Island Ashley

Subtitles? Slow-moving plot? Strange cadences and obscure philosophical underpinnings? Bring it on! Especially if it shines a light on a particular culture or country–in fact, that’s how I’m organizing the films I watch (usually late at night or at the independent theater here on Bainbridge, and always with popcorn, my buttery weakness).

Belgium: Ma vie en rose
Canada: C.R.A.Z.Y., The Barbarian Invasions, Seducing Doctor Lewis
Czech Republic: Kolja
China: The Road Home, Not One Less
Denmark: Babette’s Feast, Villa Paranoia
England: Pride and Prejudice, Brideshead Revisited, Children of Men, Room at the Top
France: Red, White, Blue trilogy, My Father’s Glory, My Mother’s Castle, Un Coeur en Hiver, Diabolique, La Belle et la Bete, 400 Blows, The Science of Sleep, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Children of Paradise, L’Emploi du Temps, The Dinner Game, Breathless, Tell No One, I’ve Loved You So Long, La Femme Nikita, The Class, Amelie, Delicatessen, A Very Long Engagement
Germany: Wings of Desire, Far Away, So Close, The Blue Angel, Run Lola Run, Das Leben der Anderen
India: Lagaan, Bride and Prejudice
Italy: Il Postino, Life is Beautiful, Cinema Paradiso, The Bicycle Thief , Nostalghia
Iran: Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise, Baran
Ireland: The Secret of Roan Inish, Into the West, Waking Ned
Japan: Dreams, Grave of the Fireflies, The Seven Samurai
Kenya: Out of Africa
South Korea: The Way Home
Lebanon: Caramel
Mexico: Amores Perros
Norway: Elling
Mongolia: The Story of the Weeping Camel
Roma (Gypsies): Gypsy Caravan
Sweden: The Sacrifice, Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence, The Seventh Seal
Turkey: The Edge of Heaven
Vietnam: The Scent of Green Papaya