its inspiration: Rastaf... 
Suddenly finding himself a widower, film executive Pietro (Nanni Moretti) is bewildered by his apparent lack of grief yet resolves to be the perfect father to his 10-year-old daughter, Claudia (Blu Yoshimi). This determination manifest... 
Based on the true story of a young girl growing up in a Mafia family, The Sicilian Girl shines an intriguing light on what is, even in the Mediterranean, a shadowy world. After she witnesses her father gunned down in the street, Rita (... 
It's Paris, 1941. Exiled Armenian poet Manouchian, who survived his own people's genocide, finds common cause with the Jews being rounded up and reluctantly takes control of a ragtag group of young, foreign-born resistance fighters. At... 
Seven months into her second marriage in contemporary Cairo, smart and sexy Sun TV presenter Hebba Younes is grappling with a crisis: husband Karim, deputy editor of a popular newspaper, is under some pressure from higher-ups to persua...