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The 20 Best Non-English Films of 2015

The 20 Best Non-English Films of 2015

ByNafees Ahmed

2015 has been a great year for film junkies, specially for foreign films. Hollywood kept on churning sequels, super-hero films, and midst of commercial films they made few sensible films too . Though Indie films are saving grace for Hollywood, it is Foreign films that I dig the most. They seldom disappoint you. They have variety of films dealing with social, cultural, and political aspects of their native country. It is tad difficult to pick only 20 best Non-English Films from around 100 + Non English films I have seen in 2015. Time has come to buy DVDs and update your watch-list if you are fan of cinema in general. Here is the list of “The 20 Best Non-English Films – 2015”.

Breathe [2015] Review: A Devastating Inspection of Emotional Turmoil!

Breathe [2015] Review: A Devastating Inspection of Emotional Turmoil!

ByShikhar Verma

If you have ever felt that you are at the end of a road, left to tether away in ruins of claustrophobic self-loathing. If you have ever felt broken, on the verge of becoming rotten and up for unquestionable decay, the relationship portrayed in Mélanie Laurent’s second directorial venture “Breathe” will echo your insides, probably shiver you to the bone & leave you tasteless.

10 Great Films High On Films Recommends: 3rd Edition

10 Great Films High On Films Recommends: 3rd Edition

Byhighonfilms

As one of the Angulo Brothers says Mr. Blonde’s lines while they were enacting the whole climax of Reservoir Dogs, my first reaction to it was exactly like Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction when he was told that hash is legal in Amsterdam, “oh man, I am going” he said out of excitement, I was almost that excited. Here are the 10 films that made it to the 3rd edition of our ‘HOF-Men Recommend’ Series. You can check out the 1st and 2nd Edition at the end of this post.

10 Great Films “High on Films” Recommends: 2nd Edition

10 Great Films “High on Films” Recommends: 2nd Edition

Byhighonfilms

Last month we began our recommendation feature “The HOF-men Recommend” in which we recommend 10 good to great films from across the globe. You can check out our first recommendation board here. This is the 2nd edition of “The HOF-men Recommend” Series. Guy Maddin is the guy who makes films of 20th century in 21st century. The grainy and grimy vignettes of his movies evoke the feel of primordial experimental cinema. His unique visual style has rightfully earned him title of “The Canadian David Lynch”.

The Babadook: How to Create Empathy
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The Babadook: How to Create Empathy

ByDeloret Imnidian

A good horror movie can scare the shit out of audience. But scares only work if the audience is invested in characters. That’s why it is important to create empathy for the characters before you put them in a life-threatening situation. In this article, I discuss some of the techniques that Jennifer Kent uses in The Babadook to create empathy for the characters.