Paradise Now (2005)

Director: Hany Abu-Assad

Starring: Hiam Abbass, Lubna Azabal, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel

Golden Globe's Best Foreign Film is this taut drama concerning two Palestinian friends who have signed up to become suicide bombers. They are assigne... Read more

36 Quai des Orfevres (2004)

Director: Olivier Marchal

Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Andre Dussollier, Valeria Golino, Roschdy Zem

Two of France's most charismatic and enduring actors, Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil face off as cops competing for the same promotion, using all... Read more

The World (2004)

Director: Jia Zhang-ke

Starring: Zhao Tao, Chen Taisheng, Jue Jing, Zhong-wei Jiang, Yi-qun Wang

Set in the massive theme park outside Beijing where famous world landmarks are recreated, this beautiful allegorical film (and ironic given the endles... Read more

Kiss of Life (2004)

Director: Emily Young

Starring: David Warner, Peter Mullan, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

The BAFTA-winning first feature from writer/director Emily Young is an intimate journey into the heart of a family. Helen (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) lives... Read more

Three Colours Trilogy ( Blue, White, Red ) (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jul...

This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more

Ma Mere (2004)

Director: Christophe Honore

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Emma De Caunes, Joana Preiss, Jean-Baptiste Mont...

Isabelle Huppert plays Helene, a woman who becomes uncomfortably attracted to her teenage son. Following the unexpected death of her husband, Helene... Read more

Me and My Sister (2004)

Director: Alexandra Leclere

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, Francois Berleand, Brigitte Catillon, Michel V...

The incomparable Isabelle Huppert is Martine, a controlling Parisian snob, trapped in a loveless marriage with everything she could want except happin... Read more

I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse (1973)

Director: Fernando Arrabal

Starring: Emmanuele Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk

Surrealist filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's second feature concerns a wealthy aristocrat (George Shannon) who flees a terrible crime, winding up in the de... Read more

Dogora: Open Your Eyes (2004)

Director: Patrice Leconte

Filmmaker Patrice Leconte takes us on a musical journey through Cambodia. Set to a beautiful score by Etienne Perruchon, there is no dialogue or stor... Read more

Time of the Wolf (2003)

Director: Michael Haneke

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Patrice Chereau, Beatrice Da...

German filmmaker, Michael Haneke, has a penchant for the disturbing and this post-apocalyptic psychological drama is no exception. Following an unsee... Read more