July 7, 2013

Puerto Padre (2013) **

Realistic drama from Costa Rica.

Finsterworld (2013) **

Wacky German film about foot fetishism, Holocaust, documentary filmmaking and just plain garden-variety craziness.

Full Of Hunger (2013) **

Turkish drama about protesters, terrorists and murderers.

Brasserie Romantique (2013) *

Belgian soap opera set in a chic restaurant on Valentine's Day.

The Square (2013) *

Documentary about the Arab Spring in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. Interviews with some youth from Tahir Square, but little sense of what was really going on politically in the country.

82 Days In April (2013) *

Grieving parents, whose son has died, make the same trip as he did. Boring Belgian film set in Turkey.

Nordstrand (2013) *

German drama about two brothers whose mother went to prison for killing their abusive father.

Viaggio sola (2013) *

Italian drama about a lonely woman working as a "mystery guest" at five-star hotels.

The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013) *

Workers (2013) ***

When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism (2013) ***

Walesa: Czlowiek z nadziei (2013) ***

Wakolda (2013) ***

Voyage (2013) ***

Sweet Whip (2013) ***

Plynace wiezowce (2013) ***

Pelo malo (2013) ***

The Patience Stone (2013) ***

Omar (2013) ***

The Notebook (2013) ***

Moebius (2013) ***

Intimate Parts (2013) ***


Ilo Ilo (2013) ***

Harmony Lessons (2013) ***

Gloria (2013) ***


Forest Of The Dancing Spirits (2013) ***

The Don Juans (2013) ***

Dance Of Reality (2013) ***

Chce sie zyc (2013) ***

Borgman (2013) ***


Alone With You (2013) ***

The Summer House (2013) *

Boring Swedish film about a bunch of young people spending a few days in a country house near a lake.

The Wind Rises (2013) *

Very disappointing Japanese animated film about a plane designer.

Love Me (2013) **

A Turkish man falls in love with an Ukrainian woman in Kiev. A coproduction between Ukraine and Turkey.

Woyzeck (2013) *

Pointless and tedious German film about racial tensions.

The Disciple (2013) **

The Grandmaster (2013) *

Boring, tedious and ponderous Yip Man biopic from Wong Kar-Wai.

3x3D (2013) **

A triptych film directed by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and some Portuguese dude. The Greenaway segment is a visually beautiful, but tedious journey across the history of the city of Guimaraes.

Roa (2013) *

Boring drama from Colombia. Set in 1948, the film seems vaguely inspired by "Taxi Driver", but it's tedious beyond belief.

Filmistan (2013) **

Bollywood comedy about an aspiring Indian actor kidnapped by Pakistani terrorists.

Adieu Paris (2013) *

German film about a banker and a sausage maker.

As White As Milk As Red As Blood (2013) *

Pointless Italian comedy about a young student chasing after a girl.

Soongava (2013) *

Depressing drama about a lesbian couple in Nepal.

Inercia (2013) *

Boring Mexican film set in a hospital.

In Bloom (2013) **

Georgian drama about two young girls.