Well if there’s one good thing about the recent slump in decent offerings from Holly wood it’s my reintroduction to quality cinema from other countries. I know some people hate subtitles but your really short changing yourself if your not seeing some of these movies. I glad the US has imported some recently (Hero, etc) instead of just making shitty remakes. If you’ve seen the remakes you should really see the original. Here are some I recommend checking out, some are old, some are newer:

  • Amelie
  • Tale of Two Sisters
  • Battle Royale
  • Barbarian Invasions
  • City of Lost Children
  • Good Bye Lenin
  • Oldboy
  • 3-Iron
  • City of God

You can find these and more on my IMDB vote list. There’s also plenty of good independent movies in the US that came out.

Girl in Bird Suit

The movie I watched most recently is called “The Bird People in China” which is kindof a story of old meets new, business vs old way of life, etc. I was really expecting a drama, but as in most foriegn films it’s hard to categorize. There is drama, humor, etc. There were a couple scenes that caught me and I did some screenshots. The quality of the photography is much better than these screens show, I saved them as lower quality for the web and had my gamma slightly higher on that computer so it’s a bit dark. I really recommend checking this out. It’s available at NetFlix.