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14 Blades
Hong Kong, 2010, 114 min.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of China possessed one weapon greater than all others, the Jinyiwei, an elite force of assassins. When evil eunuch Jia takes over the Imperial Court, Qinglong, the best of the Jinyiwei, must rally loyalists to restore the Emperor to power in this martial arts act... more
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Aftershock
China, 2010, 128 min.
Combining stunning special effects with potent family drama this heartrending depiction of the impact of the massive 1976 earthquake that killed more than 240,000 in Tangshan, China uses the disaster to set up the story of a family torn apart--and the 40 years it takes them to reconnect. Winner, Bes... more
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Easy Money
Sweden, 2010, 95 min.
If you liked THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, you will love Easy Money, the latest exciting Swedish crime thriller to hit America. Set in the violent, multi-cultural criminal underground of Stockholm, it focuses on three desperate men and their separate, soon-to-overlap worlds while beautifully inco... more
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The Edge
Russia, 2010, 119 min.
The arrival of a decorated war hero takes a Siberian gulag by storm in this spectacular thriller. After assuming control of the camp’s steam engine, he investigates rumors of an abandoned engine on a nearby island and discovers a rusted beauty and a feral German girl with a railway obsession.
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Essential Killing
Poland, 2009, 83 min.
A Taliban member living in Afghanistan is taken captive by the Americans after killing three American soldiers. He is transferred to Europe for interrogation but escapes from his captors. Becoming a fugitive on a continent he does not know. Winner, Best Actor, Special Jury Prize and Youth Jury Prize... more
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Henry of Navarre
Germany, 2010, 153 min.
Protestants and Catholics at war in 16th-century France serve as the backdrop for this rousing epic—replete with bloody battles, bawdy sex, and delicious royal-court duplicity—tracing the rise of the protestant Henry, who went on to become the country’s beloved King Henry IV.
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The Man From Nowhere
South Korea, 2010, 119 min.
Korea’s 2010 box office champion, this dynamic thriller transforms local heartthrob Won Bin (Mother) into an action hero. It’s a fast-paced, blood-soaked tale about a mystery man who gets caught up in a gang war while trying to protect a child. The breathless, often violent action is not for the fai... more
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Nuummioq
2009, 95 min.
The first locally produced feature from Greenland is an engaging and accomplished road movie, featuring stunning vistas and fine acting, that follows two men—a Dane dying from cancer and his Inuit cousin—as they journey to a remote region and uncover secrets from their families’ pasts.... more
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The Shooting
USA, 1967, 82 min.
Hellman’s cult classic is an existential Western head-trip in which a bounty hunter (Oates), his sidekick (Hutchins) and a psychotic gunman (the lean and mean Nicholson) accompany a mysterious woman (Perkins) on a desert journey spiked with foreboding and violence. Preceded by Stanley’s Girlfriend,... more
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The Way Back
USA, 2010, 133 min.
This epic true story follows the escape of six prisoners from a Stalin-era prison camp. To become free, they must journey out of snow-covered Siberia, across the deserts of Mongolia, the Great Wall of China and, ultimately, over the Himalayas into India.... more
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