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Books on Foreign Cinema
http://www.amazon.com/European-Cinema-Introduction-Jill-Forbes/dp/0333752104/
http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Cinema-Peter-William-Evans/dp/019818414X/
http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Cinema-Reflections-Society-1896-1980/dp/0520043049/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Contradiction-Spanish-Film-1960s/dp/0748621601/
http://www.amazon.com/Remapping-Postfranco-Cinema-M-Kinder/dp/3718605449/
http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Darkness-Century-Spanish-American/dp/0791475034/
The Story of Irish Film by Arthur Flynn 9781856079143
"Postcolonial African Cinema" by Kenneth Harrow
"Nollywood" photo book by Pieter Hugo is lousy
"Nollywood" edited by Pierre Barrot
 | "Cinemas of Ireland" [2009]
14 essays edited by Isabelle le Corff & Estelle Epinoux Cambridge Scholars Publng 8¼x6 hardcover [3/2009] for $59.99 |
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"A History of Russian Cinema" [2009] by Birgit Beumers Berg Publrs 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $29.95 Berg Publrs 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $87.75 |
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"Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America" [2008] by James N. Selvidge Truline Legacy, Inc. hardcover [12/2008] out of print/used official booksite see also Magic Lantern's Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa Pages |
 | "Early Irish Cinema, 1895-1921" [2008] by Denis Condon Irish Academic Press pb [11/2008] out of print/used Irish Academic Press 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2008] out of print/used |
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"Contemporary New Zealand Cinema: From New Wave To Blockbuster" [2008] Edited by Ian Conrich & Stuart Murray I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $29.50 |
 | "Burning Darkness: A Half Century of Spanish Cinema" [2008] Edited by Joan Ramon Resina & Andrés Lema-Hincapié S.U.N.Y. Press pb [7/2009] for $27.95 
S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2008] for $75.00 |
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"Insiders and Outsiders In Russian Cinema" [2008] Edited by Stephen M. Norris & Zara M. Torlone essays by Anthony Anemone, Julian Graffy, Peter Kenez, Joan Neuberger, Stephen Norris, Oleg Sulkin, Yuri Tsivian, Emma Widdis & Josephine Woll Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2008] for $21.95 Indiana Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2008] for $55.00 |
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Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture [2008] Edited by Valerie A. Kivelson & Joan Neuberger Fifty chronologically-organized essay-vignettes, illustrated with more than one hundred images; covers a thousand years of Russian/Soviet culture, including consumer goods, architecture, religious icons, portraits, photography, folk art, and cinema. Yale Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [4/2008] for $26.00 |
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"Screening Modernism: European Art Cinema, 1950-1980" [2008] by Andras Balint Kovacs Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $22.50 Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $55.00 |
 | "Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict On Arabs After 9/11" [2008] by Jack G. Shaheen Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $12.06 |
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"Brazilian National Cinema" [2007] by Lisa Shaw & Stephanie Dennison Routledge pb [9/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [9/2007] for $125.00 |
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"New Zealand Filmmakers" [2007] Edited by Ian Conrich & Stuart Murray Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2007] for $34.95 Filmmakers covered include Barry Barclay, David Blyth, Jane Campion, Roger Donaldson, Rudall Hayward, Peter Jackson, John Laing, Bruno Lawrence, Len Lye, Alison Maclean, Merata Mita, Ian Mune, Geoff Murphy, Leon Narbey, John O'Shea, Gaylene Preston, John Reid, Vincent Ward, Jennifer Ward-Lealand & Peter Wells |
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"The Cinema of North Africa and The Middle East (24 Frames Series)" [2007] by Gönül Dönmez-Colin
Films examined include "Cairo Station" [Egypt 1958], "Once Upon A Time, Beirut" [Lebanon 1994], "The Runner" [Iran 1989], "Ten" [Iran 2002], and "Uzak" [Turkey 2003] Wallflower Press 9¼x6½ pb [5/2007] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/2007] for $80.00 |
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"British Film Posters: An Illustrated History" [2007] by Sim Branaghan, edited by Steve Chibnall British Film Institute 10¾x8 pb [2/2007] for $26.40 British Film Institute 11x8 hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00 |
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"The Cinema of Russia & The Former Soviet Union (24 Frames Series)" [2006] Edited by Birgit Beumers, Preface by Alexei Balabanov Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [12/2006] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9½x7½ hardcover [12/2006] for $80.00 |
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"The Cinema of Australia & New Zealand (24 Frames Series)" [2006] Edited by Geoff Mayer & Keith Beattie Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [12/2006] for $29.50 Wallflower Press hardcover [12/2006] for $80.00 |
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Russian War Films: On The Cinema Front, 1914-2005 [2006] by Denise J. Youngblood Univ Press of Kansas9¼x6¼ pb [11/2006] for $27.96 |
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"Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, The Middle East, East Asia & South Asia" [2006] by Shohini Chaudhuri Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $30.60 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] out of print/scarce |
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"Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader" [2006] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra & Terry Rowden Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $46.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $150.00 |
 | "Austria Cinema: A History" [2005] by Robert von Dassanowsky McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00 |
 | "East European Cinemas" [2005] by Anikó Imre Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95 Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00 |
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"Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema" [2005] by Mette Hjort Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [8/2005] for $23.50 Univ MN Press 9x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $70.50 |
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"The Cinema of Spain & Portugal" [24 essays 2005] Edited by Alberto Mira, Preface by Román Gubern Wallflower Press 9¼x7¼ pb [5/2005] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $80.00 |
 | "The Czechoslovak New Wave" [orig 1985, rev 2005] by Peter Hames Discusses directors Milos Forman, Jirí Menzel, Jan Nemec & Jan Švankmajer, as well as Czech & Slovak history during the XXth Century. Wallflower Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $25.00 Wallflower Press 2nd edition 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $80.00 |
 | "Irish National Cinema" [2004] by Ruth Barton Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00 |
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"The Cinema of Latin America (24 Frames Series)" [2004] Edited by Alberto Elena & Marina Díaz López Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [3/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $50.40 |
 | "European Cinema" [2004] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95 |
 | "Cuban Cinema" [2004] by Michael Chanan Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2004] for $26.50 9x6 hardcover [2/2004] for $79.50 |
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"African Film: Re-Imagining A Continent" [2004] by Josef Gugler Indiana Univ Press 8½x7¼ pb [1/2004] for $24.95 Indiana Univ Press 9x7½ hardcover [1/2004] for $59.95 |
 | "Spanish National Cinema" [2003] by Nuria Triana-Toribio Routledge 9x6½ pb [1/2003] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $125.00 |
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"Cinema of The Other Europe: The Industry & Artistry of East Central European Film" [2003] by Dina Iordanova Wallflower Press 9x6¾ pb [7/2003] for $22.00 Wallflower Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2003] for $80.00 |
 | "Guide To British Cinema" [2003] by Geoff Mayer Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95 |
 | "Russian Cinema" (Inside Film Series) [2002] by David Gillespie (University of Bath, U.K.) Prof. Gillespie presents a topical analysis covering 300 Russian films Longman 9x6 pb [12/2002] for $28.21 |
 | "Polish National Cinema" [2002] by Marek Haltof Berghahn Books 8¾x6 [6/2002] for $24.95 Berghahn Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00 |
 | "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001] by Jack G. Shaheen Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50 |
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"Cinema and Soviet Society: From The Revolution To The Death of Stalin" [2001] by Peter Kenez I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $32.00 I.B. Tauris 9¾x9¼ hardcover [3/2001] for $89.95 |
 | "African Cinemas: Decolonizing The Gaze" [2001] by Olivier Barlet Zed Books 9¼x6 pb [2/2001] for $31.95 Zed Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $89.95 |
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"Split Screen: Belgian Cinema & Cultural Identity" [2000] by Philip Mosley S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 pb [11/2000] for $24.95 S.U.N.Y. Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $72.50 |
 | "Magical Reels: A History of Cinema In Latin America" [orig 1990, rev 2000] by John King Verso 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] for $23.95 Verso hardcover [11/90] for $0.00 |
 | "The International Movie Industry" [2000] by Gorham Kindem Southern Illinois Univ 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2000] for $38.50 Southern Illinois Univ 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2000] for $59.95 |
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"Spanish Cinema: The Auteurist Tradition" [2000] Edited by Peter Evans Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2000] for $75.00 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x5½ hardcover [3/2000] for $127.74 chapters/subjects include "Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall!" [1952]; "Calle Mayor" [1956] by Bardem; "Los Golfos" [1962] by Carlos Saura; "Del Rosa ... al Amarillo" [1963] by Manuel Summers; "Tristana" [1970] by Luis Buńuel; "El Espiritu de la Colmena" [1973] by Victor Erice; "Furtivos" [1975] by Borau; "Cambio de Sexo" [1977] by Aranda & Abril; "Mi Hija Hildegart" [1977] by Fernan Gomez; "El Corazon del Bosque" [1979] by Gutierrez Aragon; "Gary Cooper que Estas en los Cielos" [1980] by Miro; "La Muerte de Mikel" [1983] by Imanol Uribe; "Epilogo" [1984] by Suarez; "Que he Hecho yo Para Merecer Esto?" [1984] by Pedro Almodóvar; "La Vida Alegre" [1986] by Colomo; "Las Cosas del Querer" [1989] by Chavarri; "Jamon, Jamon" [1992] by Bigas Luna; "Belle Epoque" [1992] by Fernando Trueba; "Vacas" [1991] by Julio Medem; and "Nadie Hablara de Nosotras Cuando Hayamos Muerto" [1995] by Diaz Yanes |
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"Magic Mirror: Moviemaking In Russia, 1908-1918" [1999] by Denise J. Youngblood Univ WI Press 9x6 pb [4/99] for $19.95 Univ WI Press 9x6 hardcover [4/99] out of print/used |
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"Contemporary Spanish Cinema" [1998] by Barry Jordan & Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas Manchester Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [7/98] for $21.95 Manchester Univ Press 9¾x6½ hardcover [7/98] out of print/used |
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"The Finest Years: British Cinema of The 1940s" [1998] by Charles Drazin I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $19.95 Andre Deutsch Ltd. hardcover [3/98] out of print/used |
 | "Nordic National Cinemas" [1998] by Tytti Soila Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00 |
 | "New Latin American Cinema, Volume 2: Studies of National Cinemas" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/97] for $24.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/97] for $40.11 |
 | "New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1: Theory, Practices & Transcontinental Articulations" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/97] for $21.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [2/97] for $34.16 |
 | "British National Cinema" [1997] by Sarah Street Routledge 2nd edition 9x6 pb [10/2008] for $37.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [3/97] for $35.95 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/97] for $140.00 |
 | "Australian National Cinema" [1996] by Tom O'Regan Routledge 9¼x¼ pb [7/2005] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/96] for $125.00 |
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"Early Cinema In Russia and Its Cultural Reception" [1994] by Yuri Tsivian, translated by Alan Bodger, edited by Richard Taylor Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [8/98] for $23.00 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/94] for $150.00 [sic!] |
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"Black African Cinema" [1994] by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95 |
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"Blood Cinema: The Reconstruction of National Identity In Spain" [1993] by Marsha Kinder Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [12/93] for $27.95 Univ CA Press 10x6¼ hardcover [12/93] out of print/used |
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"Movies For The Masses: Popular Cinema & Soviet Society In The 1920s" [1992] by Denise J. Youngblood Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/93] for $50.00 Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [10/92] out of print/used |
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"Images of Australia: 100 Films of The New Australian Cinema" [1991] by Neil Rattigan S.M.U. Press 9¼x6 pb [6/91] out of print/used S.M.U. Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/91] for $24.95 |
 | "Inside The Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian & Soviet Cinema" [1991] Edited by Richard Taylor & Ian Christie Routledge 9x6½ pb [12/94] for $37.79 Routledge 9x6½ hardcover [6/91] for $130.00 |
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"The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema In Documents, 1896-1939" [1988] by Ian Christie Routledge 10x6¾ pb [12/94] for $51.95 Harvard Univ Press 10¼x8 hardcover [5/88] out of print/used |
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"Kino: A History of The Russian and Soviet Film" [orig 1960, rev 1983] by Jay Leyda [1910-88] Princeton Univ Press 3rd edition 9x5¾ pb [8/83] for $42.34 Princeton Univ Press 3rd edition hardcover [8/83] out of print/used |
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"Brazilian Cinema" [1981] Edited by Randal Johnson & Robert Stam Columbia Univ Press pb [4/95] for $33.50 |
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"The Dream That Kicks: The Prehistory & Early Years of Cinema In Britain" [1980] by Michael Chanan Routledge 2nd edition 8¼x5½ pb [12/95] for $39.54 Routledge hardcover [1980] out of print/used |
Books on Asian Cinema
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Books on Canadian Cinema
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Books on French Cinema
Books on German Cinema
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Books on Cinema of India
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Books on Italian Cinema
Books on Japanese Cinema
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Books on Mexican Cinema
Foreign Actors & Others
Actors of Asia
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Actors of Canada
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Actors of France
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Actors of Germany
Actors of India
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Actors of Italy
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Actors of Japan
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Actors of Mexico
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Jenny Agutter [U.K.]
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screenwriter Rafael Azcona [1926-2008; Spain]
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won Oscar for 1992 "Belle Epoque"
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Javier Bardem [Spain]
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actor Tongayi Chirisa [Zimbabwe]
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Penélope Cruz [Spain]
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David Gulpilil [Australia]
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Agniya Kuznetsova [Russia]
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author Federico García Lorca [1898-1936; Spain]
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"Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding)" [1981]
"Yerma" [1998]
"La Casa de Bernarda Alba" [1987]
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Fernando Rey [1917-94; Spain]
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actor Rod Taylor [Australia]
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José Luis López Vázquez [Spain]
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Selected Foreign Films, A to Z
Selected films of: Asia • Canada • France • Germany • India • Italy • Japan • Mexico
list of Best Foreign Language Oscar® winners & nominees at Wikipedia
list of Czech submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Netherland's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Poland's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Russian & Soviet Russia's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Spain's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Sweden's submissions for Oscar consideration
"Alexander Nevsky" [Mosfilm/Russia Nov 1938]
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True epic tale of a XIIIth Century Russian prince who rallied the people to form a ragtag army and repel Teutonic invaders at Novgorod.
Co-written & co-directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]; co-directed by Dmitri Vasilyev; co-written by Pyotr Pavlenko; music by Sergei Prokofiev; starring Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov & Andrei Abrikosov
Image Ent. subtitled b&w DVD [10/98] for $21.99 Kultur Video subtitled b&w VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used Soundtrack Factory soundtrack CD by Sergei Prokofiev [10/2000] for $11.99 full credits from IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia |
"All About My Mother"
aka 'Todo Sobre mi Madre' [Spain 1999]
won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film;
full credits from IMDb
"Andrei Rublev" [Russia]
http://www.amazon.com/Andrei-Rublev-Criterion-Collection-Spine/dp/6305257450/
"Burnt By The Sun"
aka "Utomlyonnye Solntsem" [Russia 1994]
by Nikita Mikhalkov; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Sun-Film-Companion-KINOfile/dp/1860643965/
"Closely Watched Trains"
aka "Ostre Sledované Vlaky" [Czechoslovakia 1967]
by Jirí Menzel; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Cranes Are Flying" aka "Letyat zhuravli"
[Russia Oct 1957, USA March 1960]
 | The first post-Stalin film to address the reality of World War II in Russia; young Boris volunteers for the army, then dies heroically, but is listed as missing in action; his family takes in his fiancé Veronika, who is raped by and forced to marry his brother, Mark; the father finds out that Mark got out of the draft by bribing an official, and bans the boy, allowing Veronika to stay; the man Boris saved visits the family to thank them, but Veronika refuses to believe that Boris is dead; when the victorious troops return home, Boris's best friend confirms that Boris died a hero, followed by several uplifting speeches.
Produced & directed by Mikhail Kalatozov; written by Viktor Rozov, based on his stageplay; starring Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Nikitin & Valentin Zubkov; won Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival
Criterion b&w DVD [4/2002] for $26.99 Connoisseur Video b&w VHS [10/92] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"The Cranes Are Flying: The Film Companion" [2003] by Josephine Woll I.B. Tauris 8¾x5½ pb [9/2003] for $24.50 |
"Das Boot" [Germany 1981]: full credits at IMDb
"Divided We Fall"
aka "Musíme si Pomáhat" [Czech Republic 2000]
by Jan Hrebejk; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Elementary School"
aka "Obecná škola" [Czechoslovakia 1991]
by Jan Sverák; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
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"Fanny and Alexander" [Sweden 1982] full credits from IMDb "Document" 'making of' film [1987] |
"The Firemen's Ball"
aka "Horí, má Panenko" [Czechoslovakia 1968]
by Miloš Forman; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Gods Must Be Crazy"
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A Kalahari bushman finds a Coke bottle dropped from the sky, but the new technological wonder disrupts his tribe, and so Xixo sets out to return the bottle to the gods. In the sequel, Xixo chases after a fast-moving truck where his children are accidental stowaways. Produced, written & directed by Jamie Uys; starring N!xao as Xixo combo DVD with both "TGMBC I" & "TGMBC II" Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [2/2004] 2 disks for $20.97 "TGMBC" [1980; US release 1984] Fox VHS [9/90] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb sequel "The Gods Must Be Crazy II" [1989] Col/TriStar VHS [1/93] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
"Jedda" aka "Jedda The Uncivilized"
[Australia May 1955, Columbia/D.C.A. USA Feb 1957]
![lobby card for Australian feature film "Jedda" [1955]](covers/lcJedda1955.jpg) |
The first Australian color feature film, and the first to use Aboriginal actors in lead roles; the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl (Arunte tribe) who is adopted and raised by a white woman without direct contact with her people.
Produced, co-written & directed by Charles Chauvel; starring Ngarla Kunoth, Robert Tudawali, Betty Suttor, Paul Reynall & George Simpson-Lyttle; nominated for Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia official A.N.F.S.A. movie page • JUK's fansite |
"Rosalie's Journey" [2005] by Warwick Thornton
A 23-minute look fifty years later at the life of an Aboriginal woman who was plucked from obscurity as a
teenager to star in filmmaker Charles Chauvel's acclaimed 1955 film "Jedda", a landmark in Australian cinema.
available on DVD as part of "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 3" DVD Box Set [2005]
Docurama color DVD [4/2005] out of prodn/used
"Kolya" aka "Kolja" [Czech Republic 1996]
by Jan Sverák; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"Living In Bondage" [Nigeria 1992]
Produced & co-written by Kenneth Nnebue; directed by Chris Obi Rapu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489511/
"Loves of A Blonde"
aka "Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky" [Czechoslovakia 1966]
by Miloš Forman; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Mirror" [Russia]
http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Margarita-Terekhova/dp/6305744114/
"Miss Mend" silent serial [Russia Oct 1926]
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Described as a serial, this silent film was released in three parts, running over 4 hours. The DVD is digitally-restored, with English titles, and new music by Robert Israel; extras on DVD include a booklet, a 25-minute docufilm & a 15-minute docufilm on the music recording sessions.
An attempt to merge fast-paced Holly-wood-style action with Soviet political ideology & German expresionism; based on a 1923 pulp novel by Marietta Shaginian. A secretary at an American-owned factory gets involved in a workers' strike, three newspaper men arrive to cover the events, and the four team up to prevent the nasty capitalist owner from unleashing germ war-fare against Russia.
Co-written & co-directed by Fyodor Otsep & Boris Barnet; co-written by Vasili Sakhnovsky; starring Natalya Glan, Boris Barnet, Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Fogel, Sergei Komarov, Ivan Koval-Samborsky & Natalya Rozenel
Flicker Alley b&w DVD [12/2009] 2 disks for $39.95 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
more serials on the Magic Lantern 's Silent & Sound Movie Serials Page
"Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears"
[Soviet Union 1980]
by Vladimir Menshov; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
http://www.amazon.com/Moscow-Does-Not-Believe-Tears/dp/B00019G4TQ/
"Mother, 1905"
[Russia Oct 1926, USA May 1934 silent]
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Film version of Gorky's classic novel of the failed 1905 Revolution; film restored in 1968, with new music. The title character's son joins a workers' strike, and her brutish husband joins the loyalist group arming to stop any such revolutionary activity; over time, the mother becomes more aware of the reasons for the workers' stand against the oppressors and joins the revolution herself.
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin; written by Nathan Zarkhi, based on the 1907 novel by Maxim Gorky [1868-1936]; starring Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Aleksandr Chistyakov & Anna Zemtsova
Image Ent. b&w DVD [1/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"My Sweet Little Village"
aka "Vesnicko má Stredisková" [Czechoslovakia 1986]
by Jirí Menzel; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"Nollywood Babylon" documentary
[National Film Board of Canada Oct 2008, Lorber USA July 2009]
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Nigeria's film industry, nicknamed 'Nollywood', has grown to become the third-largest in the world; very-low-budget movies that often include tribal mythology and magic are made quickly and sold to the eager public in the teeming markets & bazaars of Lagos, Nigeria and other cities across Africa.
Produced, written & directed by Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal; featuring star team Aki & Paw-Paw, producer Helen Ukpabio & filmmaker Lancelot Idowu Imasuen DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits from IMDb • N.F.B.C. official movie site |
"Not Quite Hollywood" documentary
[Madman Australia Aug 2008, Magnet USA July 2009]
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"The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!" Fast-moving 103-minute examination of Aussie genre filmmaking of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Written & directed by Mark Hartley; interviews & clips include Alan Arkin, Broderick Crawford, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Wendy Hughes, Olivia Hussey, Stacy Keach, George Lazenby, Christopher Lee, James Mason, director George Miller, George Peppard, Donald Pleasence, director Fred Schepisi, Quentin Tarantino, Rod Taylor, John Waters, Simon Wincer & Susannah York; won Best Documentary Award at Australian Film Institute
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
"Pan's Labyrinth"
aka "El Laberinto del Fauno" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb
"Pelle the Conqueror" [Denmark 1988]
by Bille August; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Russian Ark" [Russia]
http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Ark-Masterworks-Anna-Aleksakhina/dp/B00009NHAT/
"The Shop On Main Street"
aka "Obchod na Korze" [Czechoslovakia 1965]
co-directed by Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"Samson and Delilah" [Australia May 2009, USA 2010] 
written & directed by Warwick Thornton; won Camera d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, other awards
full credits at IMDb
"Talk To Her" aka "Hable Con Ella" [2002]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar;
full credits from IMDb
"Volver" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb
"War and Peace"
aka "Voyna i Mir" [Soviet Union 1968]
by Sergei Bondarchuk; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Wind Journeys" [Colombia 2010]
Directed by Ciro Guerro
"Z" [Algeria-France Dec 1969]
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A liberal politician is murdered during a peace demonstration, and right wing leaders try to cover up their involvement and also try to hide the murder itself. A chronicle of the overthrow of the democratic government of Greece, told as a combination of thriller & murder mystery.
Directed by Costa-Gavras; script by Jorge Semprún, based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos; music by Mikis Theodorakis; starring Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer & Pierre Dux; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Editing, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation
Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [7/2002] for $18.99 Fox Lorber widescreen color VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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novel by Vassilis Vassilikos [1967] Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [5/91] out of print/used Ballantine pb [9/69] out of print/used |
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