Browsing: international film

The Marked Woman (now on Netflix) is a Spanish thriller full of cops: bad cops, worse cops, troubled cops, stupid cops, corrupt cops, conflicted cops, clueless…

As the launch of the 2026 World Cup looms, Mexico 86 (now on Netflix) arrives with a story of organizational corruption within the sport. Coincidence? Likely…

Thailand’s My Dearest Assassin (now streaming on Netflix) squishes together two titan genres of Southeast Asian cinema: romance and martial arts. Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul, Thanapo Leeratanakachorn and…

Note: Gerardo Naranjo’s Son-in-Law (now streaming on Netflix) is not a remake of the 1993 Pauly Shore yukfest. No, it’s a Mexican satire about political corruption…

Je m’appelle Agneta (now streaming on Netflix) is the French-language title of a Swedish film, and I’ll make this more confusing by sharing that the English…

The scope and ambition of Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling (now streaming on Mubi) earned it the Jury Prize at Cannes 2025, sharing the award with…

Feel My Voice is a true Netflix product, an Italian version of a film that’s already been made in two other languages: The original is La…

Sirat (now streaming on Hulu) is the most unforgettable, and possibly unforgiving, film of 2025. Oliver Laxe’s gruelingly suspenseful dramatic thriller introduced the French-born Galician director’s…

Strangers in the Park (now on Netflix) is an Argentinian adaptation of Herb Gardner’s Tony-winning play I’m Not Rappaport, about two old men sitting on a…

Paolo Sorrentino makes up for his 136-minute ogling of the impossibly beautiful bikini’d Celeste Dalla Porta in 2024’s Parthenope by making us stare at an old…