Foreign Objects: ‘Kshay’ (India)
Chhaya and Arvind are living a borderline middle-class life in modern day India, but circumstances are sliding them lower. Arvind… Read More
November 17, 2011
Foreign Objects
Foreign Objects: Shaolin (Hong Kong)
China in the early twentieth century is a land of strife, starvation and feuding warlords. Hao Jie (Andy Lau) is… Read More
September 11, 2011
Foreign Objects: The Hedgehog (France)
It shouldn’t have to be this way, but the summer movie-going season is generally known far more for big, bombastic… Read More
August 18, 2011
Foreign Objects: Sawako Decides (Japan)
Sawako (Hikari Mitsushima) isn’t quite leading the life she always wanted in Tokyo. She’s been there for five years and… Read More
July 27, 2011
Foreign Objects: Phase 7 (Argentina)
What do you call a zombie movie without zombies? The smart-asses among you will say 28 Days Later, but that… Read More
July 22, 2011
Foreign Objects: Vampires (Belgium)
Remember the MPAA’s much ballyhooed new rating for adult themed/non-porn films back in 1990? NC-17 stood for ‘No children under… Read More
July 7, 2011
Foreign Objects: Deliver Us From Evil (Denmark)
This week’s film comes from director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, Nightwatch), and it shows us that white people are violent and… Read More
June 22, 2011
Foreign Objects: We Are the Night (Germany)
There are few genre character-types as tired and overdone as the vampire. They’re rarely scary, usually uninteresting, and often terribly… Read More
June 16, 2011
Foreign Objects: Haunters (South Korea)
A staple of comic book superhero movies is the origin story, and even though Hollywood is convinced audiences like seeing… Read More
May 20, 2011