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It's amazing how fast these films make it from the theaters to video these days ... and depending on where you live, your trusty rental store might be the only place to get foreign films. For each of the movies listed here, you'll get a synopsis, cast, rating, awards, quotes from reviews, the official film site, and related links of interest.
100 Percent Arabica
Mahmoud Zemmouri's new French film is high spirited, fun, and also political.An Affair of Love
Belgian director Frederic Fonteyne's excellent new film begins with a purely sexual arrangement between anonymous strangers.Aimée and Jaguar
Max Färberböck's film is passionate, true-life chronicle of lesbian lovers in Nazi Germany.Alice and Martin
André Téchiné's gorgeous new film stars Juliette Binoche and Alexis Loret as troubled lovers.All About My Mother
Pedro Almodovar's new drama is one of the most talked about films in the international film community.American Psycho
Mary Harron's controversial adaptation of the Brett Easton Ellis novel. Great clothes. Murder. Insanity. It's in there.Benjamin Smoke
Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen's documentary about the life and death of Atlanta punk rocker Benjamin Smoke.Better Living Through Circuitry
John Reiss's exciting new techno/rave documentary starring Frankie Bones, BT, Carl Cox, The Crystal Method, DJ Spooky, and others.Beyond the Mat
Barry Blaustein's funny and insightful film about the professional wrestling industry.The Big Kahuna
Kevin Spacey and Danny Devito stars in this small film about lubricant salesman who gather for a weekend.Blood Simple
The re-release of the Coen Brother's first film, starring Academy Award winner Frances McDormand.Boricuo's Bond
A young artist struggling through life in the South Bronx. This is the debut film of writer/director Val Lik.But I'm a Cheerleader
Natasha Lyonne gets sent to "homosexual rehab" camp in Jamie Babbit's dark comedy.Butterfly
A new film about the Spanish Civil War told through the eyes of a little boy.Cecil B. Demented
John Waters' new film has cinema terrorists, speed freaks, porn stars and a spoiled Hollywood diva who becomes committed to the underground film movement. Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, and Alicia Witt.Chutney Popcorn
Nitra Ganisha's modern comedy about big sister, little sister, little sister's girlfriend, and the quest to make a baby.Chuck and Buck
Miguel Arteta's accomplished, delightful and very unnerving film about childhood friendships. A favorite at this year's Sundance.Circus
John Hannah and Famke Jannssen star in this dark thriller out of England.Claire Dolan
Katrin Cartlidge stars in this thoughtful, chilling drama about an Irish immigrant in Hew York. Directed by Lodge H. Kerrigan.Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
Director Rob Schmidt has the courage to turn Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel into a stylish film starring beautiful teenagers.Criminal Lovers
French director Francois Ozon's dark film about two lovers lost in the wood.The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Fenton Baily and Randy Barbato's documentary about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. Narrated by RuPaul.The Filth and the Fury
Julien Temple directs this electrifying documentary about the Sex Pistols.The Five Senses
Jeremy Podeswa's haunting new film won Best Canadian Feature at the 2000 Genies.
Getting to Know You
Heather Matarazzo stars in Lisanne Skyler's delicately woven film based on the short stories by Joyce Carol Oates.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Forest Whitaker in Jim Jarmush's ultra-hip gangster samurai comedy.Girl on the Bridge
French director Patrice Leconte's new comedy about a knife thrower and his new recruit. Starring Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteil.Grass
Legalize marijuana? Rob Mann's documentary looks at 100 years of marijuana use and America's tireless crusade against the drug. Woody Harrelson narrates.Groove
Greg Harrison's debut feature takes you into the underground rave scene in San Francisco.Hamlet
Ethan Hawke stars in this hip retelling of the Shakespearean classic.Human Traffic
Justin Kerrigan's award-winning directorial debut, a huge hit in Britain, has made it to the States. Trainspotting for the new millennium.Humanity
French director Bruno Dumont's film won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 1999.Human Remains
The collected short films of surrealist filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt.The Idiots
Lars Von Trier is back. This film took two years to make it to the States after its premiere at Cannes.Intern
Dominique Swain stars in Michael Lange's drama about an intern who rises from the mailroom to the boardroom.Jesus' Son
Alison Maclean's Jesus' Son features an excellent cast including Samantha Morton and Billy Crudup and a strong narrative based on Denis Johnson's short story collection.Joe Gould's Secret
Directed by Stanley Tucci with a stellar cast that includes Ian Holm, Hope Davis, Susan Sarandon, and Steve Martin.
Judy Berlin
Not only Hal Hartley gets to make films about Long Island. Starring Edie Falco, Julie Kavner, Barbara Barrie, and Madeleine Kahn in her last film.The Lifestyle
Love and Sex
David Schisgall's documentary looks at the daily lives of real-life "swingers", also known as wife-swappers, etc.
Famke Janssen (X-Men, Celebrity) stars in this intelligent comedy directed by Valerie Breiman.Love's Labours Lost
Kenneth Branagh does Shakespeare. Again. With singing and dancing.
Luminarias
Four Latina friends meet in their favorite restaurant to discuss the romance in their lives.Luminous Motion
Directed based on the novel by Scot Bradfield, Bette Gordon directs this quirky film about a mother and son on the road. Starring Deborah Unger.Madadayo
From the maker of Ran, the last film of Akira Kurswawa.Mifune
Norwegian director/screenwriter Soren Kragh-Jacobsen uses the natural filmmaking method to make Dogme's first comedy.The New Waterford Girl
Discover a new breed of Canadian girl in Allan Moyle's delightful new Canadian Indie pic. Star Liane Balaban is being hailed the next Winona Ryder.Not of This World
Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni's emotional drama.The Opportunists
Christopher Walken stars in this drama about an Irish immigrant settled in Queens. For a fix of gangsters and 80s pop star Cyndi Lauper.Orfeu
Carlos Diegue's dazzling new film is based on the play by Brazilian writer Vinicius de Moraes.
Orphans
This new Scottish film by Peter Mullan is dark comedy about grief.Pola X
Leos Carax' erotically charged story feautures tortured artists having tortured incest. Starring Guillaume Depardieu, Katerina Golubeva, Delphine Chuillot, and Cahterine Deneuve.Praise
Put together a chain-smoking asthmatic guy, and a slightly pudgy nymphomaniac girl, and the result is John Curran's award winning Australian film.Restaurant
Eric Bross's new film (Ten Benny, Stranger than Fiction) makes a movie with a lot to say about ambition, friendship and race.Saving Grace
This heartwarming comedy starring award-winning actress British Brenda Blethyn was a favorite at the 1999 Sundance festival.Shadow Hours
Take a ride though L.A.'s Twilight Zone. Starring Bathazar Getty, Peter Weller and Rebecca Gayheart.Shower
A bittersweet comedy set in Beijing by Zhang Yang. This film has charmed international audiences and won Best Film at the Seattle Film Festival.Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire
This delightful film was directed by Kevin Jordan, with whom the Martini brothers co-wrote and co-produced it on a miniscule budget of only $40,000.Solomon & Gaenor
Paul Morrison's romantic drama about a young Jewish boy who falls in love with a Welsh girl received an Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.Stella Does Tricks
Coky Giedroyc's assertive exploration of teenage prostitution. Starring Trainspotting's Kelly MacDonald.Such A Long Journey
A Bombay bank clerk who is severely tested on the eve of India's 1971 war with Pakistan. Starring Seth Roshan.Sunshine
Ralph Fiennes stars in this drama about drastic social and political upheaval in Hungary. Directed by Istvan Szabo.Time Code
Mike Figgis shot this black comedy/thriller in one day. Starring, Salma Hayek, Julian Sands, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stellan Skarsgard, Kyle MacLachlan.Time Regained
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, John Malkovich star in this French film based on the novel by Marcel Proust.Trans
An Independent gem and the directorial debut of Julian Goldsberger.The Trial
Kafka had the ability to write the stuff your worst nightmares are made of. Orson Welles brought it to the screen. Now it's been re-released.Trixie
Emily Watson stars in this screwball, whodunit comedy directed by Alan Rudolph.Up at the Villa
Sean Penn and Kristin Scott Thomas star is this period piece based on the novella by Somerset Maugham.The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola's directorial debut is a critical smash.Waking the Dead
Jennifer Connelly and Billy Crudup star in this Love Story for intellectuals.Water Drops on Burning Rocks
A brilliant satire of emotional politics. Based on the early play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.The Wind Will Carry Us
Abbas Kiarostami's wonderful film takes place in Siah Dareh, a village in Iranian Kuridstan.The Wisdom of the Crocodiles
Jude Law as bonechillingly good-looking vampire in Po-Chih Leong's stylish, offbeat thriller.
