...ing (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2CD) (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Avalon (2003)SYNOPSIS: The star player of a futuristic computer game journeys into its secret advanced level, where players can die.
CAST & CREW: Malgorzata Foremniak DIRECTED BY: Mamoru Oshii
B-Happy (spanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Battle Royale II (japanska, separat svensk text) (2003)
Brush Up My Sisters (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Buddy (norskt tal) (2003)
Cala, My Dog (mandarin, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2003)
City of God (2CD) (portugisiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s.
CAST & CREW: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge DIRECTED BY: Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund
2 hours, 10 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 92%
Diva Ah Hey (Kinesiska, Engelsk text) (2003)
El Fondo Del Mar - Under The Sun (spanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
El Otro de la Cama (spanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Sex, love, lies, bed-hopping and mistaken identities abound in this pop musical-comedy set in Madrid. The gorgeous Paula (Natalia Verbeke) breaks up with perpetually glum Pedro (Guillermo Toledo) in order to take her affair with Javier (Ernesto Alterio) to the next level.
CAST & CREW: Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Natalia Verbeke DIRECTED BY: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
1 hour, 54 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 48%
En La Ciudad Sin Limites - The City Of No Limits (spanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)CAST & CREW: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernan-Gomez, Geraldine Chaplin DIRECTED BY: Antonio Hernandez
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Green Tea (mandarin, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Ha-Asonot Shel Nina - Ninas Tragedies (hebreiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Birth. Death. Life. Love. Marriage. Divorce. Infatuation. Passion. Joy. Heartbreak. And dancing Hassids!
CONSENSUS: Modern Israeli life is put under the microscope in this well-acted, if contrived, tale by director Savi Gabizon.
CAST & CREW: Aviv Elkabets, Ayelet July Zurer, Anat Waxman DIRECTED BY: Savi Gabizon
1 hour, 50 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 62%
Haute Tension (franska, separat engelsk text) (2003)ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 40%
If You Were Me (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Infernal Affairs II (kinesiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)CAST & CREW: Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong DIRECTED BY: Wai Keung Lau
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 60%
Irreversible (franska, eng text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club.
CONSENSUS: Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.
CAST & CREW: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel DIRECTED BY: Gaspar Noe
1 hour, 39 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 54%
Jam Films (japanska kortfilmer, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Kaiju Big Battle (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Kajmak in Marmelada (slovenska/serbiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
L'Auberge Espagnole (franska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: A fresh comedy from the new Europe, L'AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE is the story of a young man who, through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up, multi-cultural modern world.
CONSENSUS: This multicultural comedy captures the chaos and excitement of being young.
CAST & CREW: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Judith Godreche DIRECTED BY: Cedric Klapisch
2 hours, 2 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 80%
La Finestra di Fronte (Facing Window) (italienska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Leave Your Hands On My Hips (franska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Les Invasions Barbares (franska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Denys Arcand's THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS is a story about the humor, hope and unspoken bonds that hold family and friends together against the onslaughts of life in our contemporary times.
CONSENSUS: A moving and heart-felt film from director Denys Arcand.
CAST & CREW: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Marie-Josee Croze DIRECTED BY: Denys Arcand
1 hour, 39 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 80%
Los Lunes al Sol (Mondays in the Sun) (spanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: A northern Spanish coastal town suffers from its own isolationism as shipyards close down, leaving the labor force scouring the streets for temp jobs with only their stubborn pride to show for it. Among the disillusioned is Santa (Javier Bardem), a cocksure, angry rebel who refuses to admit his own failures.
CAST & CREW: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Jose Angel Egid DIRECTED BY: Fernando León de Aranoa
1 hour, 53 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 78%
Memories of Murder (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (3CD) (2003)
Moon Child (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2003)
Mors Elling (norska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
O Homem Que Copiava (portugisiska, separat engelsk text)(2CD) (2003)
Oldboy (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
One Missed Call (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Ong-Bak (thailändksa, separat svensk/engelsk text) (2003)
Pyrokinesis (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2003)
Shaolin Soccer (kinesiska utan text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Hong Kong satirist Stephen Chow wrote, directed, and stars in this hilarious spoof of sports and kung fu movie cliches.
CAST & CREW: Stephen Chow, Vicky Zhao Wei, Ng Man-Tat DIRECTED BY: Stephen Chow
1 hour, 51 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Silmido (koreanska, fast engelsk text)(2CD) (2003)
Singles (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Sound of Colors (kinesiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Swimming Pool (franska, separat svensk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Swimming Pool is world-premiering In Competition at the 2003 Cannes International Film Festival. With Swimming Pool, Europe’s most daring and inventive writer/director, François Ozon, reunites with his two favorite leading ladies, Charlotte Rampling (of Under the Sand) and Ludivine Sagnier (of 8 Women). Deliciously sophisticated and sexy, Swimming Pool, the first of Mr. Ozon’s movies to be made in the English language, revisits the sense of mystery that infused Under the Sand.
CONSENSUS: A sensual thriller with two engaging performers demanding our undivided attention.
CAST & CREW: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance DIRECTED BY: Francois Ozon
1 hour, 43 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 83%
The Alzheimer Case (holländska, separat engelsk text)(2CD) (2003)
The Eye (2CD)(kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life.
CONSENSUS: Conventional ghost tale with a few genuine scares.
CAST & CREW: Sin-je Lee, Laurence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon DIRECTED BY: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
1 hour, 38 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 70%
The Far Side of the Moon (franska, separat engelsk text) (2003)ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
The Man Without a Past (finska, engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: The Man Without a Past delivers a new edge to the story that stirred viewers all around the world in Drifting Clouds.
CAST & CREW: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
1 hour, 37 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 94%
Truth Or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (kinesiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Tube (2CD) (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (Mibu gishi den)(japanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Wind Carpet (japanska/farsi, separat engelsk text) (2003)
Wonderful Days (koreanska, engelsk text) (2003)
Yossi And Jagger (hebreiska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Yossi & Jagger portrays the love affair of two Israeli officers in an IDF position on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
CONSENSUS: A tersely told yet deeply felt romance.
CAST & CREW: Ohad Knoller, Yhuda Levi, Assi Cohen DIRECTED BY: Eytan Fox
71 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 90%
Zatoichi (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2003)SYNOPSIS: Director Takeshi Kitano takes on Japanese cinematic legend Zatoichi. Kitano stars as the blind wanderer with a distinctive red cane and a shock of platinum blonde hair.
CAST & CREW: Ittoku Kishibe, Akira Emoto, Tadanobu Asano DIRECTED BY: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 90%
A Garden in the Sky (mandarin, separat engelsk text) (2002)
A Housekeeper (franska, separat engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: Claude Berri (JEAN DE FLORETTE, LUCIE AUBRAC) delivers yet another laudable entry on love and loneliness in UNE FEMME DE MENAGE.
CONSENSUS: Nuanced performances and an understated tone make The Housekeeper transcend its familiar premise.
CAST & CREW: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon DIRECTED BY: Claude Berri
1 hour, 31 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 77%
Alive (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Dark Water (Japanska, Engelsk text) (2002)CAST & CREW:
Doing Time (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Dolls (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Drunken Monkey (kinesiska, engelsk text) (2002)
Foul King (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Joint Security Area (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Lilja 4 Ever (separat svensk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: From the first devastating moments of LILYA 4-EVER, as the cherubic 16-year-old protagonist (Oksana Akinshina) staggers, broken and beaten to a pulp, down the sidewalk of a bleak and unidentifiable urban prison and the hardcore theme song from Rammstein rips into "Mein Herz Brennt" ("My Heart Burns"); until its last brutal moments, the movie never relents in portraying the darkest side of teenage life in the former Soviet Union.
CAST & CREW: Oksana Akinshina, Artiom Bogucharski, Elina Benenson DIRECTED BY: Lukas Moodysson
1 hour, 49 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 86%
Lucia y el Sexo (spanska, ej text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: A Madrid waitress, Lucia (Paz Vega), is mourning the loss of her boyfriend Lorenzo (Tristan Ulloa), who passed away mysteriously.
CONSENSUS: Beneath the gratuitous nudity lies a complex and visually striking movie.
CAST & CREW: Paz Vega, Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya DIRECTED BY: Julio Medem
2 hours, 8 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 69%
Marriage is a Crazy Thing (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Metropolis (Anime) (japanska) (2002)SYNOPSIS: This animated Japanese film from Rin Taro (X) and Otomo Katsuhiro (AKIRA), based on the 1949 Magna comic book by Tezuka Osamu, takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis.
CONSENSUS: Even though the storyline is nothing new, Metropolis is an eye-popping visual treat.
1 hour, 49 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 91%
No Comment (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Nueve Reinas - Nine Queens (spanska, separat svensk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: "Nine Queens" is the story of two small-time swindlers, Juan (Gastón Pauls) and Marcos (Ricardo Darin), who team up after meeting in a convenience store and become involved in a half million dollar deal.
CONSENSUS: Deliciously twist-filled, Nine Queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper.
CAST & CREW: Gaston Pauls, Ricardo Darin, Leticia Bredice DIRECTED BY: Fabian Bielinsky
1 hour, 55 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 92%
Oasis (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2002)
Phone (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Ping Pong (2CD)(japanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Quo Vadis (polska, engelsk text) (2CD) (2002)CAST & CREW:
Russian Ark (ryska, separat engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum.
CAST & CREW: Sergey Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy DIRECTED BY: Aleksandr Sokurov
1 hour, 36 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 89%
Saving My Hubby (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
Sex Is Zero (2CD)(koreanska, engelsk text) (2002)
Suicide Club (japanska, fast engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: After 54 schoolgirls simultaneously jump in front of a train at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, the city is plagued with "suicide clubs"--groups of teens who get together in order to kill themselves.
1 hour, 39 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 60%
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 40%
Take Care Of My Cat (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood.
CAST & CREW: Doo-na Bae, Yo-won Lee, Ji-young Ok DIRECTED BY: Jae-eun Jeong
1 hour, 52 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 82%
Talk to Her (engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: The curtain before the stage, decorated with salmon colored roses and golden tassels, opens to present a Pina Bausch dance spectacle, "Café Müller".
CONSENSUS: Another masterful, compassionate work from Pedro Almodovar.
CAST & CREW: Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar
1 hour, 54 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 92%
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The Cat Returns (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2002)
The Little Chinese Seamstress (franska, engelsk text) (2002)CAST & CREW: Xun Zhou DIRECTED BY: Dai Sijie
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
The Piano Teacher (franska, fast engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: Erika (Isabelle Huppert) teaches classical piano in a cold and often abrasive style. Approaching middle age, she lives with her doting mother (Annie Girardot) and still sleeps in the same bed with her.
CONSENSUS: Though it makes for rather unpleasant viewing, The Piano Teacher is a riveting and powerful psychosexual drama.
CAST & CREW: Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Magimel, Annie Girardot DIRECTED BY: Michael Haneke
2 hours, 5 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 72%
The Transporter (engelska/franska/kinesiska) (2002)SYNOPSIS: Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another.
CONSENSUS: The Transporter delivers the action at the expense of coherent storytelling.
CAST & CREW: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze DIRECTED BY: Corey Yuen
90 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 52%
The Way Home (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2002)SYNOPSIS: This subtle and bucolic Korean film is "dedicated to all grandmas" by its director Jeong-hyang Lee.
CONSENSUS: A simple story told with much warmth and compassion.
CAST & CREW: Eul-Boon Kim, Seung-Ho Yoo, Kyung-Hoon Min DIRECTED BY: Jeong-hyang Lee
88 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 74%
Vidocq (franska) (2002)CAST & CREW: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre
What Time Is It There (kinesiska, separat engelsk text) (2002)SYNOPSIS: A lonely street vendor, Hsiao Kang (Lee Kang-Sheng), sells watches near a Taipei subway stop. The death of his father (Miao Tien) furthers his isolation as his widowed mother (Lu Yi-Chang) slips into an unhealthy mourning, hoping her dead husband's spirit will return to her.
CONSENSUS: Though it requires patience to view, What Time Is It There?'s exploration of loneliness is both elegant and haunting.
CAST & CREW: Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Jean-Pierre Léaud DIRECTED BY: Tsai Ming-Liang
1 hour, 56 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 83%
Audition (japanska) (2001)SYNOPSIS: AUDITION is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier.
CAST & CREW: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura DIRECTED BY: Takashi Miike
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 75%
Blue Spring (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2001)
Elling (Norska, ej text) (2001)SYNOPSIS: Elling (Per Christian Ellefsen) is a neurotic middle-aged man who has led an extremely sheltered life and is institutionalized after his mother’s death triggers a nervous breakdown.
CONSENSUS: Quirky without being overly cutesy, Elling is a gentle, warm comedy.
CAST & CREW: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Per Christiansen DIRECTED BY: Peter Naess
90 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 85%
Happiness of the Katakuris (japanska, engelsk fast text) (2001)SYNOPSIS: Best known for his dark splatterfests (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER), director Takeshi Miike takes a detour from his usual style with HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS.
CONSENSUS: If nothing else, Happiness of the Katakuris scores points for its delirious, over-the-top originality.
CAST & CREW: Kenji Sawada, Naomi Nishida, Keiko Matsuzaka DIRECTED BY: Takashi Miike
90 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 67%
Happy End (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2001)SYNOPSIS: Set among the urban grime of working class Istanbul, JOURNEY TO THE SUN focuses on two Turkish men on opposite sides of the political fence who become fast friends while escaping a flood of drunken, angry football hooligans.
CAST & CREW: Newroz Baz, Nazmi Quirix, Mizgin Kapazan DIRECTED BY: Yesim Ustaoglu
Kick The Moon (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2001)
Musa The Warrior (3CD) (2001)
My Sassy Girl (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2001)
Spirited Away (2CD) (japanska, engelsk text) (2001)SYNOPSIS: Directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, SPIRITED AWAY is the tale of Chihiro (voiced by Daveigh Chase), a young girl who is taken down an unusual road by her parents while moving to a new home in an unfamiliar town.
CONSENSUS: An enchanting adventure that takes viewers, young and old alike, through the looking glass.
CAST & CREW: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis DIRECTED BY: Hayao Miyazaki
2 hours, 12 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 97%
Summer Time (2CD) Koreanska, Engelsk text (2001)
The Road Home (mandarin, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2001)SYNOPSIS: City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the village teacher.
CONSENSUS: Beautifully filmed, The Road Home is a simple touching and tender love story.
CAST & CREW: Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao DIRECTED BY: Zhang Yimou
89 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 88%
Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2 CD) (2000)SYNOPSIS: AMORES PERROS is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash.
CONSENSUS: The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.
CAST & CREW: Gael Garcia Bernal, Emilio Echevarria, Goya Toledo DIRECTED BY: Alejandro Gonzalez Inniaritu
2 hours, 33 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 91%
Baenken (danska, separat svensk text) (2000)
Barking Dogs Never Bite (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (2000)
Battle Royale (2 CD) (2000)
Chlopaki Nie Placza (polska, separat engelsk text) (2000)
Dar Alanda Kisa Paslasmalar (2CD) (turkiska, separat engelsk text) (2000)
Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced (norska, separat engelsk text) (2000)
Peppermint Candy (koreanska, separat engelsk text)(2CD) (2000)
Rat Uzivo (serbokroatiska, separat engelsk text) (2000)
Street Fighter Alpha - The Movie (Anime) (2000)SYNOPSIS: The immensely popular STREET FIGHTER series, probably best known for its appearance on gaming consoles, has also become a first rate anime.
90 minutes
Summer of Kikujiro (japanska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (2000)SYNOPSIS: In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo.
CAST & CREW: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto DIRECTED BY: Takeshi Kitano
1 hour, 56 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 59%
Taxi 2 (franska) (2000)SYNOPSIS: When the visiting Japanese ambassador is kidnapped by the yakuza, Daniel and Emilien is forced to team up once again.
CAST & CREW: Marion Cotillard, Emma Sjoberg, Yoshi Oida
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Chaos (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1999)SYNOPSIS: After the success of RING and RING 2, director Hideo Nakata decided to take a break from the horror genre to make this thriller.
CAST & CREW: Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi DIRECTED BY: Hideo Nakata
1 hour, 44 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 70%
I Kina Äter Man Hundar (danska, fast svensk text) (1999)
My Neighbors the Yamadas (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1999)
On Board (turkiska, separat engelsk text) (1999)
Where a Good Man Goes (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1999)
Xiu Xiu - The Sent Down Girl (kinesiska, engelsk text) (1999)SYNOPSIS: Between 1967 and 1976, nearly eight million Chinese youths were "sent down" for specialized training to the remotest corners of the country in order to rid them of any revolutionary thoughts.
1 hour, 39 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 95%
A Hero Never Dies (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
An Affair (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
April Story (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
Art Museum By Zoo (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
Black Cat, White Cat (2CD) (1998)SYNOPSIS: Kusturica's complex, darkly comic follow-up to the masterful UNDERGOUND centers on the lives of a handful of gypsies and hustlers living in France on the Danube.
CAST & CREW: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan Todorovic, Branka Katic DIRECTED BY: Emir Kusturica
2 hours, 15 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 91%
Christmas in August (koreanska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
Ring (1998)SYNOPSIS: Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths.
CAST & CREW: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani DIRECTED BY: Hideo Nakata
1 hour, 40 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
The Storm Riders (2CD)(kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1998)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Open Your Eyes (spanska) (1997)SYNOPSIS: Handsome 25-year-old César (Eduardo Noriega) has it all--a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women.
CAST & CREW: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz DIRECTED BY: Alejandro Amenábar
1 hour, 57 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 79%
The Odd One Dies (kantonesiska) (1997)SYNOPSIS:
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Ashes of Time (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1996)SYNOPSIS: An atmospheric, brooding, and cerebral costume epic from Hong Kong's artsiest auteur, Wong Kar-Wai, who turns down the volume on the action sequences (which are directed by Sammo Hung) in favor of carefully composed, expressionistic camera work and character emphasis.
CAST & CREW: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tony Leung Ka Fai DIRECTED BY: Kar-Wai Wong
1 hour, 35 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 89%
Tabutta Rovasata (turkiska, separat engelsk text) (1996)
The God of Cookery (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1996)
La Haine (Hate) (franska, separat engelsk text) (1995)SYNOPSIS: Shot in cinema verité style, this film follows a day in the life of three aimless, violence-prone, ethnically-diverse young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris.
CAST & CREW: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui DIRECTED BY: Mathieu Kassovitz
1 hour, 35 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
The City of Lost Children (Franska, Engelsk text) (1995)SYNOPSIS: In THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, an imaginative fantasy from the creators of DELICATESSEN, a prematurely aging mad scientist named Krank (Daniel Emilfork) kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams.
CAST & CREW: Daniel Emilfork, Mireille Mosse, Dominique Pinon DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
1 hour, 54 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 93%
Underground (2CD) (serbokroatiska, separat engelsk text) (1995)SYNOPSIS: A surreal, absurd mix of politics, sex, fantasty, black comedy and brutality that has been widely hailed as one of the decade's most exhilerating cinematic efforts.
CAST & CREW: Miki Manojlovic, Slavko Stimac, Lazar Ristovski DIRECTED BY: Emir Kusturica
2 hours, 47 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 80%
Cronos (spanska/engelska, separat engelsk text) (1994)SYNOPSIS: A strange object, the "Cronos device," has been found inside the statue of an angel in an antique store.
CAST & CREW: Claudio Brook, Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman DIRECTED BY: Guillermo Del Toro
1 hour, 32 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 87%
Three Colors - Red (franska) (1994)SYNOPSIS: The final installment of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's brilliant THREE COLORS trilogy, RED stands for Fraternity (of Liberty and Equality) in the French flag and national motto.
CAST & CREW: Irčne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Kieslowski
1 hour, 39 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Madadayo (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1993)SYNOPSIS: MADADAYO, Akira Kurosawa's 30th and final film, follows the life of an aging Japanese professor whose retirement coincides with the final years of World War II. Beloved by his former students, the professor often received them as guests in his home.
CAST & CREW: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa DIRECTED BY: Akira Kurosawa
2 hours, 14 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 89%
Sonatine (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1993)SYNOPSIS: SONATINE tells the story of gang boss Murakawa (Kitano), who decides to consolidate his power as he approaches middle age.
CAST & CREW: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Susuma Terajima DIRECTED BY: Takeshi Kitano
90 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 93%
Three Colors - Blue (franska) (1993)SYNOPSIS: In the first part of acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s extraordinary THREE COLORS trilogy, BLUE represents Liberty (of Equality and Fraternity) in the French flag and national motto.
CAST & CREW: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Helene Vincent DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Kieslowski
1 hour, 38 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 94%
Three Colors - White (franska) (1993)SYNOPSIS: Part two in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's THREE COLORS astounding trilogy, WHITE represents Equality (of Liberty and Fraternity) in the French flag and the French national motto.
CAST & CREW: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Kieslowski
1 hour, 32 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 85%
Baraka (1992)SYNOPSIS: From Nepal to Kenya, from Australia to Brazil, people try to cope with the changes that have altered their landscape, crowding them together and speeding up daily life.
1 hour, 32 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Once Upon a Time in China 3 (1992)SYNOPSIS: The third installment in Hark's Wong Fei-Hong franchise, sees Hung (Jet Li) and his sidekick Chung arriving in China just in time for the Empress-sponsored Lion Dance kung fu invitational.
CAST & CREW: Jet Li, Max Mok, Rosamund Kwan DIRECTED BY: Tsui Hark
1 hour, 52 minutes
Delicatessen (franska, engelsk text) (1991)SYNOPSIS: After years of working successfully in commercials and music videos, French directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet make a splashing feature-film debut, DELICATESSEN, a hysterical exercise in style.
CAST & CREW: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
1 hour, 35 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 89%
God Of Gamblers 3 - Back to Shanghai (kantonesiska, fast kinesisk/engelsk text) (1991)
Mediterraneo (grekiska, separat engelsk text) (1991)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)SYNOPSIS: In one of the recurring gags of ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, attempts to take Wong Fei Hung's picture always fail.
CAST & CREW: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao DIRECTED BY: Tsui Hark
1 hour, 40 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1991)SYNOPSIS: ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA 2 presents the continuing late-19th-century adventures of Chinese folk hero and doctor Wong Fei-Hong (Jet Li), who arrives in Canton with for a medical conference.
CAST & CREW: Jet Li, Max Mok, Rosamund Kwan DIRECTED BY: Tsui Hark
1 hour, 53 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 88%
Days Of Being Wild (mandarin, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (1990)
All About Ah-Long (kinesiska, engelsk text) (1989)
Ariel (finska, separat svensk text) (1989)
Miracles (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1989)SYNOPSIS: A simple boy from the country (Chan) travels to Hong Kong in the 1930s where he accidentally saves the life of a mob boss.
CAST & CREW: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Michael Chow DIRECTED BY: Jackie Chan
1 hour, 46 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 88%
Violent Cop (japanska, separat engelsk text) (1989)SYNOPSIS: In his directorial debut, famed Japanese personality Takeshi Kitano (acting under the alias Beat Takeshi) plays Azuma, a brutal but honorable cop at the end of his rope.
CAST & CREW: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Ittoku Kishibe, Maiko Kawakami DIRECTED BY: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 60%
Winter War (finska, separat engelsk text) (2CD) (1989)
A Short Film About Killing (polska, fast engelsk text) (1988)
Akira (1988)SYNOPSIS: A landmark film that introduced much of the Western world to modern animé, AKIRA is a marvel of modern animation.
2 hours, 5 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Dekalog (polska, fast engelsk text)(DivX 10 Episodes = 2DVD) (1988)SYNOPSIS: One of the greatest and most ambitious cinematic achievements, Krzysztof Kieslowski's THE DECALOGUE consists of 10 short films inspired by the Ten Commandments.
9 hours, 44 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Der Himmel Über Berlin - Wings of Desire (1987)SYNOPSIS: The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them.
CAST & CREW: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders
2 hours, 10 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 100%
Mr Vampire (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1985)
Ran (2CD) (1985)SYNOPSIS: For his 27th film, the "sensei" of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan.
CAST & CREW: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu DIRECTED BY: Akira Kurosawa
2 hours, 40 minutes ROTTENTOMATOES RATING: 95%
Kaos (2CD)(italienska, separat engelsk text) (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (japanska, separat engelsk text)(2CD) (1984)
Dreadnaught (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1981)
Knockabout (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1979)
Stalker (2CD) (ryska, separat engelsk text) (1979)
The Magnificent Butcher (kantonesiska, separat engelsk text) (1979)
The 7 Grandmasters (kinesiska, separat engelsk text) (1978)