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AAN (1952)
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India's first Technicolor film, Aan is a swashbuckling adventure with lavish sets, dazzling costumes, and sensational musical numbers. The plot concerns a humble farmer who takes on an evil prince, stealing his princess and making her a proper woman--Taming of the Shrew fashion--along the way. Starring Dilip Kumar, Nadira, and Nimmi. In Hindi with English subtitles. Mehboob Khan---India---1952---161 mins.
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ABOUNA
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Fifteen-year-old Tahir and his eight-year-old brother Amine attempt to adapt to life without their absent father, who has left their small village in Chad near the Cameroon border to find work. Poignant and beautifully shot, the film carefully follows the boys as they struggle to stay together and find hope while the realization that their father may never return sets in. In Chad Arabic with English subtitles. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun---Chad/France---2002---84 mins.
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ADDRESS UNKNOWN
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This drama by South Korea's Kim Ki-Duk (The Isle, Bad Guy) follows the lives of three teenagers living in a small Korean town on the outskirts of an American military base in the 1970s. Chang-guk (Yan Dong-guen) is the son of a Korean bar waitress and an African-American soldier who longs to go to the U.S. Eun-ok (Ban Min-jeong), who has a cataract in her left eye, sells her body to an American soldier in exchange for money for eye surgery. The silent Ji-hum (Kim Young-min) is unable to deal with his disabled Korean War veteran father. None of these characters seem to realize that they have all been disabled by the Korean War. In Korean with English subtitles. Kim Ki-Duk---South Korea---2001---116 mins.
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ADIEU PLANCHER DES VACHES
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The eldest son of a wealthy suburban family sets out to discover how the other half lives in this cheerful comedy of manners from Otar Iosseliani. Uncomfortable with his family's monied prominence, Nicholas (Niko Tarielashvili) befriends a ragtag band of lower-class figures. The longer he gets to know them, however, the less sure he is of his plan. "A series of inventive sight gags...unspool with effortless charm" (NY Post). In French with English subtitles. IMPORT. Region 2.
Otar Iosseliani---France---1999---117 mins.
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AGNEEPATH (PATH OF FIRE)
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The great Amitabh Bachchan stars in this Hindi action drama set in the Bombay underworld, in which a wronged young man grows into a powerful, ruthless gangster.
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AIR DOLL
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The latest from Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) is a blend of hopeless romance and allegorical fairy tale. A lonely Tokyo man (Itsuji Itao) comes home nightly to his inflatable sex doll, Nozomi. When he's at work, though, Nozomi comes to life in the form of The Host's Bae Doo-na. By day, she ventures into the world, finds a job at a video store, falls in love with the clerk (Arata), experiences R-Rated pleasures of the flesh, yet comes to realize she is not a "real person"--increasingly isolated from human contact and retreating to fantasy worlds. "[Air Doll] is lovely and expressive, and it's one of those films that can haunt viewers long after they've left the theater" (NPR). With cinematography by Mark Lee, In the Mood for Love). Based on a manga by Yoshiie Gouda. Nominated for the Asian Film Award for Best Actress. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Hirokazu Kore-eda---Japan---2009---117 mins.
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ALI BABA QUARANTE VOLEURS
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Jacques Becker's opulent costume drama recreates the famed Arabian Knights tale about a young slave who is sent to fetch his master's latest wife and ends up falling in love with the woman himself. With his lavish sets and costumes, Becker spared no expense in realizing a highly stylized and mythologized world. The final scene, which shows an enormous mass of Ali Baba's followers, is one of the most memorable scenes in Becker's distinguished oeuvre. In French WITHOUT English subtitles. Jacques Becker---France---1954---92 mins.
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ALI ZAOUA, PRINCE DE LA RUE
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A kind of Oliver Twist transplanted to modern Casablanca, Nabil Ayouch's North African drama follows a gang of homeless, glue-sniffing orphans who rely on their wits and petty thievery to survive. When the charismatic Ali (Abdelhak Zhayra) makes a break from the adult gang leader Dib (Said Taghamoui), many of his friends follow suit. But with Dib bent on revenge, Ali realizes he has nowhere to turn. "An engaging and powerful piece of work, with real compassion for Morocco's unnoticed, unlamented army of homeless children" (The Guardian). In Arabic with English subtitles. Nabil Ayouch---Morocco---2000---100 mins.
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ANG KABIT NI MRS MONTERO
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Filipino bombshells Patricia Javier and Sunshine Cruz star in this sexy film inspired by D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. When her wealthy, handicapped husband cannot fulfill her physical desires, a beautiful young bride seeks satisfaction elsewhere. In Filipino with English subtitles. Peque Gallaga/Lore Reyes---Philippines---1999---91 mins.
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ANGELINA (L'ONOREVOLE ANGELINA)
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In postwar Rome, Angelina (Anna Magnani) struggles to make ends meet. When a flood destroys her poor community, she gets everyone to move into an empty mansion.
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AOI HARU ( BLUE SPRING )
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In the tradition of Battle Royale, director Toshiaki Toyoda's bleak, violent film looks at the disaffected youth at one of the worst high schools in Japan. After winning an unusual and dangerous game, Kujo (Ryuhei Matsuda) becomes the students' official gang-leader. Under his tutelage, the school becomes a microcosm of a violent society, with the teachers powerless to the kids and their destructive whims. In Japanese with English subtitles. Toshiaki Toyoda---Japan---2001---83 mins.
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ASSASSINATION (SHINODA)
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One of Shinoda's first period films, this black-and-white 'Scope samurai film begins in the waning years of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Tetsuro Tamba stars.
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ASTITVA (2000)
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In this attack on male chauvinism, a housewife who has lived by all the rules of her position is shunned when it is discovered that her husband is not the father of her son. Although the husband has been unfaithful in the past as well, it is the wife who suffers most. Lead actress Tabu won the critic's award for Best Actress at India's Film Fare Awards. Hindi with English Mahesh Manjrekar---India---2000---110 mins.
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AU BORD DE LA MER BLEUE
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U Samogo Sinyego Morya is a Boris Barnet (Girl with the Hatbox) comedy about two friends shipwrecked on the Baltic Sea. They soon find work o n a collective fish farm and fall in love with the same girl. Stars Nikolai Kryuchkov, Lev Sverdlin, and Yelena Kuzmina. In Russian with French subtitles. Boris Barnet---USSR---1936---72 mins.
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BAAZIGAR (1993)
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This remake of A Kiss Before Dying became quite controversial because the main star plays a murderer, something rare in Hindi cinema. With Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.
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BALTOS DEMES MELYNAME/ WHITE
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Ramunas Greicius's White on Blue, which debuted at the 61st Venice Film Festival, is an odd short about a Lithuanian teen who escapes from her quarrelsome parents to an island near their seaside home. When she discovers happy couples engaged in erotic games on the beach, she returns home to share her findings with mom. In Lithuanian with English subtitles. Ramunas Greicius---Lithuania---2004---20 mins.
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BATTLE ROYALE (IMPORT)
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Fukasaku's film was condemned for its depiction of kids killing kids, and praised for its unflinching commentary. (The battle for a proper Region 1 DVD still rages.)
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BATTLE ROYALE 2 ( IMPORT )
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This sequel to the ultraviolent and highly controversial Japanese blockbuster is no less disturbing than its original. A group of idealistic teenagers are again recruited by the government, this time to hunt internationally-known terrorist Shuya Nanahara and his group Wild Seven on their island stronghold. They are separated into pairs and connected by electronic collars so that if one team member is killed, the other dies as well. Like its predecessor, BRII was a box office smash that elicited great debate about the nature and value of its violence. In Japanese with optional English and Korean Kinji Fukasaku---Japan---2003---133 mins.
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BAYSIDE SHAKEDOWN
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The detectives of Bayside Station are thrown into an unusual murder case when a dead body is found with a stuffed animal in the victim's stomach. Standard police work takes a back seat to more pressing events, however, when the police commissioner is kidnapped. A taut crime drama with a sly sense of humor that takes some jabs at American TV cop shows, this film was a spin-off of a popular Japanese TV series. In Japanese with English subtitles. Katsuyuki Motohiro---Japan---1998---120 mins.
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BEIJING ROCKS
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Chinese rock and roll and youth culture takes center stage in this drama about the love-hate relationships among three restless characters standing outside of society's mainstream. Shu Qi (Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo), Daniel Wu and Geng Le star. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Mabel Cheung---China---2001---105 mins.
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