Trouble Every Day
Claire Denis directs this highly controversial, disturbing, and almost dialogue free film dealing with cannibalism. Two stories intertwine focusing on…
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Bloody Mallory
France’s answer to Buffy The Vampire Slayer. After the Pope is kidnapped Mallory (Olivia Bonamy) and her team of Anti-Paranormal…
Irreversible
Probably the most notorious film on the list comes from director Gaspar Noé. Told in reverse chronological order, the film…
Maléfique
Four prisoners sharing the same cell find a mysterious journal belonging to a former inmate. Real tension ensues as the…
High Tension
Writer/Director Alexandre Aja exploded onto the international scene with this breakout hit. The first true home invasion thriller of the…
House of Voices
Some claim that 2007’s The Orphange stole much of it’s plot from this 2004 film. Besides the setting I didn’t…
Calvaire
Marc (Laurent Lucas) is a struggling pop musician who mostly plays at retirement homes. While traveling to his next performance…
The Returned
What would happen if everybody who recently died suddenly came back to life and wanted their old lives back? How…
Caché
A young couple is terrorized by a series of secretly recorded videotapes that start showing up at their door. What…
Satan
Four friends get more than they bargained for when they find themselves at a lonely sheppard’s home after a night…
Them
A young couple is terrorized in the Romanian countryside by an unknown group of assailants. What could have been a…
Vantage Point
RASHO-yawn. On paper this should have been a lot better. High-caliber cast can’t do anything to save this dud. Completely…
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Another win for Team Apatow. Dracula puppet musical has to be seen to be believed. Really funny stuff. Kristen Bell…
Be Kind Rewind
Great film about the joy of creating. Worth seeing just for their sweding of Ghostbusters. This one really surprised me…
Persepolis
Proves 2-D animation still can be a powerful medium. Satrapi’s story is deeply moving and universal. Makes me want to…