Foreign Film

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For the Love of B-Movies: In Praise of Hong Kong’s Cinematic Sleaze

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Jumping vampires, man-flesh dumplings, and Bruce Lee clones, oh my!

Inglourious Basterds Hong Kong Movie Title Translations

Four Different Approaches to Translating a Movie Title

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Sometimes getting lost in translation is a good thing.

Lionheart

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Needs More Than a Name Change

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As a second film is disqualified from the category, debate continues over the current rules and how they exclude certain countries from participating in the prestigious competition.

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The Best Foreign Language Movies of 2018

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18 films from 13 different countries make up our list of the best foreign language movies of 2018.

The Vanishing

The Subversive Horror of ‘The Vanishing’

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‘The Vanishing’ makes both victim and villain of its audience.

Border Ali Abbasi

‘Border’ Review: A Fantastical Parable for Extremists

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A truly beautiful film that tells the kind of visual story that can only be shared on camera.

Happy As Lazzaro Tardiolo

‘Happy As Lazzaro’ Review: A Beguiling, Transcendent Genre Hybrid (LFF)

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With a thread of the divine woven into its realist tapestry, Happy as Lazzaro feels like a timeless fable.

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‘Cold War’ Review: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Masterpiece

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The ‘Ida’ director’s latest recalls the glamor of a cinema long gone and much mourned.

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The 10 Best Swimming Pool Scenes in Movies

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From the sparkling waters of The Graduate to Poltergeist’s oozing vat of corpses, these picks illustrate the incredible versatility of the cinematic swimming pool.