Film Dictionary

Crazy comedy about a portal to John Malkovich's brain.

Superb black comedy from South Korea.

"Moloch" is a Russian film about Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, set on a cold, cloudy day in the spring of 1942, in their mountaintop...

Directed by David Lynch. Superb mid-western about an old man travelling very far to reconcile with his ailing brother.

Superb thriller from Neil Jordan, starring Annette Bening as a psychic woman whose daughter is kidnapped by a dangerous psychopath (Robert D...

Arguably Jim Jarmusch’s best film, a brilliant, minimalist comedy about a hit man taking on the mafia.

Directed by Trey Parker. An absolutely brilliant, viciously wicked satire about right-wing American chauvinists, militarists and fascists, w...

Excellent crime movie from Hong Kong.

Comédie de Damien O’Donnell. Avec Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi et Emil Marwa. Les tribulations d’un famille ...

An animated IMAX extravaganza featuring seven new sequences and one classic segment from the original Disney classic. Best of all are those ...

Directed by Brad Bird. With the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr and Cloris Leachman. Very entertaining animated feature about a...

Directed by Jean Becker. With Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin and Michel Serrault. A deeply moving, very sentimental and often unforgettab...

Directed by David Mamet. With Rebecca Pidgeon, Nigel Hawthorne and Jeremy Northam. Fine period drama based on a real-life scandal from 1910,...

Directed by Johnny To. With Lau Ching-Wan. A gangster movie slowly morphing into a melodrama. Touching and beautiful.

Directed by John Lasseter. Even better than the first film, with exciting action scenes and superb computer animation.

Directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck. Voices of Minnie Driver, Rosie O'Donnell and Tony Goldwyn. Entertaining and fast-paced jungle/adv...

Comédie de Woody Allen. Avec Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, John Waters, Anthony LaPaglia. Avec ce petit film très réussi, Woody A...

Directed by George Lucas. Ignoring both the hype and the inevitable backlash, let's just say that it's a superior example of Hollywo...

Directed by Tim Burton. Visually stunning adaptation of Washington Irving's famous novel.

Directed by M.Night Shyamalan. With Bruce Willis, Olivia Williams and Toni Collette. First, it LOOKS like a typical Bruce Willis Hollywood b...

Directed by Vadim Jean. With Kelsey Grammer, Genevieve Tessier and Amanda Donohoe. A very original, iconoclastic comedy about a failed pulp ...

Directed by Jacques Doillon. Gripping drama set in a poor housing project on the outskirts of Paris. Story of a feisty young girl whose dog ...

Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Michal Zebrowski, Daniel Olbrychski and Marek Kondrat. A wonderful adaptation of an epic poem about a small ...

Excellent action flick from Hong Kong.

Directed by Khyentse Norbu. With Orgyen Tobgyal, Neten Chokling, Jamyang Lodro. You just can’t go wrong with this Bhutanese comedy (Bhutan: ...

Directed by Wim Wenders. A memorable documentary about aging Cuban musicians.

Directed by Gary Halvorson. With Vanessa Williams and Mandy Patinkin. This is an absolutely superb motion picture - a delightful and totally...

Directed by Otar Iosseliani. Low-key, very dry comedy about a weird aristocratic family.

Widely praised sci-fi/action pic.

Clearly inspired by Emir Kusturica.

Directed by Pierre Jolivet. With Vincent Lindon, François Berléand and Roschdy Zem. A businessman (Lindon) is facing bankrupcy after his lit...

Directed by Francois Bouvier. With Joel Drapeau-Dalpe, Denis Chouinard and Diane Lavallee. Wonderfully witty, insightful, charming and enter...

Vicious satire about high-school student body elections.

Comédie de Pascal Thomas. Avec Catherine Frot, Odette Laure, et Nathalie Lafaurie. Cette delicieuse comédie signée Pascal Thomas offre le tr...

Directed by Takashi Miike. A dynamic opening and an incredible conclusion.

Robert Altman's least ambitious film of 1990's, set in a small Mississippi community.

Directed by Zhang Yimou. Tribulations of a 13-year-old schoolteacher in a small village in China.

A fine Iranian film set in a remote mountain village. Funny and memorable.

Directed by Jean-Marc Barr. Dogma 5 film about a French girl (Elodie Bouchez) falling in love with an illegal immigrant from Yugoslavia.

Directed by Eric Valli. With Thilen Lhondop, Gurgon Kyap, Lhaka Tsamchoe. Unlike Khyentse Norbu’s The Cup, this film set in the Himalayas wa...

A pale copy of “Last Tango in Paris”.

Directed by Olivier Assayas. With Francois Cluzet and Vieginie Ledoyen. Is there a movie here?

Seriously overrated social drama about a young girl forever changing her boots.

Directed by Sophie Tatischeff. With Mireille Perrier, Maurane and Michel Laprise. This film will try the patience of any viewer. It's ne...

Directed by Raoul Ruiz. With Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich and Emmanuelle Beart. Ruiz is an odd maestro - absolutely brilliant one momen...

Directed by Sam Karmann. With Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nicole Garcia, Patrick Chesnais. After “American Beauty” and “Wonder Boys”, here’s another ...

Directed by Stephane Giusti. With Julie Gayet, Brigitte Rouan and Marie-France Pisier. Uplifting French film about a bunch of happy-go-lucky...

Directed by Gerard Depardieu and Frederic Auburtin. With Gerard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet and Charles Berling. This must be the zillionth Fr...

Directed by Raymond Depardon. Documentary about a young woman caught stealing a car.

Drame d’Emilie Deleuze. Avec Samuel Le Bihan, Catherine Vinatier, Claire Nebout, Candice Dufour et Fabien Lucciarini. Fatigué par son travai...

Directed by Pierre Carles. With Pierre Carles, Karl Zero and Anne Sinclair. A biting expose denouncing the hypocrisy of the French media est...

Directed by Remi Waterhouse. With Jean Yanne, Guillaume Canet and Laurence Cote. Amusing little French farce about a father-and-son team of ...

Directed by Regis Wagnier. With Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, and Oleg Menchikov. A French woman (Bonnaire), married to a Russian ph...

Drame biographique de Diane Kurys ("Entre nous", "La Baule les Pins"). Avec Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Robin Renu...

"Les Convoyeurs attendent"... et les spectateurs restent stupéfait devant cette étrange comédie belge, à la fois absurde, réjouiss...

Directed by Djamel Bensalah. With Djamel Debbouze, Olivia Bonamy et Stephane Soo Mongo. "La Haine" meets "Conte d'ete...

Story of an elementary-school principal in a poor town in northern France.

Directed by Danielle Thompson. With Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sabine Azéma. Question: is the director English or French? It...

Directed by Stephane Brizé. With Florence Vignon, Antoine Chappey and Mathilde Seigner. Who wants to see a movie about a female trafic cop w...

Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin and Valeria Bruni-Tedeshi. When a little girl is raped and murdered, her...

Directed by Claude Zidi. With Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier and Roberto Benigni. An entertaining, live-action-packed adaptation of Alb...

Directed by Romain Goupil. With Romain Goupil, Marianne Denicourt and Dani. Pretty cruel, but not particularly funny satire about the old Fr...

Directed by Francois Ozon. "Hansel And Gretel" meets "Natural Born Killers".

Directed by Andre Techine. With Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret and Carmen Maura. A solid, well-directed French drama about a young man (Lore...

Directed by Guido Henderickx.