Winner for best documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards, The Cove is a brilliant documentary that follows O’Barry’s efforts to make a video record of a dolphin slaughter that takes place regularly in a secluded cove in Taiji, Japan, far away from public view. This is a film the Japanese government does NOT want you to see…

Yojimbo means bodyguard. It is the 1860’s and out-of-work samurai wander the country. Just because I don’t hold it as high in regards as alot of other critics doesn’t mean this film is any less powerful. This is not Kurosawa’s best film, but it is still a classic, and I highly recommend this to fans of Japanese or Samurai films, and anyone who appreciates world cinema…

Which seems to be more commonplace on the site nowadays, this is another serious drama movie. From start to finish the film wraps itself around you, absorbing you in the everyday aspects of life we might normally consider mundane. The director hardly ever moves the camera, but there’s nothing static about Still Walking…

The way to approach this film is with tempered expectations, so that the film can touch you in its journey that is both surprising and pleasurable. It is not often that we become privy to a film about the beautifying of corpses, director Takita takes on the grim subject matter and gives it a commercial charm and appeal…

City of Fathers is relatively light during the first half in comparison with the second, which grows to be filled with violence and plenty of adult situations. Without giving too much away, the film shifts its focus at just about every half-hour mark. At it’s heart, City of Fathers is a drama but it evolves from different angles while the direction is tight and stylish, with some nail biting scenes…

The Case of Itaewon Homicide follows the actual real life case of an unsolved murder in Seoul’s Itaewon district in 1997 that plays out largely in English. It felt very similar to Zodiac, where a movie is made about a crime case that lacks a proper conclusion leaving the viewer hanging in the balance. However, fans of true crime stories will definitely not want to miss this…

With a film named Vengeance, you already know revenge is the name of the game. Also, expect several scenes without any dialog, as To wants the audience to watch the body language, so as to do the interpretation themselves. Those sitting on the fence will wonder what the fuss is about with this film being part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. I, too, was scratching my head…