A detective who’s wife has recently left with their son is put on a series of cases that may be from a serial killer. Solving these cases soon becomes even more important than just for his career.
Tag Archives: Foreign
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond in Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017) [Fantasia International Film Festival 2017]
The most popular teen in school seems to have supernatural or at least extraordinary talent. As he learns how to use these and more about himself, he is called upon to help save a fellow high schooler and his small town from unexplained evil.
The Gangster’s Daughter (Shaowu The Bad) (2017) [New York Asian Film Festival 2017]
After her mother’s death, a teen struggling with living with her grandmother goes to live with her gangster father in the city.
This Is Not What I Expected (2017) [New York Asian Film Festival 2017]
In a hotel he is about to buy, a CEO meets a young chef who is a mess but also cooks the best food he has ever tasted. Through her cooking, they connect.
Love at First Child (Ange et Gabrielle) (2015)
Gabrielle’s daughter has gotten pregnant at 17, this leads her to meet Ange, the potential grandfather and want to make him care as well as his estranged son.
Jane (2016) [New York Asian Film Festival 2017]
On the fringes of society, a runaway finds solace and safety in living with a transgender woman named Jane and her makeshift family. There, she finds support and other things families often provide.
L’Argent (Money) (1983): Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]
It’s utterly amazing what one small gesture can do to affect another person’s life. “L’Argent” isn’t so much a crime drama, though it does involve a crime, but it’s more a tale about how every choice creates a ripple, that have an important affect. Director Robert Bresson takes the first part of Leo Tolstoy’s posthumously published 1911 novella “The Forged Coupon” and uses it for the basis of a story about the downfall of various people, all the hand of a forged piece of currency.