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Doze Niu’s “Monga,” Taiwan’s official Oscar entry, a gangster coming-of-age story, is set in Monga the old market district (Wanhua)…

Lionel Rogosin’s “On the Bowery” startled audiences when it came out in 1957. It still startles. His remarkable portrait of…

Boasting a refreshing international art house style, Kiran Rao’s ” Dhobi Ghat” (Mumbai Diaries) is a surprisingly moving, intimate film.…

Tetsuya Nakashima directed the candy colored psychedelic 2008 fantasy “Paco and the Magical Book” and the darkly comic Pop Manga-adaptation…

Writer director Kamen Kalev’s first feature “Eastern Plays,” Bulgaria’s official Oscar submission will play at the 2011 Palm Springs International…

Andreas Ohman’s “Simple Simon”, Sweden’s Oscar entry, successfully weaves Asberger’s Syndrome into a feel good comedy, without downplaying the challenges…

“Little Rose”, the gripping Polish post-war intelligence drama will play at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Considered for…

Algerian-French filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb has said, “Cinema is a wonderful tool to converse with French society.” And beyond, I would…

In summer 2010, GERMAN PREMIERES celebrated its 25th screening in New York with the German feature VINCENT WANTS TO SEA…

Just in time to celebrate and commemorate John Lennon – who would have turned 70 this October, two new films…