Sentences with phrase «seen foreign language films»

While 2013 may have seen foreign language films take a back seat to the large number of truly great English - language features and documentaries, Romanian cinema and its current king, Cristian Mungiu, hit 2013 with one of its truly great pictures.

Not exact matches

Like fellow French - Canadian drama Incendies (see below) the previous year, Monsieur Lazhar earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign - language film.

On Wednesday night at Cannes, I took the night off from seeing foreign - language films to settle onto the sand for a beachfront screening of Black Panther.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Having seen «The Lives of Others,» «Pan's Labyrinth,» «Water,» «Days of Glory» and «After the Wedding,» I can attest that this is one awesome list.

Yet another foreign language film that's due for an American remake and you can see why.

He sees her settled with a new partner (Brady Corbet, who seems to be on a mission to cameo in as many foreign language films as is humanly possible) and heavily pregnant.

The film is a tightly wound, superbly performed tale of revenge and redemption in the wake of the Irish Troubles, which sees Hirschbiegel (after the best - buried Hollywood stumble of «The Invasion») matching and exceeding the muscular, no - nonsense storytelling skills that won him a foreign - language Oscar nod for «Downfall» a few years back.

The only foreign language film to make our top ten this year, the Spanish generic hybrid The Skin I Live In saw leading man Antonio Banderas reuniting with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar for the first time since 1990's Tie Me Up!

I didn't see nearly as many foreign - language or documentary titles as I would have liked, and I'm sure I could program a strong festival out of all the films I was unable to see.

It's that middle section where a certain Hungarian filmmaker wins the foreign language film award or the director of a little - seen short injects mania and uncompromising glee into an evening full of been - there - done - that Meryl Streep stares.

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The two films, seen by many pundits as the chief contenders for the foreign - language Oscar, also appear to be the frontrunners here, continuing a rivalry that started way back in May at Cannes.

Non-American films rarely see much glory in the best picture category — The Artist was able to win, for example, only because it didn't contain any foreign language.

A Fantastic Woman (Blu - ray) Details: 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Rated: R, language, sexual content, nudity, a violent assault The lowdown: This Chilean feature, honored as best foreign - language film at the 90th Academy Awards, is a stunning and well - crafted drama about an individual's right to live her life as she sees fit, despite the prejudice and scorn of others.

Though snubbed by the Academy for the Oscar race in the foreign language category, Paul Verhoeven's Elle edged out Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden, another film you won't see in the Oscar contest.

I was equally cheered by Chile's A Fantastic Woman winning for best - foreign - language film, and to see that film's star, Daniela Vega, on stage with her director Sebastián Lelio, who made a sober, compassionate film about a trans woman's experience starring a trans actress.

A final note: As is too often the case, I was not able to see enough documentaries or foreign - language films to feel comfortable second - guessing the Academy's choices, so on those fronts you'll have to look elsewhere.

Don't expect to see any foreign language animated film show up here.

The academy did a good thing when it reformed the foreign - language film voting, requiring all voters to see all five finalists.

The Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who boycotted the event in protest at Trump's travel bans, won best foreign language film for The Salesman in what was widely seen as a rebuke to the White House.

The Raid is the only foreign language film to make our top ten this year — see it now, before the inevitably - inferior Hollywood remake.