Out on Blu-ray on April 30, 2024, from Radiance Films
When a beautiful young woman falls in love with a Yakuza, she soon finds out that he and his organization expect her to sell herself to bring in money.
Tag Archives: Foreign
She Is Conann (2023)
Conann’s life is both dreamlike and nightmarish, followed by Rainer, she is seen through it from childhood to adulthood, from slave to queen.
Monolith (2022) [Female Filmmaker Friday]
On Blu-ray April 23rd and currently on Digital from Well Go USA
A newly unemployed journalist starts a podcast and investigates large stones that have been showing up suddenly in random people’s lives.
Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Ernest et Célestine: Le voyage en Charabie) (2022) [Blu-Ray]
Now Available from Shout! Factory and GKIDS.
I’ll be the first to admit that I had no idea what “Ernest & Célestine” was or that it had its own series, as well as a feature film. The good thing about “Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia” is that you don’t really have to go back and see the previous material to understand what’s happening. Basically, it’s all so beautifully animated like a moving storybook and is the tale of the love between a big bear and a small female mouse. Named Ernest & Célestine, there is a story of friendship but there’s also an unspoken true love that’s very punctuated in the final scene of the film.
The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
On Blu-ray and 4K UHD April 9, 2024, from Capelight Pictures
Taking place 7 years after the first film, this sequel takes the loved-against-all-odds detective and sets him up with a new band of misfits to investigate a murder.
Dusk for a Hitman (aka Crépuscule pour un tueur) (2023)
1970s Montreal, Donald Lavoie is being hunted for his crimes by both the law and a former boss.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) [Make Believe Film Festival 2024]
I’ve been enamored with the French-Canadian “Humanist Vampire…” since the beginning of the year but didn’t quite have the means of being able to view it. I’m glad that I finally had a chance to, since Ariane Louis-Seize creates such a charming, and interesting coming of age horror comedy that re-thinks the whole idea of being a vampire, while also using it as an allegory for restarting our lives. Louis-Seize’s horror comedy, while not entirely original, still excels on being a great slice of life that embraces the absurdity of its premise.