Foreign
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A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN – The Review
Andy Triefenbach | March 17, 2011Stellan Skarsgård stars as Ulrik, a man who is recently released from prison after serving a 12 year (!) sentence...
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THE HOUSEMAID (2010) – The Review
Jim Batts | March 3, 2011In many ultra-affluent homes there’s an invisible , but clearly defined, line that separates the residents and the people...
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83rd Academy Awards Producers Speak & Foreign Language Directors
Michelle McCue | February 26, 2011On Friday afternoon producers Don Mischer and Bruce Cohen, along with Academy President Tom Sherak, took some questions from the...
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9 Move Forward In Foreign Language Film Oscar Race
Michelle McCue | January 19, 2011Beverly Hills, CA – Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film...
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SLIFF 2010 Review: LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB
Jim Batts | November 17, 2010LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB is a simple, intimate (mostly) two character drama set in the stark countryside of Finland....
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SLIFF 2010 Review: I KILLED MY MOTHER
Jim Batts | November 12, 2010If you can get past it’s shocking title, I KILLED MY MOTHER, you’ll discover an intense, study of a...
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65 Entries In The Foreign Language Film Category For The 83rd Academy Awards
Michelle McCue | October 13, 201065 Countries Enter Race for 2010 Foreign Language Film Oscar® Beverly Hills, CA: Sixty-five countries, including first-time entrants Ethiopia...
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Review: THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Travis Keune | July 9, 2010THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE is the second installment in a trilogy of films adapted from the books...
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Review: MID-AUGUST LUNCH
Travis Keune | May 7, 2010Pranzo di ferragosto, or MID-AUGUST LUNCH in English, is a delightful Italian slice-of-life comedy about a middle-aged man with...
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Review: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
Travis Keune | April 30, 2010THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is not an easy film to watch. The pacing is a strange combination of...
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Review: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Travis Keune | April 9, 2010THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is not your mother’s formulaic mystery novel of the month, nor is it...
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Making-of Featurette for DE REPENTE, LA PELÃCULA
Travis Keune | November 25, 2009Check out this link to the making-of DE REPENTE LA PELICULA featurette from writer/director Luis Armando Roche. The Venezuelan...
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Tinseltown in a PANIC ATTACK!
Michelle McCue | November 22, 2009A must-see with your morning breakfast…At just under 5 minutes, its amazing!! From HeatVisionBlog.com: “Panic Attack!” is a short...
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Trailer for Zhang Yimou’s BLOOD SIMPLE Remake Hits
Kirk | November 19, 2009There’s arrows. There’s cannons. There’s explosions. There’s wackiness. What more could you ask for in a remake to the...
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Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘[Rec] 2’ Review
Matt | September 29, 2009WARNING: since this is a direct sequel to , there will be spoilers for in this review. ...
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Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘Yatterman’ Review
Matt | September 28, 2009Based on the Japanese weekend cartoon from the ’70’s, Yatterman takes the simple concept of giant robots fighting endlessly...
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Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘Mandrill’ Review
Kent | September 28, 2009Who knew Chile had one of the best action stars of all time? Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s ‘Mandrill’ stars Marko...
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Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘Love Exposure’ Review
Kent | September 28, 2009Today I saw the four hour long Japanese saga about sex, love, violence, death, religion and most of all…...