¡CON SUBTÍTULOS, POR FAVOR! 15 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS FOR 2015

The-Look-of-Silence

But every language is foreign to someone, n’est pas? I’ve decided to compose my second watch list for this year from films that will need subtitles in UK and US cinemas. Few of the Most Anticipated… lists that have been dropping across the internet in the past month have focussed on upcoming releases from outside the US so I present this personal list to give my fellow cinephiles a rundown of the spectrum of exotic delights that ought to add some spice to the proceedings in 2015. Read More

13 TREASURES · #1 · Nuda v Brne (Bored in Brno)

13 TREASURES is a feature intended simply as a platform for recommending and exploring the virtues of exceptional but little-known contemporary films that contribute to a rich and alternative cross-section of contemporary cinema and are worth raving about to the world. Be they bona-fide classics not known outside their home country, obscure short-films of exceptional impact and style, or potential cult favorites that never made it into theatres, every one of the films I’ll be covering is nothing short of a must-see for those hungry for a distinct taste of the unusual, the alien and the original.

In this first installment the Czech New Wave sensibility meets contemporary Czech comedy in a meditation on the flimsiness of masculinity and the unsexiness of sex in Moravia…

NUDA V BRNĚ (BORED IN BRNO) (2003) ...

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