Posts Tagged ‘Foriegn Flicks’
Popfilter’s Foriegn Flick of the Week
In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Brazil’s City of God or “It’s a hard knock life for child murders” When I started this article, my hope was that it would inspire people to go out and experience movies that dealt with things outside of their cultural bubble. I then had to make a…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Japan’s My Neighbor Totoro or “The Anti Disney-Princess Fantasy Movie somehow still brought to you by Disney” Okay, that retitle is a little misleading. My Neighbor Totoro is a film by legendary animator and director Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) and released in 1988. It…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Sweden’s Let the Right One In Let the Right One In came out in 2008 and directed by Tomas Alfredson. It is the story of a lonely boy named Oskar who befriends a strange girl who moves in next door named Eli. There is something a little…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Mexico’s Y Tu Mamá También (WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY) When I started telling people I was writing an article on this movie, their reactions ranged from, “Wow, that’s a really great movie!” to “Hey! That was the first movie I ever jacked off to.”…
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