Delicatessen (1991)
‘Delicatessen’ is a dark tale set in a post-apocalyptic French town which is home to one crumbling building, owned by the butcher named Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) who has his shop downstairs. With rations virtually …

Ingmar Bergman’s 1960 films, ‘The Virgin Spring’, or ‘Jungfrukallan’, as it is known in its native language, is an emotionally powerful film about loss, revenge, and redemption in the eyes of God. The themes …

More affectionately known as ‘Five Fingers of Death’ (Tian xia di yi quan), this classic of the martial arts genre is said to have started it all. All of what, you ask? All that is …

“Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments. Later on they do claim remembrance when they show their scars. That face he had seen was to be the only peacetime image to survive the war. Had …

Mr. Takashi Miike is not exactly known for his family films.  Some of the most whacked out, disturbing, off the beaten path films I have ever seen have had the title Directed by Takashi Miike …

Travis:
‘Volcano High’ (2001) [originally titled 'WaSanGo'] is a South Korean action-comedy written and directed by Tae-gyun Kim. The story follows Kim Kyung-soo (Hyuk Jang), an outcast student who is continually expelled from his high schools …

Oh, the French and their horror.  With such recent hits as ‘Inside’ and ‘Frontier(s)’, the level of gore in French horror is getting to be off the chart.  So color me surprised when I checked …

‘[REC]‘ is a Spanish horror film released in 2007 and directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. It follows two trends that are becoming more and more annoying in films today. First off, …

Okay, let’s take a Merchant Ivory, costume drama set in 18th century France.  Now, let’s take a giant creature, a big wolf or something, and have it being ripping the people in the film apart …

Park Chan-Wook is most notable for his revenge films. ‘Oldboy’ is what really put him on the map of movie fan-dom, but the other two films in the “Vengeance Trilogy” were met with equal …

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Godzilla: Final Wars)… ‘Versus’ is a modern Japanese flavouring of the zombie flick, seasoned heavily with high-octane action and the Eastern zest of martial arts, wire-work and an eccentric style of …

Nimrod Antal’s debut film, ‘Kontroll’, is a darkly funny thriller that has more going on with it than your typical murder mystery.  It’s setting is the Budapest Metro, and the character involved are the ticket …

“We’re not up to feature film length yet.” - Paul (Arno Frisch) in ‘Funny Games’
Michael Haneke’s 1997 film ‘Funny Games’ is a thriller that covers psychological and visceral imagery alike.  It is a film that …

‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ is Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece.  Many think that ‘Spirited Away’ is the Japanese anime animator’s work of a lifetime.  However, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’s epic nature and beautiful storytelling puts it just above ‘Spirited …

If Sergio Leone is considered the Godfather of Spaghetti Westerns, than Sergio Corbucci has to be the Tattaglia.  The man is a pimp.  Leone is head and shoulders above other filmmakers when it comes to …

Jeremy:
Alexandre Aja’s breakout film, ‘High Tension’, was also, it seems in recent years, to have been a precursor to a new movement. Stylistic horror has become a very apparent genre in French filmmaking, and, with …

When Fernando Meirelles’ 2002 film, ‘City of God’, was released, it was heralded as nothing short of a masterpiece. It was nominated for four Academy Awards including a Best Director nod for Meirelles and …