Film Dictionary

Neighborhood dogs are being killed by a mysterious assassin. An excellent animated film from Germany.

Two legendary heroes, Fong Sai-Yuk and Hung Shi-Kwan, rescue hundreds of Shaolin monks held captive in a dark fortress.

Amusing Woody Allen comedy about a young playwright trying to preserve his artistic integrity.

Wildly anarchistic comedy about three rock musicians invading a radio station and taking hostages.

Campy musical comedy starring Terence Stamp as an aging transsexual travelling across Australia with two drag queens (Guy Pearce and Hugo ...

A beautiful love story, a Chinese "Romeo And Juliet".

Directed by Robert Morin. A crazy farce about bilingualism in Quebec.

A serious horror movie about a publishing executive (Jack Nicholson) biten by a werewolf.

Delicious little film set in a quiet Irish village. It begins like a clever comedy of manners worthy of Jane Austen, but its ending is strai...

Excellent drama about alcoholism, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. She drinks, checks into a rehab clinic, goes to AA meetings and slowly ...

Terrific action picture directed by James Cameron. One Arnold (Schwarzenegger) takes care of the action department, while another (Tom) exce...

An entertaining, narratively complex action film with great special effects. William Shatner and Patrick Stewart team up to defeat an evil ...

A science-fiction/fantasy/action/adventure film starring Kurt Russell, James Spader and Jaye Davidson.

Superb western/film noir about murder and deceit in contemporary Wild West.

Tense drama starring Rob Morrow as a congressional legal counsel exposing a television scandal.

Rosyjska mafia szmugluje bron do Jugoslawii.

Terrific crime movie from Hong Kong. Fast-paced, incredibly exciting, very violent and cynical (good cops are torturing suspects, corrupt co...

Very peculiar black comedy about a young girl - fat, ugly and desperate to get married. The film is mean-spirited and cynical, but also ve...

Co-director Jackie Chan stars in this martial arts film set in the early 20th century.

An adaptation of Michael Crichton's controversial novel, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. The film begins with a case of sexual ...

Low budget comedy about a convenience store clerk having a bad day.

An adaptation of Tom Clancy's bestseller about a US cover operation against drug smugglers in Colombia.

Stylish, very imaginative, constantly surprising film about two Hong Kong cops, each meeting a strange and weird woman.

A son suspects his mother of poisoning his father. Somber, very well directed film, set in a wintery Chinese village.

This daring film offers an "insider" perspective on the activities of Quebec terrorists who abducted and killed a cabinet minist...

Plenty of excellent kung-fu fights in this entertaining actioner starring Jet Li, Chingmy Yau and child star Tze Miu. Directed by Wong Jing...

Oscar-winning documentary about the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.

Quirky western starring Mel Gibson as a gambler trying to win half a million dollars. Amusing and entertaining.

Jim Carrey is a riot as a timid bank clerk who becomes a crazy cartoon character at night. He's like the Genie from "Aladdin" ...

A Quentin Tarantino-inspired crime film starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger. Writer-director C.M.Talkington swears that he wrote the s...

Self-reflexive, almost brechtian comedy about a shop clerk whose entire life is filmed for a TV channel. Uneven, but often very funny.

Quite reminiscent of "Heavenly Creatures" (1994), not nearly as good, but still a fine film about an intense friendship between tw...

Superlative adaptation of Louise May Alcott's popular novel, starring Winona Ryder as feisty Jo. Superior to all earlier adaptations (ev...

Two corrupt Italian businessmen want to set a shoe factory in post-Communist Albania.

Acclaimed documentary about two inner-city kids trying to use basketball as a ticket out of the ghetto.

The lives of rice farmers in Cambodia, simply told in a beautiful film.

Ed Wood, Jr. became known as Hollywood's worst film director, but he could also be considered as a visionary artist with no talent. His ...

A delicious cinematic feast from Taiwan, a splendid comedy about a relationship between an elderly chef and his three grown-up daughters.

A reclusive hitman befriends a little girl (Natalie Portman). Violent, nihilistic drama directed by Luc Besson.

Boring film about a lonely man meeting some bizarre characters on Christmas Eve.

Une histoire d'amitié entre deux jeunes filles juives à Paris.

Gerard Depardieu plays a colonel who must prove his identity.

L'idée de depart est geniale, mais l'execution nous laisse a notre faim. C'est l'histoire d'un acteur celebre qui se fai...

Lame swashbuckler directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Sophie Marceau stars as d'Artagnan's daughter, who discovers a plot against the Ki...

Extremely fast-paced comedy starring Gerard Depardieu.

Unsuccessful documentary, consisting mostly of interviews with juvenile delinquents in Russia. Directed by Vitali Kanevski.

Japonska adaptacja "Idioty" Dostojewskiego, zrealizowana w stylu teatru kabuki. Najgorszy i najnudniejszy film Andrzeja Wajdy.

Hungarian film about a cop receiving seven magic bullets from the Devil. Directed by Ildiko Enyedi ("My 20th Century").

Moving drama about Spanish nuns raising a little orphan girl. A quiet film, winner of three awards at the Montreal Film Festival (Best Direc...

Directed by Jan Svankmajer, it's mostly a live-action film, with very little animation (mostly claymation).

Turkish drama about a middle-aged spinster fantasizing about sex.

German film about an American Jewish couple visiting Europe.

Obviously inspired by the Kevin Costner-Whitney Huston vehicle, it's a shamelessly subserviant allegory about People's Republic of C...

A sword & sorcery film from Japan.

A campy fairy-tale from Cameroun, about a little boy and his pet turtle.

Tunisian film about the mistreatement of women in Arab society.

Campy drama about the Romanian mafia.

Nieudany film o tragicznych losach Slaska.

Melancholijny i monotonny bialoruski film milosny o mlodym studencie, sypiajacym ze swa zalotna kuzynka, lecz zakochanym w jej niesmialej pr...

Directed by Gordon Chan. With Michael Wong and Carmen Lee. The harsh training of new recruits to a special police SWAT team unit.

Long, tedious film about an Italian castrato. It will only please opera music fans.

Bizarre Norvegian film about a little boy befriending a young adolescant.

Complex film about ethnic hatreds in Macedonia. A co-winner of the Gold Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

La montée de l'integrisme musulman en Algérie.

Michelle Yeoh plays a female martial arts expert in this entertaining film from Hong Kong.

A cross between Sergio Leone and Michelangelo Antonioni, directed by Wong Kar-Wai.

German comedy about a lonely store detective falling in love with a pretty thief.

Zhang Yimou's epic drama about the tribulations of an ordinary Chinese family.

interesting film about a poor Israeli family.

Wstrzasajacy dramat o tzw. "docieraniu kociakow" - okrutnym traktowaniu mlodych poborowych przez starszych rezerwistow. Film Felik...

Predictable German film about two lovers separated by the Berlin Wall.

Adaptacja powiesci Kornela Makuszynskiego.

A white Canadian medical student returns to his native country of Guyana.

Canadian film about pilots stationed in the Prairies during World War II.

An unusual relationship between a father and his gay son.

Sad British film about a pathetic woman whose children are taken away from her by social workers. Crude and extremely manipulative.

Uneven comedy about a Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver.

Canadian film about a reclusive composer and a delinquant girl who ran away from an institution. **

Very unpleasant and very disturbing New Zealand's film about spousal abuse. The winner of the Grand Prix des Ameriques at the Montreal F...

A Canadian film set on a train.