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The 4th Company
Car thief Zambrano earns himself a spot on the football team of the world’s toughest prison, Mexico City’s Santa Martha, and becomes embroiled in the notorious 4th Company crime syndicate, a gang of prison enforcers who operate with the complicity of the corrupt authorities. Heavy-duty true story, and entertaining as heck.
The Commune
Inspired by his own childhood experiences, Thomas Vinterberg’s finest film since The Celebration offers an affectionate, touching and frequently very funny account of the ups and downs of living in a ‘70s commune. The performances are particularly impressive. Winner: Best Actress, Berlin.
The Net
The provocative auteur Kim Ki-Duk delivers his most restrained and nuanced work in some time with The Net , a story about a simple North Korean family man who inadvertently drifts into South Korean waters, where he is brought in for questioning and accused of being a spy.
The Oath
Set against a snowy, near-lunar Icelandic landscape, director and star Baltasar Kormákur’s riveting psychological thriller sees surgeon Finnur (Kormákur) drawn into a high-stakes battle with a drug dealer for the soul of the doctor’s daughter. The deadly conflict descends into some very dark places indeed…
The Red Turtle
A wordless fable about a man washed ashore on an island and learning to live with nature, The Red Turtle is another mesmerizing work of animated filmmaking from the revered Studio Ghibli. “So simple, so pure, it feels as if it has existed for hundreds of years.” Variety
The Teacher
A compelling satire set in Bratislava during the final decade of the Iron Curtain, The Teacher examines the abuse of power at a middle school, where a ranking Communist teacher extorts favors from pupils and parents alike in return for dispensing good grades. Winner: Best Actress, Karlovy Vary.
The Tenth Man
Visiting his father in Buenos Aires, New Yorker Ariel is pulled into his dad’s life as the head of a charitable organization located in the vibrant Jewish quarter. In this mid-life comedy, his journey turns into an engaging ode to the importance of family and community. Winner: Best Actor, Tribeca.
Very Big Shot
Three brothers decide to bankroll an art movie as a pretext to smuggle a cache of drugs out of Lebanon in film canisters in this satirical thriller from debut writer/director Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya. Comparisons to Argo and Bullets Over Broadway should not gloss over the film’s tangy local flavor. Winner: Best Film, Marrakech.
White Sun
A dark comedy about two brothers from each side of the Nepalese civil war brought together after 10 years for their father’s funeral. A trenchant, eye-catching parable, this is the best film to come out of Nepal in years. Winner: Interfilm Award, Venice.
Youth In Oregon
Frank Langella leads a tremendous cast in this seriocomic road movie about a difficult, dying man on a cross-country journey to commit legally assisted suicide, against the wishes of his dysfunctional family.