Me and You (Io e te)
There are a handful of directors whose names lead me to expect greatness. Bertolucci is definitely one of them. He has written and directed some of the most successful and…
Ida
Ida is one of those extremely beautiful but ultimately depressing films. It is the story of an 18-year-old Polish orphan who was brought up by nuns and is about to…
The Lunchbox
In this lovely little Indian chick flick, two lonely strangers meet through an accidental food delivery mix-up. Saajan is an accountant, a month away from early retirement when he starts…
Gloria
Paulina García plays the title character in this unusual Chilean romdramedy. Gloria is a fifty-something divorcee. She frequents bars where people her age mingle and dance. And she frequently comes…
The Past (Le Passé)
The Past is a compelling domestic drama from the director of the 2012 Oscar winning film A Separation. This time instead of setting it in Iran, the film takes place…
The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
One of the five films nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, The Great Beauty is an amazingly wonderful dip into the pool of modern Roman decadence. The story is…
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Mainstream Chick’s 2013 Year in Review
I don’t particularly like lists – especially where movies are concerned because so much depends on what you're hoping to gain, and the kind of mood you’re in. I generally…
Blue is the Warmest Colour
La Vie d’Adèle—Chapitres 1 et 2 aka Blue is the Warmest Colour was the hit of this year's Cannes Film Festival winning top honors and scoring its young stars Léa…
The Hunt (Jagten)
The Hunt is not a happy movie. And it is a story I feel like I have seen before, though it is all in the telling. The draw here is…
In the House (Dans la maison)
In the House is one of the more enjoyable films I have seen lately. It is described as a thriller, which leads you to believe it is more serious than…
Free China: The Courage to Believe
This shortish documentary (61 minutes) tells the story of two people living on opposite sides of the earth who were both persecuted for their belief in Falun Gong, a modern…
No
Academy Award nominee No is another film based on a true story, but what makes it remarkable is that this story changed history. It takes place in Chile in 1988,…
Ca$h
Two of my favorite Frenchmen are in this movie: Jean Dujardin and Jean Reno. And it just proves that The Artist was not a fluke. The camera does love Jean…
Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri)
Director Cristian Mungiu's film Beyond the Hills takes place in a remote monastery in Romania, where two young women who grew up together in an orphanage are reunited with tragic…
War Witch (Rebelle)
I really wish that films nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar were available before the awards were given out, so that just once I could fill out a ballot…