| Title |
Director |
Year |
Language |
| Arabic |
Bab
El-Oued City
Set in a popular district of Algiers a few months after the bloody riots
of 1988, this film follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and
the local Islamic fundamentalists.
Drama, Political Drama
Arab Film Review, IMDb
Review |
Merzak Allouache |
1994 |
Arabic
w/subtitles |
A
Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes
At the death of her husband, Soumicha has to earn a living and becomes the
only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbes (Algeria). The film shows her working
conditions in a job normally reserved for men, and a city where integrist
violence rages.
Documentary |
Belkacem
Hadjadj |
2000 |
Arabic
w/subtitles |
L'Homme
de Cendres (Man of Ashes)
This film depicts a young man and his friends, whose dreams of leaving their
small Tunisian town are at odds with the social, religious, and sexual mores
of a strongly conservative society.
Comedy, Drama
All
Movie Guide review |
Nouri
Bouzid |
1986 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
Inch'Allah
Dimanche
In this passionate immigrant story of a woman struggling against old world
traditions, Zouina leaves her homeland with her children to join her husband
in France. In a land and culture foreign to her, she struggles against her
mother-in-law's tyrannical hand and her husband's distrustful bitterness
in an attempt to adjust to her life in exile.
Drama |
Yamina
Benguigui |
2001 |
Arabic,
French w/subtitles |
Melilla,
l'europe au Pied du Mur
Melilla est une enclave portuaire espagnole située à côté du
Maroc. Devant ses portes, sont maintenus dans un parc de voitures destinées à la
casse, Africains du Nord et du reste de l'Afrique. Tourné sur plusieurs
mois, le film présente leurs témoignages. Mais aussi ceux des
autorités de la ville, alignés sur les objectifs de l'Union
Européenne: normaliser l'immigration. L'enquête met en évidence
l'impossibilité de réguler la circulation "humaine" et
les conséquences dangereuses d'une telle politique. Dans un contexte
de racisme où les "Maures" sont repoussés à la
faveur des autres Africains, "Melilla" est un regard sur la situation
qui a progressé notamment vers les émeutes de El Ejido, un
an plus tard.
|
Arlette
Giradot & Philippe Baque |
1998 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
On
Boys, Girls and the Veil
With his leading protagonist and friend, Nasrallah takes us on an exquisite
tour of a subject normally overdramatized by the West. Taking the debate
beyond the simplistic approach and with familiarity rarely seen, young men
and women talk about the ‘hijab’ and its social implications.
Documentary |
Yousry Nasrallah |
1995 |
Arabic w/subtitles |
Rana's
Wedding
About
a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man
of her own choosing. Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum
delivered by her father: she must either choose a husband from
a preselected list of men, or she must leave Palestine for Egypt
with her father by 4:00 that afternoon. With ten hours to find
her boyfriend in occupied Jerusalem, she sneaks out of her father's
house at daybreak to find her forbidden love.
Drama, Comedy
|
Hany
Abu-Assad |
2002 |
Arabic
w/subtitles |
The
Silences of the Palace
The pain of servitude, the power of music, and the need for women to stick
together provide the underlying themes for this Tunisian-French drama set
in the ruling king's compound the night before Tunisia declared its independence.
Drama
IMDb Review |
Moufida Tlatli |
1994 |
Arabic, French w/subtitles |
Tunisiennes (Bent
Familia)
Three well-educated North African women deal with machismo and sexual stereotyping
in modern Tunisia.
Comedy, Drama
IMDb Review |
Nouri
Bouzid |
1998 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
A
Veiled Revolution
Egyptian women were the first Arab women to march in political demonstrations,
the first to take off their veils publicly, and the first to receive free
secular education. But today the educated granddaughters of those early Arab
feminists are returning to Islamic dress, complete with full face veil and
gloves. This film considers possible reasons for this turn back to tradition
as Egyptian women speak out.
Documentary |
Elizabeth
Fernea & Marilyn Gaunt |
1982 |
Arabic
w/subtitles |
Vivre
au Paradis (Living in Paradise)
Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, this film serves as
a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants
trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe.
Drama, Political Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Bourlem
Guerdjou |
1998 |
French,
Arabic w/subtitles |
| Danish |
Babette's
Feast
Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee, seeks shelter in a desolate
coastal town of Denmark. The two elderly daughters of the town's long-dead
minister take her in. Babette holds a secret that may very well allow these
women to have a second chance at life.
Drama
IMDb
Review |
Gabriel
Axel |
1989 |
Danish/Swedish/ French
w/subtitles |
| Dutch |
Antonia's
Line (Antonia)
Joyful
European drama which chronicles the life of an independent, strong-willed
Dutch woman who lived in a small farming community.
Feminist,
Comedy Drama
Bill & Beth
Review, Film.com
Review, Text fragments, Austin
Chronicle, Allmovie
Review |
Marleen
Gorris |
1995 |
Dutch
w/ subtitles |
| English |
After
the Fall
A documentary exploring the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall, the film
features interviews in English and German with long-time residents and foreign
visitors/residents from both sides of the former divide. Winner at the 1999
Berlin Film Festival (in the Neue Deutsche Filme sidebar)
Documentary
|
Eric Black & Frauke
Sandig |
1999 |
German/English w/subtitles |
Arabian
Nights
A legendary heroine tries to save her kingdom and her own life by seducing
her husband's imagination with the fantastical tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba,
and other larger-than-life heroes, warrior and djinns. Made-for-TV retelling
of the classic tale A Thousand and One Nights.
Epic, Fantasy Adventure
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Steve
Barron |
2000 |
English |
Britain's
Parliament at Work: Order, Order!
A guided tour of the Parliament which has served as the model for legislatures
all over the world. Because of Parliament’s traditions and pageantry,
the program is colorful and fascinating as well as intellectually stimulating
and important.
Documentary
|
Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
1992 |
English |
Carrington
This
period biopic chronicles the long-term passion of early 20th-century
painter Dora Carrington for gay Bloomsbury Group writer Lytton
Strachey.
Biography
[Feature], Romance
Carrington
Homepage, Allmovie
Review |
Christopher
Hampton |
1996 |
English |
December
Bride
An independent,
stubborn servant girl living in late-19th-century Northern Ireland,
defies convention and shocks her community by having affairs
with her
employers' two sons and by refusing to name the father of the
resulting child.
Drama
Dejanews
Review, IMDb
Review |
Thaddeus
O'Sullivan |
1993 |
English |
Degenerate
Art
This documentary brings to life the historical context of an infamous 1937
art exhibition mounted by the Nazis in Munich, examining the far-reaching
effects of the Nazi's vilification of the avant-garde in Germany. The life
and works of several artists whose very existence was threatened by the suppression
of modern art are highlighted.
Documentary
|
David
Grubin |
1993 |
English |
East
is East
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip
shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict
Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother
and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly
see themselves as British and start to reject their father's
rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Comedy, Drama |
Damien O'Donnell
|
1999 |
English |
Emma
This splendid dramatization brings to life all the glorious romance of
Jane Austen's arguably finest novel, recreating her most irritatingly endearing
female character, Emma, of whom she wrote "no one but myself could
like."
Romance, Comedy
|
John
Glenister |
1972 |
English |
Far
Away, So Close (In weiter Ferne, so nah!)
Sequel
to Wenders acclaimed 1987 film "Wings Of Desire," in which angels descend
to Earth and take a hard look at the fruits of German reunification.
Drama,
Fantasy
Webstation
dedicated site, Soundtrack
info |
Wim
Wenders |
1993 |
English |
The
Girl in the Cafe
An aging civil servant falls for an enigmatic young woman. However, when
he takes her to the G8 summit in Reykjavik, their bond is tested by his professional
obligations.
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
David
Yates |
2005 |
English |
House
of Cards
Ian Richardson stars in this malevolent satire of greed, corruption and
ambition in the highest realsm of government. As the Maciavellian Chief
Whip, he schemes and backstabs his way to the top. But the unflappabale
politico may have made a deadly mistake when he made young journalist Mattie
Storin his dupe.
This TV trilogy has won a primetime Emmy and two British Academy Awards.
Drama
All
Movie Guide review
|
Paul
Seed |
1990-1995 |
English |
Irish
Civil War: the Madness from within
In 1922, the people of Ireland turned against each other in one of the bloodiest
civil wars in history. In the aftermath, the country descended into a subversive,
fratricidal conflict that lasted for decades. This documentary features inverviews
with participants in the Civil War, interwoven throughout with archival footage
and photographs from the period.
Documentary |
Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
|
English |
Life
is Sweet
Examines
life among the British lower-middle class through the eyes of
Andy and Wendy, the kind-hearted, good-natured parents of twins
Natalie and Nicola.While the former twin is quiet and driven,
the latter is a troubled bulimic who lashes out at everyone and
everything, especially herself.
Family
Drama, Comedy Drama, Urban Drama, Made for TV
IMDb
Review |
Mike
Leigh |
1991 |
English |
Love
Actually
Set in London, "the ultimate romantic comedy" involves more than
a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart
over the course of one particularly eventful Christmas. Funny, irresistible
and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
and Emma Thompson) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love's delightful
twists and turns.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
IMDb
Review |
Richard
Curtis |
2003 |
English |
The
Lumiere Brother's First Films
A collection of the
Lumiere Brothers' turn-of-the-century work with commentary by
Thierry Fremaux (in French) and Bertrand Tavernier (in English). |
Louis and Auguste
Lumiere |
1895-97 /1996 |
French and English
Commentary |
Mansfield
Park
Austen's story of virtue and vice tells of young and impoverished Fanny Price
who arrives at the elegant country estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram.
True virtue triumphs over superficiality in this distinguished, BBC productione
of Jane Austen's celebrated novel Mansfield Park.
Drama, Romance |
David
Giles |
1986 |
English |
Michael
Collins
Violent,
fact-based historical drama provides fascinating
insights into the events that lead to the religious and political
battles that have raged in Northern Ireland since the early 20th
century.
Political
Drama,Romance
IMDb
Review |
Neil
Jordan |
1996 |
English |
The
Mother
After her husband dies, May, a shy suburban housewife moves to London to
be near her grown children and their families. Quite unexpectedly, she becomes
attracted to a handsome carpenter half her age who's currenly haivng an affair
with her daughter. After he returns May's advances, the two embark on a forbidden
affair that threatens to destroy May's family in this powerful film.
Winner of British Acress of the Year at London Critics Film Circle Awards.
Drama, Romance |
Roger
Michell |
2001 |
English |
My
Son the Fanatic
In a small city in
the English midlands, a Pakistani immigrant named Parvez works
long hours driving a cab to provide modest comfort for his disapproving
wife, Minoo, and better opportunities for his collegiate son,
Farid. When Farid breaks off his engagement with the daughter
of the city's white police commissioner, drops out of university
and joins a cell of Islamic fundamentalists, Parvez must bide
his time and hope that his son will come around to his own liberal,
assimilationist views.
Comedy / Romantic
Comedy |
Udayan Prasad |
1997 |
English |
Neurosia
This
documentary exercise in narcissism represents gay activist Rosa
von Praunheim's autobiography, framed as murder mystery in which
the loopy director is the victim.
Art,
Experimental, Comedy, Gay
Box
Office Online Review, Filmography, New
Jersey Online Review |
Rosa
Von Praunheim |
1995 |
English |
Northanger
Abbey
A tale of intrigue, adventure and romance, this enchanting dramatization
captures the spirit and wit of Austen's classic novel. The setting is 18th
century Bath, a society of decadence and deceit, into which Catherine Morland
arrives bursting with freshness, integrity and a passion for macabre Gothic
novels.
Drama, Romance, Comedy |
Giles Foster |
1987 |
English |
Persuasion
This beautiful dramatization of Persuasion conveys all the passion
and frustrations of Jane Austen's most mature heroine Anne Elliot, as she
finds herself persuaded to reject her chance for true love.
Romance, History |
Howard Baker |
1971 |
English |
The
Pianist
Based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling
against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Won Best Actor, Best Director at 2002
Academy Awards; Palme d'Or at 2002 Cannes International Film Festival.
Drama, War Drama
IMDb Review |
Roman Polanski |
2002 |
English, German, Russian
w/subtitles |
Poldark
In late 18th century Cornwall, the political and social atmosphere is as
stormy as the sea that pounds the rocky shores. Into this landscape,
Captian Ross Poldark returns from the American war to take up his inheritance
and take up with his beloved Elizabeth. But with false reports of his
death having reached Cornwall ahead of him, what will he find? This
BBC television production is comprised of 3 series.
Drama |
Christopher Barry & Paul
Annett |
1975 |
English |
Pride
and Prejudice
Shot on location in the beautiful English countryside, this flurry of romantic
courtships is full of injured pride and unfounded prejudice. This realistic
production truly captures all the nuances of the 18th century life among
the English gentry, a society obsesssed with profitable marriage contracts.
Drama, Romance, Comedy
|
Cyril Coke |
1985 |
English |
Richard
III
Set in
1930s Britain and much like an old-fashioned gangster movie,
Richard becomes a criminal mastermind, expert at manipulating
others and the system; he is unafraid to use violence in his
struggle to become king.
Tragedy,
Drama, Crime
Richard
III Homepage, Historical
Background, IMDb
Review |
Richard
Loncraine |
1995 |
English |
Sense
and Sensibility
Hailed as "wonderfully 18th century" and offering equal measures
of humor and drama, this magnificent BBC production tells the story of two
sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of
18th century England.
Drama, Romance |
Rodney Bennett |
1981 |
English |
Shirley
Valentine
Spending the bulk of the film speaking directly to the audience, Shirley,
a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, reveals her innermost thoughts and fears.
Once a young rebel, she now chafes under her husband's insensitivity. However,
when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two,
Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Romantic Comedy
All
Movie Guide review
|
Lewis Gilbert |
1989 |
English |
Some
Mother's Son
A 1981
hunger strike in a Belfast prison is the historical inspiration
for the drama Some Mother's Son, which attempts to focus on the
personal dimensions of the event through its portrayal of the
families of the striking prisoners.
Political
Drama
IMDb
Review |
Terry
George |
1996 |
English |
Total
Eclipse
On the
great French poet Arthur Rimbaud, who wrote all his poems during
a brief burst of activity in the early 1870s, when he was just
a teenager. Rimbaud
carries on a torrid, absinthe-soaked homosexual love affair with
the older and not quite so great poet Paul Verlaine. This affair
ended when Verlaine shot Rimbaud in the hand in a Brussels hotel
room.
Drama
Fine
Line Features dedicated site |
Agnieszka
Holland |
1995 |
English |
Touch
of Pink
A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when
his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit unexpectedly. She intends to
return him to Canada and get him matched up with a "nice girl".
Comedy
IMDb
Review
|
Ian
Iqbal Rashid |
2004 |
English |
Vera
Drake
Vera Drake, a devoted wife and mother in 1950s England, secretly helps
women terminate unwanted pregnancies. When she is arrested, her entire
world unravels, leading to a very dramatic, emotional conclusion. Winner
of Best Film and Best Actress at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Drama, Crime |
Mike
Leigh |
2004 |
English |
A
Very British Coup
When Harry Perkins becomes Britain's prime minister, his socialist agenda
horrifies the entrenched ruling class and the right-wing media. The establishment
and its American allies conspire in a brutal back-room struggle to retain
control. This PBS Masterpiece Theatre miniseries won an International
Emmy Award and the Banff Television Festival grand prize.
Drama |
Mick
Jackson |
1988 |
English |
Westler:
East of the Wall
Love
affair between two disparate men separated by the Berlin Wall.The
East-West relationship is not easy to maintain as they must constantly
deal with the bureaucratic red-tape and the stress of being apart.
Though they both lead widely disparate lives, they are unable
to bear their separation any longer and the Easterner finally
defects.
Romance,
Drama
Strand
Releasing Review, Popcorn
Review |
Wieland
Speck |
1986 |
English |
Yes
Minister
In this BBC television series, the newly appointed British Minister for Administrative
Affairs finds even the corridors of power congested by the machinations of
his Permanent Secretary and his Civil Service cohorts.
Comedy |
Sydney Lotterby |
1980 |
English |
Young
Adam
Ewan McGregor (Joe) stars in this thriller based on the cult novel by Scottish
Beat poet Alexander Trochhi. Ella may have been the boss' wife, but Joe
couldn't have cared less. Their torried affair took his mind off the beautiful
dead girl found in the river. Her name was Cathie, and Joe was the last
person to see her alive. The shocking truth about her death could save
the life of an innocent man... or send a guilty one to the gallows.
Drama, Crime, Thriller
|
David Mackenzie |
2003 |
English |
| French |
100%
Arabica
In a poverty-stricken concrete housing estate located on the outskirts of
Paris, African immigrants struggle for recognition in a society where they
are often regarded as second class citizens. As a local group of musicians
start to gain in popularity, their success threatens the orthodox religious
groups who control the neighborhood.
Comedy |
Mahmoud Zemmouri |
1997 |
French w/subtitles |
les
Amants du Pont-Neuf (Lovers on the Bridge)
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for
repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants. The streets,
skies and waterways of Paris are used as a backdrop to the story in a series
of stunning visuals which dominate the film.
Drama, Romance
All
Movie Guide Review |
Leos
Carax |
1991 |
French w/subtitles |
Amelie (Le
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
A painfully shy waitress
working at a tiny Paris cafe, Amelie makes a surprising discovery
and sees her life drastically change for the better! From
then on, Amelie dedicates herself to helping others find happiness.
Comedy |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
2001 |
French w/subtitles |
Un
Amour a Paris (A Romance in Paris)
A romantic drama about two strangers who meet and fall in love in Paris.
A young Jewish girl from Algeria, who comes to France in hopes of becoming
a model, gets sidetracked when she meets a French-born Arab and ex-convict.
Comedy, Drama
IMDb
Review
|
Merzak Allouache |
1987 |
French |
L
'Auberge Espagnole
C'est l'histoire
d'un jeune homme de 25 ans qui part faire sa derniere annee
d'etudes a Barcelone. Il va partager un appartement
avec 7 etudiants qui viennent chacun d'un pays d'Europe different. Commence
alors pour lui une experienceunique: la vie en communaute...
Comedy, Romance
|
Cedric Klapisch |
2002 |
French |
Babette's
Feast
Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee, seeks shelter in a desolate
coastal town of Denmark. The two elderly daughters of the town's long-dead
minister take her in. Babette holds a secret that may very well allow these
women to have a second chance at life.
Drama
IMDb Review |
Gabriel
Axel |
1989 |
Danish/Swedish/ French
w/subtitles |
Bezness
"Bezness" takes place in one of Tunisia's beautiful coastline tourist
cities. It tells the contemporary story of a young man trapped between Arab tradition
and prostitution.
Official selection, Cannes 1992.
Comedy, Drama |
Nouri Bouzid |
1992 |
French |
Bon
Voyage
A motley group of Parisians head south to escape the imminent German occupation.
Murderous intrigues, scientific secrets, love affairs, and suspense flourish
in this dark comedy.
Comedy, Drama
IMDb Review |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
2003 |
French w/subtitles |
Le
Chemin du Retour (film to accompany Debuts, an introduction
to French)
Centered around a young French TV journalist who is investigating her grandfather's
hidden past, this film takes students on an incredible journey throughout
parts of the French-speaking world. |
McGraw-Hill
Higher Education |
2002 |
French |
Chocolat
Curious and observant
seven-year-old Franch spends her days amidst the paradise of
her family's estate. But behind the household's exterior
beauty lies growing hostility brought on by France's always-traveling
father, her bored, frustrated mother - and Protee, the noble,
intelligent house "boy" who suffers the indignities of his status
in silence.
Drama |
Claire Denis |
1988 |
French w/subtitles |
Chouchou
A North African immigrant
to Paris gets work and finds romance despite his scatty character.
Comedy
All
Movie Guide Review |
Merzak Allouache |
2003 |
French w/subtitles |
Douce
France
In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants
living in the projects of suburban Paris endeavor to find a suitable cultural
identity. The story centers on four young men in their 20s: Farida, who tries
to live according to family traditions; his rebellious sister Souad, who
wants to be as Westernized as possible and works at a fast-food outlet; her
ex-boyfriend, Jean Luc, who wants to be an immigrant lawyer; and his friend
Moussa. The film is comprised of brief incidents from their lives.
Comedy |
Malike
Chibane |
1995 |
French
w/subtitles |
Eight
Femmes
One morning an industrialist is found stabbed in his room. Eight women are
his potential murderers; the house is isolated in a snowstorm, the phone
is dead and one of them has to be the culprit. Mutual suspicions reveal the
various secrets in their lives.
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Musical |
Francois Ozon |
2002 |
French |
Elevator
to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud)
Modern
film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting to kill
the husband and make it look like suicide.
Crime
Thriller, Film Noir, Psychological Thriller
Circle
Theater Forum Review, Soundtrack
info,
IMDb
Review
|
Louis
Malle |
1957 |
French
w/ subtitles |
Four
Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
A simple,
naive provincial girl meets her street-smart Parisian counterpart
in this compelling character study, which introduces the pair
into various dramatic situations in each of its four narrative
segments.
On
Rohmer's Moral Tales, Rohmer
Filmography |
Eric
Rohmer |
1986 |
French
w/ subtitles |
Friday
Night (vendredi soir)
Internationally acclaimed director Cliare Denis' film is both an erotic and
beguiling story of a one-night affair between two strangers and an ode to
the city of Paris.
Drama
|
Claire
Denis |
2002 |
French
w/subtitles |
les
Gens de la Riziere (Rice People)
A poor, rural Cambodian family slowly disintegrates during the cycle of a
single rice crop in this moving, and beautifully photographed European drama
adapted from a novel.
Drama
All
Movie Guide Review |
Rithy
Panh |
1992 |
Khmer
w/French subtitles |
Harem
Suare
At the turn of the century in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, an ornate
story of love, power, and fear takes place in Istanbul, at the Yildiz Palace.
Romantic Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
1999 |
French,
Italian, Turkish w/subtitles |
Hate (La
Haine)
A film
spanning 24 hours in which three racially diverse friends vent
their frustrations about police brutality near Paris.
Drama
Hate
Homepage, IMDb
Review |
Mathieu
Kassovitz |
1996 |
French
w/subtitles |
He
Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (a la folie pas du tout)
Rising young artist Angelique (Audrey Tatou) is wildly in love with Loic.
She is happily planning her future: a career as a painter and a future with
Loic... what more could she desire? But things are rarely as they seem and
Loic, a married cardiologist, has a slightly more jaded take on their affair...
Comedy Drama, Black Comedy
|
Laetitia
Colombani |
2002 |
French
w/subtitles |
L'Homme
de Cendres (Man of Ashes)
This film depicts a young man and his friends, whose dreams of leaving their
small Tunisian town are at odds with the social, religious, and sexual mores
of a strongly conservative society.
Comedy, Drama
All
Movie Guide review |
Nouri
Bouzid |
1986 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
I
Can't Sleep (J'ai pas sommeil)
A vicious
murderer walks the streets of Paris, targeting elderly women
in a string of brutal attacks. This French drama uses two plots
that occasionally come together. The stories are set within the
multi-ethnic neighborhoods of Paris.
Drama
IMDb
Review
Official selection, Cannes Film Festival |
Claire
Denis |
1994 |
French
w/ subtitles |
Inch'Allah
Dimanche
In this passionate immigrant story of a woman struggling against old world
traditions, Zouina leaves her homeland with her children to join her husband
in France. In a land and culture foreign to her, she struggles against her
mother-in-law's tyrannical hand and her husband's distrustful bitterness
in an attempt to adjust to her life in exile.
Drama |
Yamina
Benguigui |
2001 |
Arabic,
French w/subtitles |
Indochine
Catherine Deneuve
stars in this Oscar-winning (Best Foreign Language Film, 1992)
tale of passion and revolution in colonial Vietnam.
Drama / Romance |
Regis Wargnier |
1992 |
French w/subtitles |
Jules
and Jim (Jules et Jim)
An influential
film that has grown in stature over the decades, Jules et Jim
was often viewed by the counterculture of the 1960s as a cinematic
proponent of the free-love movement, but in actuality the picture
is a statement against such a way of life.
Romantic
Drama
IMDb
Review |
Francois
Truffaut |
1962 |
French
w/ subtitles |
The
Lumiere Brother's First Films
A collection of the
Lumiere Brothers' turn-of-the-century work with commentary by
Thierry Fremaux (in French) and Bertrand Tavernier (in English). |
Louis and Auguste
Lumiere |
1895-97 /1996 |
French and English
Commentary |
Melilla,
l'europe au Pied du Mur
Melilla est une enclave portuaire espagnole située à côté du
Maroc. Devant ses portes, sont maintenus dans un parc de voitures destinées à la
casse, Africains du Nord et du reste de l'Afrique. Tourné sur plusieurs
mois, le film présente leurs témoignages. Mais aussi ceux des
autorités de la ville, alignés sur les objectifs de l'Union
Européenne: normaliser l'immigration. L'enquête met en évidence
l'impossibilité de réguler la circulation "humaine" et
les conséquences dangereuses d'une telle politique. Dans un contexte
de racisme où les "Maures" sont repoussés à la
faveur des autres Africains, "Melilla" est un regard sur la situation
qui a progressé notamment vers les émeutes de El Ejido, un
an plus tard.
|
Arlette
Giradot & Philippe Baque |
1998 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
Monsieur
Ibrahim
In 1960s Paris, a Turkish deli owner in a working-class neighborhood befriends
a young Jewish man . Together they begin a journey that will change their
lives forever.
Played the Toronto and Venice film festivals.
Drama, Coming of Age
IMDb Review |
Francois
Dupeyron |
2003 |
French
w/subtitles |
Night
of Destiny (la Nuit de Destin)
After inadvertently witnessing a murder, an Algerian Muslim living in France
barely escapes from the murderes by hiding out in a mosque. The detective
assigned to the case is exposed to the contradictions and challenges minority
communities face as they struggle to live in a new culture with a different
set of values and religious beliefs.
Crime, Drama, Suspense Thriller
African
Film Review |
Abdelkrim
Bahloul |
1999 |
French
w/subtitles |
Planète
Millau: Un contre pouvoir citoyen en marche
Documentary film on the José Bové controversy.
|
Christophe Gay and Louis
Zollet |
2001 |
French |
La
Promesse
A young man born into
criminal circumstances is forced to deal with his conscience
in this drama from Belgium. |
Jean-Pierre and Luc
Dardenne |
1996 |
French w/subtitles |
The
Red and the Black (Le Rouge et le Noir)
It's
no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although
expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the
post- Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel
him forward at a pace he cannot control.
Romantic
Drama
Description
(in French), Chanson, Background
(in French) |
Claude
Autant-Lara |
1957 |
French
w/ subtitles |
Rosetta
Rosetta, a shy 17-year
old girl, lives with her alcoholic mother in a trailer park in
Belgium. Desperate to live a normal life, her one ambition
is to get and keep a job. Hired to work at a waffle stand,
her growing frienship with a handsome co-worker begins to draw
Rosetta out of her shell. But her new-found stability collapses
when she's laid off.
Drama
IMDb
Review |
Luc and Jean-Pierre
Dardenne |
1999 |
French w/ subtitles |
La
Saison des Hommes (The
Season of Men)
The gulf between men
and women in Tunisia - political, psychological, and physical
- is explored in this downbeat drama from director Moufida Tlatli.
Drama |
Moufida Tlatli |
2000 |
French |
Salut
Cousin!
Realistic tale of
the other Paris-the poor tenements of the 18th arrondissement.
Alilo, just off the plane from Algiers, hooks up with his French-born
cousin, Mok, who guides him in the underground of Paris. |
Merzak Allouache |
1996 |
French w/subtitles |
Satin
Rouge
Lilia, a middle-aged
Tunisian widow, becomes drawn to an exhilarating nightclub netherworld
of Rubenesque belly dancers and nocturnal pleasure-seekers. In
trading her shapeless housedresses for sequins and satin, she
begins to emerge from her cocoon of melancholy and loneliness. |
Raja Amari |
2002 |
French w/subtitles |
Sex
is Comedy
A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two
leading actors who can't stand each other.
Comedy, Drama
|
Catherine Breillat |
2002 |
French w/subtitles |
The
Silences of the Palace
The pain of servitude, the power of music, and the need for women to stick
together provide the underlying themes for this Tunisian-French drama set
in the ruling king's compound the night before Tunisia declared its independence.
Drama
IMDb Review |
Moufida Tlatli |
1994 |
Arabic, French w/subtitles |
Sur
mes levres (Read
my Lips)
Carla is a woman in
her mid-twenties who works as a secretary in a real estate office.
More cute than pretty, Carla is shy by nature, and the fact that
she has a hearing problem has made her all the more withdrawn. Carla
makes the acquaintance of Paul, a rough-hewn small-time criminal
who has just been released from prison on parole.
Drama |
Jacques Audiard |
2002 |
French w/subtitles |
Tunisiennes (Bent
Familia)
Three well-educated North African women deal with machismo and sexual stereotyping
in modern Tunisia.
Comedy, Drama
IMDb
Review |
Nouri
Bouzid |
1998 |
Arabic
w/French subtitles |
Vivre
au Paradis (Living in Paradise)
Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, this film serves as
a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants
trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe.
Drama, Political Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Bourlem
Guerdjou |
1998 |
French,
Arabic w/subtitles |
Waalo
Fendo: Where the Earth Freezes
Two Senegalese brothers who have illegally immigrated to Italy struggle to
survive in a new and often hostile environment.
Drama
African
Film Review |
Mohammed
Soudani |
1997 |
Wolof,
French, Italian w/subtitles |
Western
From under the most
unlikely of circumstances, a bumbling drifter and a chick magnet
from Spain pair for one of the most resfreshing road movies to
hit the screen for a long time.
Comedy
IMDb
Review |
Manuel Poirier |
1997 |
French w/subtitles |
When
the Cat's Away
Chloe has the single-girl
blues. Feeling disconnected from her glamorous job as a
high-fashion make-up artist, she decides that what she needs
is a vacation. Entrusting her beloved pet to a cat-sitter,
Chloe returns from her seaside holiday to find her feline companion
missing. With the help of a hilarious cast of characters,
she might just find her cat and a little romance along the way.
Romantic Comedy |
Cedric Klapisch |
1996 |
French w/subtitles |
| German |
After
the Fall
A documentary exploring the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall, the film
features interviews in English and German with long-time residents and foreign
visitors/residents from both sides of the former divide. Winner at the 1999
Berlin Film Festival (in the Neue Deutsche Filme sidebar).
Documentary
|
Eric Black & Frauke
Sandig |
1999 |
German/English w/subtitles |
Aimee & Jaguar
In World War II Berlin, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women
- Aimee, the wife of a Nazi officer, and Jaguar, a Jewish journalist.
Based on a true story, this film won a Silver Bear award at the Berlin
Film Festival.
Drama, Romance, War Drama
IMDb Review |
Max Farberbock |
1999 |
German w/subtitles |
Goodbye
Lenin
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma,
a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany
as she knew it has disappeared.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
All
Movie Guide Review |
Wolfgang
Becker |
2003 |
German
w/subtitles |
Head-On
Set in a working-class Hamburg neighborhood, the story follows two Turkish
immigrants who enter a marriage of convenience. Winner of the Golden
Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.
Drama, Romance |
Fatih
Akin |
2004 |
German,
Turkish w/subtitles |
In
July
Getting there is all the fun in this sunny, award-winning film about following
and finding your destiny. A shy Hamburg student teacher impulsively resolves
to follow a beautiful tourist he just met to Istanbul. His hapless odyssey
is complicated by a street vendor who sold him an enchanted ring she guaranteed
would help him find his true love.
Comedy, Romance |
Fatih Akin |
2000 |
German w/subtitles |
Lola
and Billy the Kid
Set in Berlin, portrays the community of "guest workers" where
Turkish transvestites are shunned not only by Germans, but by their own kind
as well. The result is a strong film with moments of tenderness, emotion
and laughter, juxtaposed with the harsh realities of life for those who dare
to be different.
Drama, Urbam Drama
IMDb Review |
Kutlug
Ataman |
1998 |
German,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Marriage
of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
This
movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a
soldier in the waning days
of WWII.
Fassbinder has tried to show the gritty life after the end of
WWII and the turmoil of the people trapped in its wake.
Marriage
Drama
IMDb
Review, On
Fassbinder |
Rainer
Werner Fassbinder |
1978 |
German
w/ subtitles |
Maybe
. . . Maybe Not (Der Bewegte Mann)
Story
of Axel, a handsome hunk with a taste for cheating on his girl
friend Doro. When she throws him out, he ends up staying with
his gay friend Norbert who is terribly attracted to Axel.
Comedy
IMDb
Review |
Sonke
Wortmann |
1996 |
German
w/subtitles |
Mostly
Martha
When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece,
the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to
lighten the mood.
Drama, Comedy, Romance
IMDb
Review
|
Sandra
Nettelbeck |
2001 |
German,
Italian w/subtitles |
The
Nasty Girl
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns
against her. Based on a true story. Winner of two Berlin Film Festival awards.
Comedy, Drama |
Michael Verhoeven |
1990 |
German w/subtitles |
Nowhere
in Africa
Spanning two continents, this film tells the true story of a Jewish attorney
and his family who flee the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya.
As the war rages on, his relationships with his wife and daughter become
increasingly complicated: they struggle between resisting and embracing their
new life, while reaching out to each other.
Winner of Best Foreign Language film in 2002 Academy Awards.
Drama
All
Movie Guide Review |
Caroline Link |
2001 |
German w/subtitles |
The
Pianist
Based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling
against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Won Best Actor, Best Director at 2002
Academy Awards; Palme d'Or at 2002 Cannes International Film Festival.
Drama, War Drama
IMDb Review |
Roman Polanski |
2002 |
English, German, Russian
w/subtitles |
Promise,
The (Das Versprechen)
Two star-crossed lovers,
separated by the Berlin wall for thirty years are reunited. The
major events in
their separate lives
become the focus.
Political Drama
IMDb
Review, Biography |
Margarethe
Von Trotta |
1995 |
German
w/ subtitles |
Rosa
Luxemburg
Rosa
Luxemburg was a key figure in founding the German branch of the Communist
party near the turn of the century. This well-wrought drama tells her
story.
Biography
[Feature], Drama
IMDb
Review, Historical
background |
Margarethe
Von Trotta |
1986 |
German/Polish
w/ subtitles |
Run
Lola Run
Two star-crossed lovers have only minutes to change the course of their lives.
Lola receives a frantic phone call from her boyfriend, who's lost a small
fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money
in twenty minutes, he will surely suffer severe consequences.
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
All
Movie Guide Review |
Tom Tykwer |
1998 |
German w/subtitles |
Satan's
Brew (Satansbraten)
Fast-paced
black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer,
Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive
on, and at the same time make some sense of his confusing life.
Black
Comedy
On
Fassbinder |
Rainer
Werner Fassbinder |
1976 |
German
w/ subtitles |
The
Station Master's Wife (Bolwieser)
This
drama is set in Bavaria prior to Hitler's rise to power and chronicles
the many affairs of a stationmaster's bored wife.
Drama
On
Fassbinder |
Rainer
Werner Fassbinder |
1977 |
German
w/ subtitles |
The
Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The mad
Dr. Mabuse is imprisoned in an insane asylum, yet he continues
to run his crime empire. In his cell, he plots the world's destruction,
leaving behind journals detailing his plans. After the mad doctor
dies, the asylum's director, Professor Dr. Baum, is possessed
by the soul of Mabuse and carries out his plans for destruction.
Supernatural
Forces, Master Criminal Films, Crime, Horror
Fritz
lang Filmograhpy |
Fritz
Lang |
1933 |
German
w/ subtitles |
Thousand
Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse)
Extension
of Lang's early Dr. Mabuse (1922) and Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Set in the present (1960, that is), the film begins with a series
of unsolved murders in a Berlin hotel. The modus operandi of
the murderer is the same as that of long-dead megalomaniac Dr.
Mabuse.
Crime
Thriller, Police, Master Criminal Films, Mystery, Horror, Crime
Fritz
lang Filmograhpy |
Fritz
Lang |
1960 |
German
w/subtitles |
Yara
Turkish Hulya is kidnapped by her own family from her home in Germany, and
is forcibly taken back to Turkey in this non-linear drama.
Drama |
Yilmaz Arslan |
1999 |
Turkish,
German w/subtitles |
| Italian |
Bread
and Tulips
When Rosalba is accidentally left behind while on vacation with her family,
the busy wife decides to take an extended holiday on her own in ravishing
Venice. Her tyrannical husband recruits an amateur detective to bring her
home. Will she return to her old life or embrace the exciting possibilities
of a new one?
Comedy, Romance
All
Movie Guide Review |
Silvio Soldini |
2000 |
Italian w/subtitles |
Facing
Windows
A young working-class wife and mother has no time for the senile elderly
man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's
secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart that she never expected.
Drama, Romance
IMDb Review |
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
2003 |
Italian
w/subtitles |
Harem
Suare
At the turn of the century in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, an ornate
story of love, power, and fear takes place in Istanbul, at the Yildiz Palace.
Romantic Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
1999 |
French,
Italian, Turkish w/subtitles |
His
Secret Life
A woman dealing with the loss of her mate learns he had a surprising secret
life.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian Films |
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
2001 |
Italian,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Lamerica
Grim, realistic picture
of the suffering and despair in post-Communist Albania. Story
of two con artists, Gino and Fiore who come to Albania with a
get-rich scheme which would allow them access to Italian government
aid to Albania.
Adventure Drama
IMDb
Review |
Gianni
Amelio |
1994 |
Italian
w/subtitles |
Madame
Butterfly
Puccini's classic
opera of a trusting woman and how her love was tragically betrayed
comes to the screen in this faithful film adaptation.
Drama |
Frederic Mitterrand |
1995 |
Italian w/subtitles |
Mostly
Martha
When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece,
the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to
lighten the mood.
Drama, Comedy, Romance
IMDb
Review
|
Sandra
Nettelbeck |
2001 |
German,
Italian w/subtitles |
The
Nanny
At the dawn of 20th century Rome, a Professor and his wife bear a child.
But the mother cannot supply milk - or even love - to the child. So the professor
hires an illiterate country girl as a wet nurse and a nanny. An explosive
situation develops between all involved.
Drama |
Marco Bellocchio |
1999 |
Italian w/subtitles |
The
Postman (Il Postino)
Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political
reasons. Mario, the mailman, is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him.
Though poorly educated, Mario learns to love poetry and eventually befriends
Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls
in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.
Romance, Drama, Comedy
All
Movie Guide Review |
Michael Radford |
1994 |
Italian, Spanish w/subtitles |
Princesa
Fernando/Fernanda, a 19-year-old Brazilian transvestite, travels to Milan
and becomes a prostitute to finance a sex-change operation. Fernanda
dreams of becoming a "real" woman but in Milan is transformed
instead into Princesa, a mysterious figure of allure. She then
meets Gianni, a straight-laced, married businessman who falls in
love with her. It all seems to good to be true...and is.
Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Henrique Goldman |
2001 |
Italian, Portuguese
w/subtitles |
Respiro
An intimate tale of a family living in a quiet fishing community. Grazia,
a carefree mother of three becomes the focus of her neighbors' gossip.
While they work and live hard - oblivious to their native paradise
- Grazia alone is courageous enough to blissfully embrace life's treasures.
Winner of the Critics Week Grand Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Comedy,
Drama |
Emanuele
Crialese |
2002 |
Italian
w/subtitles |
Steam:
The Turkish Bath (Hamam)
Tired of his troubled marriage and his profession, an overly tense Italian
businessman's life changes dramatically after he learns that an aunt has
left him property in Istanbul.
Drama |
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
1997 |
Italian,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Waalo
Fendo: Where the Earth Freezes
Two Senegalese brothers who have illegally immigrated to Italy struggle to
survive in a new and often hostile environment.
Drama
African
Film Review |
Mohammed
Soudani |
1997 |
Wolof,
French, Italian w/subtitles |
The
Way We Laughed
This powerful drama focuses on the relationship between two brothers as
their goals and ideals drift apart over the course of seven years, each
of which is represented by a single day. Winner of Golden Lion at 1998
Venice International Film Festival.
Drama, Family Drama
|
Gianni Amelio |
1998 |
Italian
w/subtitles |
| Khmer |
les
Gens de la Riziere (Rice People)
A poor, rural Cambodian family slowly disintegrates during the cycle of a
single rice crop in this moving, and beautifully photographed European drama
adapted from a novel.
Drama
All
Movie Guide Review |
Rithy
Panh |
1992 |
Khmer
w/French subtitles |
| Polish |
Rosa
Luxemburg
Rosa
Luxemburg was a key figure in founding the German branch
of the Communist
party near the turn of the century. This well-wrought
drama tells her
story.
Biography
[Feature], Drama
IMDb
Review, Historical
background |
Margarethe
Von Trotta |
1986 |
German/Polish
w/ subtitles |
| Portuguese |
Princesa
Fernando/Fernanda, a 19-year-old Brazilian transvestite, travels to Milan
and becomes a prostitute to finance a sex-change operation. Fernanda
dreams of becoming a "real" woman but in Milan is transformed
instead into Princesa, a mysterious figure of allure. She then
meets Gianni, a straight-laced, married businessman who falls in
love with her. It all seems to good to be true...and is.
Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Henrique Goldman |
2001 |
Italian, Portuguese
w/subtitles |
| Russian |
The
Pianist
Based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling
against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Won Best Actor, Best Director at 2002
Academy Awards; Palme d'Or at 2002 Cannes International Film Festival.
Drama, War Drama
IMDb Review |
Roman Polanski |
2002 |
English, German, Russian
w/subtitles |
| Serbo-Croatian |
No
Man's Land
Fleeing enemy fire,
an injured Bosnian soldier named Ciki retreats to a trench, where
he finds himself trapped with a wounded comrade and worse...a
Serbian! With no way to escape and with his fellow soldier
lying on a spring-loaded bomb set to explode if he moves, Ciki
realizes he must do the unthinkable - trust his enemy - if he
wants to survive.
Drama |
Danis Tanovic |
2001 |
Serbo-Croatian w/subtitles |
When
Father Was Away
It's an open secret
that father has been sent away to the mines for fooling around
with the voluptuous object of desire of a Communist Party Official. Six-year
old Malik, however, thinks Papa is away on business. Set
in 1950's Yugoslavia.
Drama |
Emir Kusturica |
1985 |
Serbo-Croatian w/
subtitles
|
| Silent
Film |
The
Experimental Avant-Garde Series, volume 1: Bunuel and Dali
Meet Dr. Freud
Un Chien Andalou - Salvador Dali and Louis Bunuel
collaborated on this famous avant garde film. A cascade of
images -- ants emerging from a human palm, an eyeball being
slit, a severed hand in the street -- follow. The result
is a remarkable surreal film with little symbolism. Presented
with a synchronized music score that Bunuel added in the
1930's.
The Hearts of Age - This surreal short of a street
magician was the first film shot by Orson Welles. The imaginative
camera angles and special effects hint at the images he would
later present in Citizen Kane.
Ballet Mechanique - Fernan Leger weaves images of
geometric shapes and humans into a symbolic Freudian dance. |
Louis
Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Fernan Leger |
1928,
1934 |
Silent
films with added music scores |
The
Experimental Avant-Garde Series, volume 4: Dada Doo Doo
Symphonie Diagonal - Viking Eggeling’s smash
Dada hit examines the fundamentals of cinematic time.
Entre'acte - Man Ray appears in this film directed
by Rene Clair. A major early experiment in cinematic special
effects; fast and slow motion, split screens superimpositions
and more.
L'etoile de Mer - Man Ray lenses reality through
a frosted glass. What happens in the film depends on what
the viewer chooses to see. |
Viking
Eggeling, Rene Clair, Man Ray |
1921,
1924, 1928 |
Silent
films with added music scores |
The
Experimental Avant-Garde Series, volume 14: Man Ray, Director
of Ludicrous Movies
Retour a la Raison - Ray's attempt to confuse
and confound the participants of the last great Dada
convention was this film which was made without a camera.
Emak Bakia - Ray employs textbook surrealist
techniques to create an unconventional surreal film.
Les Mysteres du Chateau du de - An unsolved "mystery" in
a modern villa designed by Malet-Stevens.
|
Man
Ray |
1923,
1927, 1929 |
Silent
films with added music scores |
Faust
Faust
was the mammoth German production which won F. W. Murnau his
contract with Hollywood's Fox Studios. Emil Jannings glowers
his way through the role of Mephistopholes, who offers the ageing
Faust (Gosta Eckman) an opportunity to relive his youth, the
price being Faust's soul.
Fantasy,
Drama, Surrealism, Expressionism
Silent
Majority Review, German
Literature Review |
F.W.
Murnau |
1926 |
Silent
w/ orchestra |
| Spanish |
All
About My Mother
Manuela is the perfect
mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable
life for herself and her teenage son, an aspiring writer. When
tragedy strikes, she relocates to Barcelona and becomes a caregiver
to a colorful extended family. 1999 Academy Award Winner
for Best Foreign Language Film.
Drama |
Pedro Almodovar |
1999 |
Spanish w/subtitles |
The
Postman (Il Postino)
Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political
reasons. Mario, the mailman, is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him.
Though poorly educated, Mario learns to love poetry and eventually befriends
Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls
in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.
Romance, Drama, Comedy
All
Movie Guide Review |
Michael Radford |
1994 |
Italian, Spanish w/subtitles |
Talk
to Her
After a chance encounter
at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic
where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter
by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens
that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia,
a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will
flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all
of them towards an unsuspected destiny.
Drama |
Pedro Almodovar |
2002 |
Spanish w/subtitles |
| Swedish |
Babette's
Feast
Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee, seeks shelter in a desolate
coastal town of Denmark. The two elderly daughters of the town's long-dead
minister take her in. Babette holds a secret that may very well allow these
women to have a second chance at life.
Drama
IMDb
Review |
Gabriel
Axel |
1989 |
Danish/Swedish/ French
w/subtitles |
| Turkish |
Harem
Suare
At the turn of the century in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, an ornate
story of love, power, and fear takes place in Istanbul, at the Yildiz Palace.
Romantic Drama
All
Movie Guide Review
|
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
1999 |
French,
Italian, Turkish w/subtitles |
Head-On
Set in a working-class Hamburg neighborhood, the story follows two Turkish
immigrants who enter a marriage of convenience. Winner of the Golden
Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.
Drama, Romance |
Fatih
Akin |
2004 |
German,
Turkish w/subtitles |
His
Secret Life
A woman dealing with the loss of her mate learns he had a surprising secret
life.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian Films |
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
2001 |
Italian,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Lola
and Billy the Kid
Set in Berlin, portrays the community of "guest workers" where
Turkish transvestites are shunned not only by Germans, but by their own kind
as well. The result is a strong film with moments of tenderness, emotion
and laughter, juxtaposed with the harsh realities of life for those who dare
to be different.
Drama, Urbam Drama
IMDb Review |
Kutlug
Ataman |
1998 |
German,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Steam:
The Turkish Bath (Hamam)
Tired of his troubled marriage and his profession, an overly tense Italian
businessman's life changes dramatically after he learns that an aunt has
left him property in Istanbul.
Drama |
Ferzan
Ozpetek |
1997 |
Italian,
Turkish w/subtitles |
Yara
Turkish Hulya is kidnapped by her own family from her home in Germany, and
is forcibly taken back to Turkey in this non-linear drama.
Drama |
Yilmaz Arslan |
1999 |
Turkish,
German w/subtitles |
| Various |
11'09"01
In the aftermath of
the tragedies on September 11, 2001, the French film company
Studio Canal called upon a group of filmmakers, representing
various regions of the world, to address the scope of the situation
in however broad or intimate a context as they saw fit. The one
guideline they were given was that no one film could exceed 11
minutes, nine seconds, and one frame.
Drama / Essay Filmmaking |
Various |
2003 |
Various w/subtitles |
| Vietnamese |
The
Scent of Green Papaya
Set in Vietnam in the 1950s and '60s, it is the story of a shy peasant girl
who comes to Saigon at the age of 10 as a household servant. Attuned to the
people around her and enchanted by nature, Mui grows into a beautfiul young
woman who inspires her upper class lover to break with convention.
Drama |
Ahn Hung Tran |
1993 |
Vietnamese w/subtitles |
| Wolof |
Waalo
Fendo: Where the Earth Freezes
Two Senegalese brothers who have illegally immigrated to Italy struggle to
survive in a new and often hostile environment.
Drama
African
Film Review |
Mohammed
Soudani |
1997 |
Wolof,
French, Italian w/subtitles |
| |
| Global Music Show |
| Show Title (for online audio archives, click here) |
Area Studies Guest |
Date |
Sponsoring Center |
| Sufism, Music and Culture |
Carl Ernst |
Jan 27, 2006 |
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations |
| Rap and the Riots in France |
Martine Antle |
Feb 24, 2006 |
Center for European Studies |
| How I Excaped Karaoke: Contemporary Chinese Rock and Pop Since 1995 |
Thomas Martineau |
Apr 7, 2006 |
Carolina Asia Center |
| Senegal: Music and Culture |
Michael Lambert |
Apr 28, 2006 |
African Studies Center |
| Mexican-American Immigration |
Hannah Gill |
Aug 25, 2006 |
University Center for International Studies |
| The Politics of Czech Rock 'n Roll, 1968-2006 |
Chad Bryant |
Sep 22, 2006 |
Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies |
| Diversity in Brazilian Popular Music |
Robert Anderson |
Oct 27, 2006 |
Institute of Latin American Studies |
| Music from the Axis of Evil: Exploring Iran and Iraq |
Carl Ernst |
Nov 30, 2006 |
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations |
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| Miscellaneous Resources |
| Title |
Director or Institute |
Year |
Language |
| Business/Economics |
EU Delegation |
1994 |
English |
DeGaulle and France
PBS 30 November 1992 |
taped: TV |
1992 |
French |
| European Union Historical Overview (3) |
EU Delegation |
1994 |
English |
| IAM (rap group - Marseille) |
taped: TV |
1994 |
French |
| Implementing Common Policies (3) |
EU Delegation |
1994 |
English |
| International Cooperation |
EU Delegation |
1994 |
English |
| Interview with Chirac on Larry King |
taped: TV |
1997 |
English |
| Interview with Jodie Foster (making of Contact) |
taped: TV |
|
French |
| Last Frontier, The |
|
|
English |
| Les Harkis (Algerian interviews) |
taped: TV |
1994 |
French |
| Ties & Tensions: EU-US Relations in the Next Century (2) |
EU Delegation |
1997 |
English |
| 1989 State Opening of Parliament |
taped: TV |
1989 |
English |
| 60 Minutes: "Clintonization of Labor" |
taped: TV |
1997 |
English |
| 60 Minutes: "Why the French hate/love US culture" |
taped: TV |
1994 |
English |
| Foreign Languages: Doors to Opportunity |
Patricia Ryan Paulsell |
1997 |
English |
Britain's Parliament at Work: ORDER, ORDER!
Guided tour of the Parliament, which has served as the model for legislatures all over the world. Demonstrates step by step how a Government proposal becomes the law of the land. Explains how Members of Parliament perform their function as "watchdogs of the people".
Documentary |
Films for the Humanities |
1994 |
English |
