Foreign Archive

  • Rudo y Cursi (Rough and Vulgar)

    Rudo y Cursi (Rough and Vulgar)

    I happen to admire Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. Since their smashing debut Y Tu Mama Tambien, the Mexican...

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  • La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle for Algiers)

    La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle for Algiers)

    I loved this movie because of the realism that it portrayed with the guerilla conflict that had ensued during the...

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  • La haine (The Hate)

    La haine (The Hate)

    Shot in black and white with superb camera angles, a great script, and a great cast. La Haine is a...

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  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal is a great place to start with Bergman, an abstract, timeless classic that depicts a medieval knight’s...

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  • Quadrophenia (1979)

    Quadrophenia (1979)

    The ending thirty minutes of this movie are worth the watch alone.  The Who’s music plays formulaically with the lead...

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  • The Wind that Shakes the Barley

    The Wind that Shakes the Barley

    I believe that Ken Loach’s filmmaking style is what Hollywood should start looking at and try to imitate. This movie’s...

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  • Afghan Star

    Afghan Star

    Afghan Star is a British documentary who narrates the first season of the Afghan version of American Idol; it follows...

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  • Home

    Home

    Yann Arthus-Bertrand is reknown for his book Earth viewed from the Sky, and Home is no less and no more...

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  • Crazy Love (1897)

    Crazy Love (1897)

    Love is a dog from hell. This three-act Belgian film is taken from Bukowski’s various short stories and novels and...

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  • Rashomon

    Rashomon

    It’s a work of bold, abstract beauty that questions reality by consensus. A rape and murder mystery is told and...

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