Category Archives: World Cinema

POST TENEBRAS LUX (Carlos Reygadas, 2012)

Starring: Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalie Acevedo, Willebaldo Torres You may like this if you liked: To the Wonder (Terence Malick, 2012), The Banishment (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2007), Keane (Lodge Kerrigan, 2004) Translating as Latin for “light after darkness”, Post Tenebras Lux … Continue reading

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BEYOND THE HILLS (Cristian Mungiu, 2012)

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Starring: Cosmina Stratan, Christina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta You may like this if you liked: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2008), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Biutiful (Alejandro Gonźalez Iñárritu, 2010) Inspired … Continue reading

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LORE (Cate Shortland, 2012)

Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, Kai-Peter Malina You may like this if you liked: Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985), The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma (Max Färberböck, 2008), The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff) Lore is adapted from one of the … Continue reading

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011)

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Starring: Emad Burnat, Soyraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat You may like this if you liked: In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), Frontier Blues (Babak Jalali, 2009), Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006) 5 Broken Cameras begins with Israeli authorities erecting a … Continue reading

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EVEN THE RAIN (Icíar Bollaín, 2012) viewed on 2/4/13

  Starring: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde You may like this if you liked: Shooting Dogs (Michael Caton – Jones, 2005), Salvador (Oliver Stone, 1986), The Mission (Roland Joffé, 1986) A passionate director Sebastián (Bernal), his cynical producer … Continue reading

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TABU (Miguel Gomes, 2012) viewed on 26/3/13

  Starring: Teersa Madruga, Laura Sokveral, Ana Moreira You may like this if you liked: Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957), The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009), The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) Tabu tells two stories at different parts in the … Continue reading

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NO (Pablo Larraín, 2012)

Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers You may like this if you liked: Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012), The Last King of Scotland (Kevin Macdonald, 2006), Cry Freedom (Richard Attenborough, 1987) In Chile in 1988 military dictator Augusto Pinochet … Continue reading

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SLEEP TIGHT (Juame Balagueró, 2011)

Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan You may like this if you liked: Julia’s Eyes (Guillem Morales, 2010), [Rec] (Juame Balagueró and Paco Plaza, 2007), Tesis (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996) César (Tosar) lives a lonely life in an upper … Continue reading

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LE HAVRE (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011) viewed on 10/3/13

  Starring: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin You may like this if you liked: Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (John Madden, 2011), The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011). … Continue reading

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THE KID WITH A BIKE (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011) viewed on 28/2/13

  Starring: Thomas Doret, Cecile De France, Jeremie Renier You may like this if you liked: The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008), The Son (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne), La Promesse (Jaen-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne) Having no mother and after … Continue reading

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