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Books  on  Foreign  Cinema

	"The Holt Foreign Film Guide: The Indispensable Guide For All Film Fans" [1989] by Ronald Bergan & Robyn Karney Originally published in Britain in 1988 under the title "Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide", thus the films are listed under their British release title Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/89] out of print/used
	"The Faber Companion To Foreign Films" [1992] by Ronald Bergan & Robyn Karney Faber & Faber 9x6 pb [10/92] out of print/many used
	"Nordic National Cinemas" [1998] by Tytti Soila Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00
	"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
	"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
	"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001] by Jack G. Shaheen Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50
	"Polish National Cinema" [2002] by Marek Haltof Berghahn Books 8¾x6 [6/2002] for $24.95 Berghahn Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
	"The Off-Hollywood Film Guide: The Definitive Guide To Independent and Foreign Films On Video & DVD" [2002] by Tom Wiener over 650 films (in alphabetical order) reviewed by longtime freelance U.S. film critic Kindle Edition from Random House [2002 edition] for $12.99 Random House Trade 9x6 pb [8/2002] out of print/used
	"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
	"European Cinema" [2004] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95
	"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
	"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
	"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
	"East European Cinemas" [2005] by Anikó Imre Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95 Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00
	"Austria Cinema: A History" [2005] by Robert von Dassanowsky McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00
	"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
	"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
	"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
	"Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict On Arabs After 9/11" [2008] by Jack G. Shaheen Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $12.06
	"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
	"Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America" [2008] by James N. Selvidge Truline Legacy, Inc. hardcover [12/2008] out of print/used book available at official booksite see also Magic Lantern's Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa Pages
	"Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and The New Europe" [2009] edited by Deniz Bayrakdar, with Asli Kotaman & Ahu Samav Ugursoy Cambridge Scholars Publng 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $67.99
	"New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity, and Memory" [2010] by Asuman Suner The first full examination of contemporary Turkish cinema to be published in English; a sharp and engaging analysis of the films of 'new wave' Turkish directors Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Zeki Demirkubuz, Yesim Ustaoglu, Dervis Zaim, Serdar Akar, Yilmaz Erdogan, and others. I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [1/2010] for $29.50 I.B. Tauris 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $65.70
	"Israeli Cinema: East/West and The Politics of Representation" [2010] by Ella Shohat I.B. Tauris 9¼x6 pb [8/2010] for $24.69 I.B. Tauris 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2010] for $85.00
	"Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities In Classical Hollywood Cinema" [2010] by Arne Lunde Univ WA Press 9x6 pb [10/2010] for $22.44
	"Cinema In Turkey: A New Critical History" [2010] by Savas Arslan Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $19.01 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2010] for $84.69
	"Visions, Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past & Present" [orig 2006, rev 2011] by Eric A. Goldman Holmes & Meier Publrs 9x6 pb [2/2011] for $19.95
	"The Vikings On Film: Essays On Depictions of The Nordic Middle Ages" [2011] Edited by Kevin J. Harty McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [4/2011] for $38.00 lots of Vikings movies on Magic Lantern's Muscle-Head Film Festival Page
	"New Austrian Film" [2011] Edited by Robert Von Dassanowsky & Oliver C. Speck Berghahn Books 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2011] for $128.95
	"Israeli Cinema: Identities In Motion" [2011] Edited by Miri Talmon & Yaron Peleg Univ TX Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2011] for $55.00 out of print/used
	"Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities" [2011]   Edited by Lydia Papadimitriou & Yannis Tzioumakis Intellect Ltd. 9¾x6 pb [9/2011] for $40.00
	"The Poetics of Iranian Cinema: Aesthetics, Modernity & Film   After The Revolution" [2011] by Khatereh Sheibani Tauris Academic Studies hardcover [11/2011] for $77.14

"Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory by Nurith Gertz
"http://www.amazon.com/Palestinian-Cinema-Landscape-Trauma-Memory/dp/0253220076/
"Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema by Hamid Dabashi
"http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Nation-Palestinian-Hamid-Dabashi/dp/1844670880/
"Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future by Hamid Dabashi
"http://www.amazon.com/Close-Up-Iranian-Cinema-Present/dp/1859843328/
http://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Film-Reference-Guides-Worlds/dp/0313321442/
http://www.amazon.com/Identity-Politics-Israeli-Screen-Loshitzky/dp/0292747241/
http://www.amazon.com/European-Cinema-Introduction-Jill-Forbes/dp/0333752104/
"Avant-Garde to New Wave: Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties by Jonathan L. Owen (Feb 15, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Garde-New-Wave-Czechoslovak-Surrealism/dp/085745126X/
"Polish Cinema Now! by Mateusz Werner (Dec 22, 2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Polish-Cinema-Now-Mateusz-Werner/dp/0861966910/
"European Cinema: An Introduction" [1/2001] by Jill Forbes & Sarah Street /0333752104/

Books on Cinema of Britain, Ireland & Scotland

	"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
	"The History of The British Film" in seven volumes [1997] Edited by Rachael Low, Introduction by Jeffrey Richards One of the cornerstones of film scholarship, documenting all aspects of film-making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939; first published between 1948 and 1985 7 volume set: Routledge hardcover set [6/97] for $1,495.00 Volume 1, 1896-1906: Routledge 9½x6¼ pb [7/2011] for $42.95 Volume 2, 1906-1914: Routledge 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $42.95 Volume 3, 1914-18: Routledge 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $42.95 Volume 4, 1918-29: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 5, 1929-39: Routledge 9x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 6, 1929-39: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 7, 1929-39: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95
	"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
	"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
	"Guide To British Cinema" [2003] by Geoff Mayer Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95
	"Irish National Cinema" [2004] by Ruth Barton Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00
	"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
	"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
	"Cinemas of Ireland" [2009] 14 essays edited by Isabelle le Corff & Estelle Epinoux Cambridge Scholars Publng 8¼x6 hardcover [3/2009] for $59.99

The Story of Irish Film by Arthur Flynn 9781856079143
"The Irish-American in Film & Pop Culture: an illustrated history by Steven G. Farrell (Jun 16, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-American-Film-Pop-Culture-illustrated/dp/1463610211/

Books on Cinema of Australia & New Zealand

	"Images of Australia: 100 Films of The New Australian Cinema" [1991] by Neil Rattigan S.M.U. Press 9¼x6 pb [6/91] for $15.95 S.M.U. Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/91] for $24.95
	"New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels In American & British Film" [1992] by Brian McFarlane & Geoff Mayer Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [6/92] for $38.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [6/92] out of print/used
	"Australian National Cinema" [1996] by Tom O'Regan Routledge 9¼x¼ pb [7/2005] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/96] for $125.00
	"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
	"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
	"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
	"Diasporas of Australian Cinema" [2009] Edited by Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska & Anthony Lambert contains previously unpublished articles by experts on Australian cinema; key feature films discussed include: "40,000 Horsemen" [1941] by Charles & Elsa Chauvel; "Silver City" [1984] by Sophia Turkiewicz; "Head On" [1998]; "The Wog Boy" [2000]; "Russian Doll" [2001] by Stavros Kazantzidis; "Japanese Story" [2003]; and "Lucky Miles" [2007] Intellect, Ltd. 9x6¾ pb [8/2009] for $40.00

"Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years" [] by Brian Adams, Graham Shirley
"New Zealand Cinema by Ian Conrich (Jun 20, 2011
"http://www.amazon.com/New-Zealand-Cinema-Ian-Conrich/dp/0748624635/

Books on Cinema of Latin America

	"Brazilian Cinema" [1981] Edited by Randal Johnson & Robert Stam Columbia Univ Press pb [4/95] for $33.50
	"Contemporary Argentine Cinema" [1992] by David William Foster Univ MO Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1992] for $34.95
	"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
	"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
	"Magical Reels: A History of Cinema In Latin America" [orig 1990, rev 2000] by John King Verso 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] for $22.56 Verso hardcover [11/90] out of print/used
	"Cuban Cinema" [2004] by Michael Chanan Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2004] for $26.50 9x6 hardcover [2/2004] for $79.50
	"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
	"Brazilian National Cinema" [2007] by Lisa Shaw & Stephanie Dennison Routledge pb [9/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [9/2007] for $125.00
	"New Argentine Cinema" [2012]   by Jens Andermann I.B. Tauris pb [DUE Jan 2012] for $28.00 I.B. Tauris hardcover [DUE Jan 2012] for $81.37

http://www.amazon.com/Splendors-Latin-Cinema-R-Hernandez-Rodriguez/dp/0313349770/
http://www.amazon.com/New-Brazilian-Cinema-L%C3%83%C2%BAcia-Nagib/dp/1860648789/
Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema (May 2009) by Joanna Page
http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Capitalism-Contemporary-Argentine-Cinema/dp/0822344726/
The Cinematic Tango: Contemporary Argentine Film (May 2007) by Tamara L. Falicov
http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Tango-Contemporary-Argentine-Film/dp/1904764924/
New Argentine Film: Other Worlds (Feb 2011) by Gonzalo Aguilar
http://www.amazon.com/New-Argentine-Film-Concepts-American/dp/0230109012/
The Politics of Affect and Emotion in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Argentina, Brazil,
Cuba, and Mexico" [Aug 2011] by Laura Podalsky
http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Affect-Emotion-Contemporary-American/dp/0230109551/
Other Worlds: New Argentine Film (Nov 2008) by Gonzalo Aguilar
http://www.amazon.com/Other-Worlds-Argentine-Concepts-American/dp/0230606598/

Books on Cinema of Africa

	"Black African Cinema" [1994] by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95
	"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
	"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
	"Postnationalist African Cinemas" [2011] by Alexie Tcheuyap Manchester Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [7/2011] for $24.99 Manchester Univ Press hardcover [DUE Feb 2012] for $68.00

"Postcolonial African Cinema" by Kenneth Harrow
"Nollywood" photo book by Pieter Hugo is lousy
"Nollywood" edited by Pierre Barrot
http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Shoots-Back-Alternative-Perspectives/dp/0852555776/

Books on Asian Cinema   •   Books on Canadian Cinema
Books on Chinese Cinema   •   Books on French Cinema   •   Books on German Cinema
Books on Cinema of India   •   Books on Italian Cinema   •   Books on Japanese Cinema
Books on Mexican Cinema   •   Books on Russian Cinema   •   Books on Cinema of Spain

Foreign Actors & Others

Actors of Asia   •   Actors of Canada   •   Actors of China   •   Actors of France
Actors of Germany   •   Actors of India   •   Actors of Italy   •   Actors of Japan
Actors of Mexico   •   Actors of Russia   •   Actors of Spain

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Jenny  Agutter  [U.K.]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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actress  Alice  Braga  [Brasil] /nm0103797/

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actor  Tongayi  Chirisa  [Zimbabwe]

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Bekim Fehmiu  [Yugoslavia; 1936-2010]
IMDb listing [47 films, 1961-98]

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David  Gulpilil  [Australia]

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actress  Famke  Janssen  [Netherlands]
she is the #1 star in Holland

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actress  Hind Rostom  [Egypt]
IMDb listing [1947-75] • Wikipedia

Hind Rostom: The World's Greatest Actress [2011] by Maximillien de Lafayette Egyptian actress Hind Rostom (also spelled Hend) had a career of nearly thirty years; the "world's greatest actress" claim of this author is simply hype, but his subject can indeed be described as "First Lady of The Egyptian Cinema" Kindle Edition from Times Square Press [3/2011] for $9.99 Times Square Press pb [3/2011] out of print/used (pricing is confusing) author's website

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actor  Rod Taylor  [Australia]

Selected  Foreign  Films
[ in alphabetical order }

Selected films of:  Asia   •   Canada   •   China   •   France   •   Germany   •   India
Italy   •   Japan   •   Mexico   •   Russia   •   Spain

list of Best Foreign Language Oscar® winners & nominees at Wikipedia

list of Czech submissions for Oscar consideration
Wikipedia's list of Netherland's submissions for Oscar consideration
Wikipedia's list of Poland's submissions for Oscar consideration
Wikipedia's lists of Russian & Soviet Russia's submissions for Oscar consideration
Wikipedia's list of Spain's submissions for Oscar consideration
Wikipedia's list of Sweden's submissions for Oscar consideration

"A  Screaming  Man"  [Chad (Africa) Sept 2010; Film Movement USA April 2011]
Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun /tt1639901/

"Alexander  Nevsky"  [Mosfilm/Russia Nov 1938]

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]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
full credits from IMDb

"Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood"
[Photoplay 1995 mini-series]

Produced by Kevin Brownlow & David Gill; narrated by Kenneth Branagh & Jean-Louis Trintignant Image Ent b&w/color DVD [5/2000] out of prodn/used Cinema Guild VHS [3/98] 3 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Circumstance" [Participant Media/Roadside 2011]
Filmed in Persian in Lebanon; written & directed by Maryam Keshavarz; about an upper-class Iranian family’s
struggle with their daughter’s blooming sexual rebellion; full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Closely Watched Trains"
aka "Ostre Sledované Vlaky" [Czechoslovakia 1967]
by Jirí Menzel; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"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

"Fanny  and  Alexander"  [Sweden 1982] Written & directed by Ingmar Bergman; 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"

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 5 movie series entry at Wikipedia combo DVD with both "TGMBC I" & "TGMBC II" Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [2/2004] 2 disks for $20.97 "TGMBC" [1980; US release 1984]: full credits from IMDb Sony Pictures color DVD [6/2004] out of prodn/used Fox color VHS [9/90] out of prodn/used "TGMBC II" [1989]: full credits from IMDb Sony Pictures color DVD [6/2004] for $8.99 Col/TriStar color VHS [1/93] out of prodn/used

"I Am Curious: Yellow"
[Sweden]

"I Am Curious: Blue"
[Sweden]

"Jedda" aka "Jedda The Uncivilized"
[Australia May 1955, Columbia/D.C.A. USA Feb 1957]

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

"Laila" silent epic [Norway Oct 1929]

165-minute b&w film, resurrected & digitally-restored by the Norwegian Film Institute in 2006; a Norwegian girl found in the snow is raised by ethnic Laplanders and when she grows to adulthood is expected to marry her step-brother, who she does not love. Outdoor epic from Danish-German director & noted cinematographer George Schnéevoigt; based on the novel "Fra Finnmarken Skil-dringer" by Jens Andreas Friis; starring Mona Martenson, Henry Gleditsch, Harald Schwenzen, Peter Malberg & Tryggve Larssen Flicker Alley 145-minute b&w DVD [5/2011] for $29.95   credits from IMDb • movie entry {empty} at Wikipedia "Lajla: A New Tale of Finmark [1881 novel] by Jens Andreas Friis BiblioBazaar 10x7½ pb [1/2009] for $23.99 BiblioLife 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2009] for $30.99 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $33.40

"Laila (Lajla)" sound remake [Europe 1937, USA Feb 1938]
83-minute b&w film directed by George Schnéevoigt • credits from IMDb

"Make Way For Lila" color remake [Europe 1958, USA Feb 1963]
100-minute color film co-written & directed by Rolf Husberg; cinematography by Sven Nykvist; starring
Erika Remberg, Edvin Adolphson, Isa Quensel, Birger Malmsten & Joachim Hansen • credits from IMDb

"Living In Bondage" [Nigeria 1992] /tt0489511/
Produced & co-written by Kenneth Nnebue; directed by Chris Obi Rapu

"Lost and Found" [Red Tie Films for 2011? release]  
romantic comedy by director Gor Kirakosian; starring Jamie Kennedy & Angela Sarafyan; being promoted as
“the first-ever all Armenian-financed major motion picture”; location filming in California & Armenia

"Loves of A Blonde"
aka "Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky" [Czechoslovakia 1966]
by Miloš Forman; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

"Man of Iron" aka "Czlowiek z Zelaza"
[Poland July 1981, United Artists Classics USA Oct 1981]

Sequel to "Man of Marble" [1977]; filmed during the brief thaw in censorship in Poland, and between the formation of Solidarity in August 1980 and its suppression in December 1981. A TV journalist is assigned to slander the young worker credited with starting the workers's strike in the shipyards at Gdansk; uses flashbacks comprised of actual newsreel footage. Directed by Andrzej Wajda; script by Aleksander Scibor-Rylski; starring Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda & Marian Opania, with Lech Walesa {as himself}; Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, won Palme d'Or & Ecumeni-cal Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [5/2010] for $19.98 M.G.M. Video color VHS [9/98] for $2.98 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"My Sweet Little Village"
aka "Vesnicko má Stredisková" [Czechoslovakia 1986]
by Jirí Menzel; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

"Mysteries of Lisbon"
[Portugal Oct 2010; Music Box Films USA Aug 2011]

Portuguese-language theatrical film runs 4 hours & 17 minutes and covers 30 years time; an epic adaptation of the classic 19th century novel by Portuguese author Camilo Castelo-Branco by longtime director Ruiz (his 111th film!). Directed by Raúl Ruiz; starring Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, Léa Seydoux, Julien Alluguette, João Luis Arrais; won two Prix Louis Delluc awards, won Silver Seashell for Best Director at San Sebastián, won Critics Award for Best Film at São Paulo DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • distributor website Portuguese TV 6-episode mini-series [aired May 2011] series credits at IMDb • official series site

"Nollywood Babylon" documentary
[National Film Board of Canada Oct 2008, Lorber USA July 2009]

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 Lorber Films color DVD [7/2010] for $26.99 full credits from IMDb • N.F.B.C. official movie site

"Not Quite Hollywood" documentary
[Madman Australia Aug 2008, Magnet USA July 2009]

"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 Magnolia Home Ent. 93-minute color DVD [10/2009] for $13.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Octubre (October)"
[Peru Oct 2010 / New Yorker Films USA May 2011]

Described as 'a deadpan dark comedy'. Clemente is given a baby by his prostitute lover, who then disappears; a neighbor takes care of the baby and Clemente's house, while he hunts for the baby's mother. Produced & directed by Daniel & Diego Vega Vidal; starring Bruno Odar & Gabriela Velásquez; winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb

"Pelle the Conqueror" [Denmark 1988]
by Bille August; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Rare  Exports:  A  Christmas  Tale"  [Finland/Oscilloscope Dec 2010]

An 'archeological' dig in northern Finland unearths the real Santa Claus; when local children begin mysteriously disappearing, a reindeer hunter and his young son capture Santa and attempt to sell him to the misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the dig; Santa's elves, however, will stop at nothing to free their leader from captivity – a fantastically bizarre polemic on modern day morality. Written & directed by Jalmari Helander DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Samson and Delilah" [Australia May 2009, USA Oct 2010]
written & directed by Warwick Thornton; won Camera d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, other awards
full credits at IMDb

"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

"Talk To Her" aka "Hable Con Ella" [Spain 2002]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar; full credits from IMDb

"The Time That Remains" [France Aug 2009]
Palestinian film about the history of the nation of Israel; co-produced, written & directed by Elia Suleiman
full credits at IMDb • official movie site {in French}

"Volver" [Spain 2006]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar; 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

"The World of Sholom Aleichem" TV broadcast [Dec 1959]

{Yiddish culture is not a country, but it is certainly foreign.} Three stories broadcast as an episode of "The Play of The Week": "A Tale of Chelm" stars Zero Mostel & Nancy Walker; "Bontsche Schweig" stars Jack Gilford & Lee Grant; and "The High School" stars Morris Carnovsky & Gertrude Berg Directed by Don Richardson; adapted by Arnold Perl & Y.L. Peretz from Perl's 1953 Off-Broadway play, which was based on stories of Sholom Aleichem Entertainment One b&w DVD [9/2011] for $13.49 Tapeworm b&w VHS [1/2003] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

"Z"  [Algeria-France Dec 1969]

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

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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