Independent / Art House

NOTE:  While "in theaters in major markets," many "Independent" / Foreign Films and Documentaries are  available for home viewing in the U.S. through the IFC Video On Demand service (type in your zipcode and cable provider to see if this service as available to you) or for download via services like Sundance Now and/or Itunes / Amazon Instant Video.  Eventually, these films become available for rent in the U.S. via NetFlix or Blockbuster.com.   More obscure titles can also be found via Facets Multimedia's DVD Rental Service.

2 Autumns 3 Winters (orig. 2 Automnes 3 Hivers) [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - Comedy / Reality TV spoof - France (subtitled) - 3 Stars
20 Feet from Stardom [2013] - PG-13 - Documentary - 4 Stars
7 Boxes (orig. 7 Cajas) [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama - Paraguay (subtitled) - 4+ Stars
A Better Life [2011] - PG-13 - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
A Cube of Sugar (orig. Ye Habe Grand) [2011] - UR would be PG-13 - Very nice family drama built around preparations for a wedding in a random Iranian provincial town - Iran (subtitled) - 4+ Stars
A Dream of Iron (orig. Cheol-ae-kum) [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - visual reflection about Man and his Mastery of the Environment - South Korea (subtitled) - 3 Stars
A Girl Like Her [2015] - PG-13 - drama about bullying in a high school - 3 1/2 Stars  
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night [2014] - R - Iran-Exiles (subtitled) - Horror / Drama - 4 Stars
A Grain of Truth (orig. Ziarno prawdy) [2015] - UR (would be R) - "Da Vinci Code-like" mystery / crime thriller set in town in S.W. Poland - Poland (subtitled) - 3 Stars
A Late Quartet [2012] - R - Drama / Comedy - 4 Stars
A Light Beneath Their Feet [2015] - UR (would be PG-13) - an "indie film" about a teenage daughter taking care of her mother who suffers from bipolar disease - 3 1/2 Stars 
A Love Affair of Sorts [2011] - UR (probably would be R) - Young Adult Oriented Drama/Romance - 3 Stars
A Most Wanted Man [2014] - R / A-III - 3 1/2 Stars
A Touch of Sin (orig. Tian zhu ding) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Drama - China (subtitled) - 3 Stars
A Wolf at the Door [2014] (orig. O Lobo Atrás Da Porta) [2014] - UR would be R - urban family / crime drama (a little girl goes missing) - Brazil (subtitled) - 4 Stars
About Time [2013] - R / L - RomCom / Father-Son Dramedy - 2 Stars
After the Tone [2014] - UR would be PG-13 - A concept film - composed entirely of voice-messages left an Amsterdam man who one day appears to vanish - Netherlands (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Age of Cannibals (orig. Zeit der Kannibalen) [2014] - UR (would be R) - "Dramedy" about current state of Int'l Commerce/Conflicts - Germany (subtitled) - 2 1/2 Stars
All is Lost [2013] - R - Drama - 4 Stars
Amour [2012] - R - Drama - Austria/France (subtitled) - 1 Star
Amour Fou [2014] - UR would be PG-13 - Napoleonic Era "period piece" - Germany (subtitled) - 3 Stars 
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty [2012] - UR (would be R) - 3 1/2 Stars 
Anna Karenina [2012] - R / A-III - Drama / Art Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
Anomalisa [2105] - R -  Drama - 1 Star
Another Earth [2011] - PG-13 - Young Adult Oriented Drama / SciFi / Art Piece- 3 1/2 Stars
Anthropoid [2016] - R - historical drama about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during WW II - 4 Stars 
Any Day Now [2012] - R - Drama - 3 Stars
Aquí y Allá (Here and There) [2012] - UR (would be PG-13) - Family Drama - Mexico (subtitled) - 4 Stars  
Arbitrage [2012] - R - Drama - 3 stars
Ardor [2014] - R - Argentine / Brazilian "Western" set in the Rain Forest borderlands between the two countries - 3 Stars
As it is in Heaven [2014] - UR would be R - Drama - 3 Stars
August Winds (orig. Ventos de Agosto) [2014] (UR would be R) - Brazil (subtitled) - Personalist Afro-Brazilian Drama - 4 Stars
Babe's and Ricky's Inn [2011] - UR (would be PG-13) - Documentary about a legendary Blues Bar in L.A. - 4 Stars
Beasts of the Southern Wild [2012] - PG-13 - Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Before Midnight [2013] - R - Romance/Drama / Art Piece- 3 1/2 Stars
Begin Again [2014] - R / A-III - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Romance - 4 Stars 
Beginners [2011] - R - Older Family Drama - 3 StarsBeing Flynn [2012] - R - Drama - 3 Stars
Belle and Sebastian (orig. Belle et Sébastien) [2013]  - (UR would be PG) - France (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Desierto [2016] - R - High drama on the U.S. / Mexican Border - 4 Stars 
Beyond the Hills (orig. Dupa Dealuri) [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama - Romania (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Big Eyes [2014] - PG-13 - Drama - 1 Star w. Expl.
Big Sur [2013] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) [2014] - R / A-III - Drama - 4 Stars
Black Souls (orig. Anime Nere) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Mafia Drama - Italy (subtitled) - 3 Stars 
Blancanieves [2012] - PG-13 - Stylized Drama/Art Piece - Spain (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Bless Me, Ultima [2013] - PG-13 - Family Drama / Art Piece - 4 Stars
Blue Desert (orig. Deserto Azul) [2014] - UR would be PG-13 - SciFi - Brazil (subtitled) - 3 Stars
Blue Jasmine [2013] - PG-13 - 4 Stars 
Blue Valentine [2010] - R / O - Drama - 3 Stars
Boyhood [2014] - R / L - Drama - 4 Stars
Brooklyn [2015] - PG-13 / A-II - 1950s Immigration Drama - 3 1/2 Stars 
Brotherly Love [2015] - R - African American oriented Urban High School Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Café Society [2016] - R - 1930s-40s period dramedy - 3 Stars
Call Me Marianna (orig. Mów mi Marianna) [2015] - UR (would be R) - Polish transgender docudrama - Poland (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Calvary [2014] - R / L - Drama - 4+ Stars 
Carnage [2011] - R - Comedy/Drama - 3 Stars
Casa Grande [2014] - UR (would be R) - "Risky Business"-ish coming of age drama - Brazil (subtitled) -  3 1/2 Stars
Carol [2015] - R - Lesbian drama based on classic novel of 1950s - 4 Stars (with Parental advisement / warning)
Cartel Land [2015] - UR (would be R) - Documentary - 3 1/2 Stars
Celeste and Jesse Forever [2012] - R - Romantic Comedy/Drama - 4 Stars
Chi-Raq [2015] - R - Spike Lee adaptation of classical Greek play to contemp. Chicago - 4 Stars 
Cinemanovels [2013] - R - Drama / Reconciliation - Canada (subtitled at times) 3 Stars
Colossal Youth (orig. La Juventude em Marcha) [2006] - UR would be R - drama set in the immigrant slums (favelas) of Lisbon - Portugal (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars 
Compliance [2012] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Confused ... by Love [2016] - UR would be PG-13 - dramedy about two 30-something African American couples trying to make it through fairly tough financial times - 2 3/4 Stars
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death [2003] - UR (would be PG-13) - Documentary - UK/Belgium/France (subtitled at times) - 4 Stars  
Cosmopolis [2012] - R - Drama / Art Piece - 4 Stars 
Courageous [2011] - PG-13 / A-II - Drama - 3 Stars
Crosscurrent (orig. Chang jiang tu) [2016] - UR would be PG-13 - lovely if (perhaps necessarily) slow moving reflection on Time as follow a young Chinese captain navigate his freighter up the Yangtze River of today - China (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Dallas Buyers' Club [2013] - R - HIV/AIDS related Drama - 4 Stars 
Damsels in Distress [2011] - PG-13 (should be R) - Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 4 Stars
Dark Horse [2011] - UR (probably would be R) - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Déjà Vu [2013] - UR (would be R) - "reality show"-like drama about cheating husband - Romania (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Digging for Fire [2015] - R - 30-something married couples' drama - 3 Stars 
Dirty Wars [2013] - R - Documentary - 3 Stars 
Disconnect [2013] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Don Jon [2013] - R / O - 4 Stars 
Drive [2011] - R / O - Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Elvis & Nixon [2015] - R - Historical Dramedy about one of the oddest meetings in the White House Ever ;-) - 3 Stars
Enough Said [2013] - R - Dramedy / RomCom - 3 Stars
Eye in the Sky [2016] - R / A-III - contemp. military thriller about a drone strike that gets "complicated" - 4 Stars 
Fair Play [2014] - UR (would be R) - Athletic Drama - Czech (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Far from the Madding Crowd [2015] - PG-13 - Drama based on the classic Thomas Hardy novel - 3 Stars 
Fish & Cat (orig. Mahi va Gorbeh) [2013] - UR would be R - experimental "slasher evoking" film that involves much more than that - Iran (subtitled) - 3 Stars
For the Cause [2013] - UR (would be R)  - 3 1/2 Stars
Foreign Body (Obce ciało) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Drama - Poland/Italy (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Foxcatcher [2014] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Frances Ha [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 3 1/2 Stars
Frank [2014] - R - 3 Stars   - Offbeat 20-something Comedy/Dramedy - 3 Stars
Fruitvale Station [2013] - PG-13 - 4 Stars
Gemma Bovery [2014] - UR (would be R) - contemp. take on Fr. lit. classic Mde. Bovary - France (subtitled) - 3 Stars 
Generation War (orig. Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Historical Drama - Germany (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Gimme Shelter [2013] - PG-13 / A-III - Drama - 4 Stars
Godless (orig. Bezbog) [2016] - UR would be R - personalist drama about a young previously quite cynical healthcare worker offered a chance to make something more of her life - Bulgaria (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Gold [2014] - UR would be R - Family Dramedy - Ireland - 4+ Stars
Gloria [2013] - R - - Older Romantic Dramedy - Chile (subtitled)  - 3 1/2 Stars  
Graceland [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama - Philippines (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars 
Gypsy (orig Cigán) [2011] - UR (would be PG-13) - Drama - Slovakia (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Half of a Yellow Sun [2013] - UR (would be R) - Nigerian Historical Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Hany [2014] - UR would be R - A "Youth Apocalypse" set one night in Pilsen, CR - Czech (subtitled) - 3 1/2 StarsHappy Hunting [2016] - (UR would be R) - A Regular Guy w. some issues drives into a sleepy Arizona town with bigger ones in this Purge / Hunger Games on the Border-like Tale - 2 1/2 Stars
Hard to be a God (orig. Трудно быть Богом) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Ponderous SciFi / Medieval Epic - Russia (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Harmonium [2016] - UR would be R - tight crime drama / psychological thriller - Japan (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Hell or High Water [2016] - R - a Western of sorts but set in Texas of today - 3 1/2 Stars 
Hello, My Name is Doris [2016] - 3 Stars   
Hick [2012] - R - Drama / Art Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
Higher Ground [2011] - PG-13 - Drama - 3 Stars
Hitchcock [2012] - R - Drama - 2 1/2 Stars
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (orig. Smetto Quando Voglio) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Y/A oriented comedy - Italy (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
I'm an Old Communist Hag (orig. Sunt o babă comunistă) [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - Romanian (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Icing (orig. Zakázané uvolnení) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Seth MacFarlane-like / Woody Allenish "at the end of a wedding" comedy - Czech Rep (subtitled) - 3 Stars
Ignacio de Loyola [2016] - UR (would be PG-13) - Bio Pic about the Jesuit Saint - 4 Stars
Independent of Reality: The Films of Jan Němec [2014] - Film Series - Czech (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Irrational Man [2015] - R - Woody Allen "Crime and Punishment" dramedy, again - 3 Stars 
It Follows [2014] - R - Teenage / Young Adult Horror - 3 Stars 
Jab Tak Hai Jaan [2012] - UR (would be PG-13) - Romance/Drama - Hindi (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Jack Strong [2014] (UR would be PG-13) - Poland (subtitled) - True-life Cold War Spy Drama - 3 1/2 Stars   
Jews of Egypt [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - Documentary - Arabic/French/Hebrew (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars 
John Dies at the End [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Comedy/Horror - 3 Stars
Joy [2015] - PG-13 / A-III - Blue-Collarish  Family Comedy / Drama - 4+ Stars
Kill Me Please (orig. Mata-me Por Favor) [2016] - UR would be PG-13 - Teen girl centric John Hughes-like film with a touch of Horror set in a new if upscale subdivision at the edge of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (subtitled) - 3 Stars
Kill the Messenger [2014] - R - Journalistic Biopic - 4 Stars
Kill Your Darlings [2013] - R - Young Adult / Biopic - 3 1/2 Stars
Killer Joe [2012] - NC-17 - Drama - 0 Stars
Labyrinth of Lies (orig. Im Labyrinth des Schweigens) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Drama about the 1960s era W. German Auschwitz Trials - Germany (subtitled) - 4+ Stars
Layla M. [2016] - UR would be PG-13 - A "plays it straight" drama about a young teenage girl, daughter of Moroccan immigrants who runs off with her "just starting to grow a beard" similarly Arab immigrant boyfriend to get married and ... join ISIS (!).  An excellent "scared straight" type story - Netherlands (subtitled) - 4+ Stars 
Les Cowboys [2015] - UR would be PG-13 - a poignant "small indie drama" inspired at least in part by the classic American Western "The Searchers" but set in a thoroughly contemporary French context - France / Belgium (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Let’s Dance to the Rhythm (orig. Nachom-ia Kumpasar) [2015] - UR would be PG-13 - Docudrama about the Goan Jazz musicians who helped make Bollywood what it is today - India / Goa (subtitled) - 4 Stars 
Leviathan (orig. Левиафан) [2014] - R - Russia (subtitled) - Allegorical Drama - 3 Stars
Life After Beth [2013] - R - Indep. Horror Dramedy - 3 Stars 
Life in a Day [2011] - PG-13 - Documentary / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Life of Pi [2012] - PG / A-III - Drama / Art Piece - 4 Stars 
Like Crazy [2011] - PG-13 (should be R) - Romance/Drama - 4 Stars
Like Never Before (orig. Jako Nikdy) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Czech Rep (subtitled) - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Little Voices from Fukushima (orig: Chiisaki koe no kanon: sentakusuru hitobito) [2015]  - UR - Documentary about the aftereffects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Japan (subtitled) - 4 Stars 
Lola Versus [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama/Comedy - 3 1/2 Stars
Locke [2013] - R - United Kingdom - Very Simple Personalist Drama - 4+ Stars
Loving [2016] - R - biopic about the inter-racial couple whose 1967 case brought an end to laws forbidding inter-racial marriage in the United States - 4 Stars
Lone Survivor [2013] - R / O - Afghan War Drama - 3 Stars
Lymelife [2008] - R - Teen/Young Adult Oriented Drama / Nostalgia Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
Manchester by the Sea [2016] - R / L - Intimate drama about blue collar New England family that's faced multiple tragedies over the years - 2 Stars 
Manuscripts Don't Burn (orig. Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand) [2013] - UR would be R - IRANIAN DISSIDENT Thriller inspired by True Events - Iran (subtitled) - 4+ Stars
Martha, Marcy May, Marlene [2011] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Me Too! (orig. я тоже хочу) [2012]  - UR (would be R) - Russia (subtitled) - Apocalyptic Comedy - 3 Stars
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl [2014] - PG-13 / A-III - Teen / YA oriented High School Drama - 3 Stars
Meet the Patels [2015] - UR would be PG-13 - Doc. about Indian American 30-yo looking for a wife - 4 Stars 
Melancholia [2011] - R - SciFi / Drama / Art Piece- 4 Stars
Miral [2010] - R - Drama - 4 Stars
Mistress America [2015] - R - young adult / college oriented coming of age comedy - 3 1/2 Stars
Moonlight [2016] - R - Boyz in the Hood crossed with Brokeback Mountain, possible but ... - 0 Stars
Moonrise Kingdom [2012] - PG-13  / A-III - Art Piece / Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Mortdecai [2015] - R / A-III - 3 Stars
Movie 43 [2013] - R / O - Rather Raunchy Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 1 1/2 Stars
Mr. Holmes [2015] - PG - Drama about an aging 93 y/o Sherlock Holmes - 3 1/2 Stars 
Mr. Turner [2013] - R - Biopic about idiosyncratic 19th Century English Painter - 2 1/2 Stars
Much Ado About Nothing [2013] - PG-13- Drama / Comedy / Art-Piece - 4 Stars
Mustang [2015] - R - Contemporary "Repunzel"-like fairy/horror tale set in the context of Islamic traditionalism / feminist aspirations of today - France / Turkey (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
My Old Lady [2014] - PG-13 - 4 Stars
Nahid [2015] - UR would be PG-13 - Personalist drama about a 30-something divorcing Iranian woman who'd like to have more control over her life - Iran (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Nebraska [2013] - R - Family Drama / Dramedy / Art-Piece - 4 Stars
Neon Bull (orig. Boi Neon) [2015] - UR would be R - Brazil (subtitled) - small indie rural Brazilian drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Nightcrawler [2014] - R / L - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars  
October Baby [2012] - PG-13 / A-II - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Orphans of Eldorado (orig. Órfãos do Eldorado) [2015] - UR (would be R) - steamy / erotic thriller set in the Amazon - Brazil (subtitled) - 4+ Stars 
On the Road [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Art Piece - 4 Stars
One Way Ticket to the Moon (orig. Bilet na Księżyc) [2013] -  (UR would be R) - Hair/Easy-
Rider-like Comedy about Poland's 1969 "Summer of Love" - Poland (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Open Up to Me (orig. Kerron sinulle kaiken) [2014] - UR would be R - LGBT themed drama - Finaland (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Palo Alto [2014] - R - Teen / Young Adult Drama - 3 Stars w. Expl.
Panamerican Machinery (orig. Panamericana Maquinaria) [2016] - UR would be PG-13 - Parable / Social Satire about a large / random Latin American engineering firm whose years of getting by on auto-pilot are about to run out - Mexico (subtitled) - 3 Stars
Paris, Love, Cut (orig. Arnaud fait son 2e film ) [2015] - UR would be R - Dramedy - France (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Paris-Manhattan [2012] - UR (would be PG-13) - RomCom / Drama - France (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Pietà [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama / Art Piece - South Korea (subtitled) 3 1/2 Stars  
Price Check [2012] - NR (would be R) - Drama / Comedy - 3 Stars
Quartet [2013] - PG-13 / A-III - Senior Oriented Comedy - 3 Stars
Renoir [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama / Art-Piece - France (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Repentance [2014] - R - Drama / Thriller - 3 1/2 Stars
Richard's Wedding [2012] - NR (would be R) - Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 3 Stars 
Rid of Me [2011] - R- Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 4 Stars
Room 237 [2012] - R - Documentary - 3 1/2 Stars
Rosewater [2014] - R - Political drama about contemp. Iran - 3 Stars
Ruby Sparks [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Romance - 3 1/2 Stars
Run & Jump [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - Family Drama - 4 Stars
Safety Not Guaranteed [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama w. some Sci-Fi - 3 1/2 Stars
Shadow Dancer [2012] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars 
Signál [2012] - UR (would be R) - Czech (subtitled) - Comedy about Contemp. Village Life - 3 1/2 Stars 
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts [2012] - UR (would be R) - Young Adult Oriented Drama - 3 Stars
Smashed [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Snowflower and the Secret Fan [2011] - PG-13 - Historical Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Some Velvet Morning [2013] - UR (would be R) - Drama - 3 Stars
Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia) [2015] - R- Hungary (subtitled) - Holocaust themed drama - 4+ Stars
Song of the Sea [2014] - PG - Chidren's Animated Film - 3 1/2 Stars
Southside With You [2016] - PG-13 - Lovely "Date Flick" about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date - 3 1/2 Stars  
Spring Breakers [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors [2013] - UR (would be PG-13) - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Starbuck [2012] - UR (would be R) - French Canada (subtitled) - Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 3 Stars
Starlet [2012] - UR (would be R) - Drama / Young Adult Oriented / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Stones for the Rampart (orig. Kamienie na szaniec) [2014]- UR (would be R) - WW II Y/A-teen oriented resistance drama - Poland (subtitled) - 4 Stars   
Swiss Army Man [2016] - R - young adult oriented dramedy - 2 Stars 
Take Shelter [2011] - R - Drama / Art Piece - 2 Stars
Tag (orig. Riaru onigokko) [2015] - UR (would be R) - teenage / high school girl - splatter film - Japan (subtitled) - 2 Stars
Tangerines (orig. Mandariinid) [2013] - UR would be PG-13 - contemp. Caucusus War drama - Estonia / Georgia (subtitled) - 4 Stars
Taxi Tehran [2015] - UR (would be PG-13) - Banned Iranian film-maker makes one using "two dash cams and a pretty good mike" driving a taxi in Tehran "one random day" ;-) - Iran (subtitled) - 4+ Stars 
Tenderness (orig. La Tendresse) [2013] - (UR would be PG-13) - Belgium / France (subtitled) - 4 Stars
The Babadook [2014] - PG-13 - Horror - 4 Stars
The Assassin (orig. Nie yin niang) [2015] - UR (would be PG-13) - Tang Dynasty set Martial Arts drama / period piece - Taiwan / China - 3 1/2 Stars 
The Best of Enemies [2015] - R - Political Documentary about Gore Vidal / William F. Buckley, Jr - 2 1/2 Stars 
The Bling Ring [2013] -Young Adult / Older Family Oriented Historical Crime Drama - 3 Stars
The Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (orig. небесные жены луговых мари) [2012] - (UR would be R) - Russia / Mari El (subtitled) - Dramatization of the Folktales of the Mari people of the Volga/Ural region of Russia - 3 1/2 Stars
The Cold Light of Day [2012] - R / A-III - Drama - 2 Stars
The Dark Valley (orig. Das Finstere Tal) [2014] - UR would be R - An Alpine Western set in the late 1880s in the High Tyrolian Alps - Austria / Germany (subtitled) 4+ Stars  
The Descendants [2012] - R - Family Drama - 3 3/4 Stars
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby [2014] - R - Drama - 3 Stars
The Debt [2011] - PG-13 / L - Historical Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
The Devil's Double [2011] - R - Historical Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
The Diary of a Teenage Girl [2015] - R - 1970s era coming of age Drama - 1 1/2 Stars 
The Drop [2014] - R - Crime / Mafia Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
The End of a Great Era (orig. Конец прекрасной эпохи / Konets prekrasnoy epokhi) [2015] - UR would be R - Russia / Estonia (subtitled) - 1960s era Dramedy - 4 Stars
The Face of an Angel [2015] - R - crime drama based on notorious student murder in Italy - 3 Stars
The Fool (orig. дурак) [2014] - UR (would be R) - Russia (subtitled) - Drama - 4 Stars 
The Forgotten Kingdom [2013] - UR (would be R) - Family Drama - South Africa / Lesotho (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars 
The Future [2011] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Art Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (orig. Географ Глобус Пропил) [2013] - UR (would be R) -  Russia (subtitled) - Personalist Drama - 4+ Stars
The Great Beauty (orig. La Grande Bellezza) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Dramedy - Italy (subtitled) - 4 stars 
The Gatekeepers [2012] - UR - Documentary - Israel (subtitled) - 4 Stars
The German Doctor (orig. Wakolda) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Argentina (subtitled) - Historical Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
The Hateful Eight [2015] - R / L - a Quentin Tarantino "Western" - 3 Stars 
The Homesman [2014] - R - A "Western" from a more women's / feminist perspective - 2 1/2 Stars
The Hope Factory (orig. Комбинат «Надежда» / Kombinat "Nadezhda") [2014] - UR (would be R) - coming of age drama set in north Siberian town - Russia (subtitled) - 4 Stars
The House (orig. Huset) [2016] - UR would be PG-13 / R - Twilight Zonish Cursed / Haunted House story set in context also of Nazi occupation - Norway (subtitled) - 3 Stars
The Imitation Game [2014] - R - WW-II wartime Drama - 1 1/2 Stars w. Expl.
The Immigrant [2013] - R - 1920s American Period Drama - 3 1/2 Stars 
The Impossible [2012] - R - Drama - 4 Stars
The Incident (orig. El Incidente) [2014] -  contemp. Twilight Zone-like Thriller - Mexico (subtitled) - 3 Stars
The Invisible Woman [2013] - R - Historical Drama - 3 Stars
The Judgement (orig. Съдилището) [2014] - UR (would be PG-13) - Intergenerational family drama taking place on border of Bulgaria w. Greece / Turkey - Bulgaria (subtitled) - 4 Stars 
The Kindergarten Teacher (orig. Haganenet) [2014] -  UR (would be R) - Israel (subtitled) - Drama - 3 Stars
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (orig. La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil) [2015] - UR (would be R) - France (subtitled) -  contemp. "neo-Noir" film set in France of 1960s - 1 3/4 Stars
The Letters [2015] - PG / A-II - bio-pic about the early years of Mother Teresa - 4 Stars
The Lunchbox (orig. Dabba) [2013] - PG - India (subtitled at times) - Drama - 4 Stars 
The Mafia Only Kills In The Summer (orig. La Mafia Solo Uccide d'Estate) [2013] - Italy (subtitled)  Forrest Gump-like Dramedy - 4 Stars
The Man in the Silo [2012] - UR (would be PG-13/R) - Hitchcockian Thriller - 4 Stars
The Man Who Knew Infinity [2015] - PG-13 - biopic about previously neglected but historically important early-20th cent. Indian mathematician - 3 1/2 Stars 
The Master [2012] - R / O - Historical Drama - 3 Stars
The Meddler [2015] - R - small "indie" Mother / Daughter dramedy - 3 Stars 
The Mighty Macs [2011] - G / A-I - Comedy / Period Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
The Naked Screen (orig. La Pantalla Desnuda) [2014] - UR would be PG-13/R - young adult oritented cautionary tale about being dangers of sexting - Nicaragua (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars 
The Paper Boy [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Art Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
The Place Beyond the Pines [2013] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
The Postman's White Nights (orig. Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына / Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna) [2014] - UR would be R - Russia (subtitled) - contemp. rural Russian drama - 3 1/2 Stars  
The Rabbit-Hole [2011] - PG-13 - Drama / Art Piece - 3 Stars
The Referee (orig. L'Arbitro) [2013] - UR (would be R) - Comedy about ... Calcio / Soccer - Italy (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
The Reluctant Fundamentalist [2012] - PG-13 - Historical Drama / Art Piece - 4 Stars 
The Sapphires [2012] - PG-13 - Historical Drama / Comedy - 4 Stars
The Song [2014] - PG-13 / A-III - Wonderful Bible Based Allegorical Drama - 4+ Stars 
The Source Family [2013] - UR would be R - Documentary - 3 Stars
The Stanford Prison Experiment [2015]  - R - Docudrama about infamous 1971 psych exp - 3 Stars
The Stranger by the Lake (orig. L'inconnu du Lac) [2013] - UR (would be R / NC-17) - Gay themed drama/thriller - France (subtitled) - 3 Stars
The Summer of the Gods [2015] - UR (would be PG) - Brazil / United States (dubbed) - U.S. residing Afro-Brazilian mother takes her daughter back to Bahia, Brazil to meet her grandmother  - 4 Stars
The Theory of Everything [2014] - PG-13 / A-III - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars  The Unseen [2016] - UR would be R - SciFi-ish yet "woodsy" family drama -- 3 Stars
The Way [2011] - NR (would be R) /A-III - Older Family Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
The Wrecking Crew [2008] - UR would be PG-13 - Documentary about 1960s L.A. studio musicians - 3 1/2 Stars 
They Came Together [2014] - R - Young Adult oriented Spoof of Romcoms - 3 Stars
Third Person [2013] - R - "Crash" / "Babel" like Drama about writer - 3 Stars
This Must be the Place [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Drama / Art Piece - 3 1/2 Stars
To See the Sea (orig. Pojedeme k Moři) [2014] - UR (would be PG-13) - Czech Rep (subtitled) - "Boyhood" like drama about 12 y/o boy's 6th grade year in the provincial town of České Budejovice - 4 Stars
To the Wonder [2012] - R - Drama / Religious Themed / Art Piece  - 3 1/2 Stars 
Tree of Life [2011] - PG-13 / A-II - Drama / Religious Themed / Art Piece - 3 Stars
Tricked (orig. Steekspel) [2012] UR (would be R) - Netherlands (subtitled) - User Generated Family Dramedy - 3 1/2 Stars
Trumbo [2015] - R - Hollywood Blacklist-Era Drama - 4 Stars 
Trust [2011] - R - Family Drama - 3 1/2 Stars
Two Days, One Night (orig. Deux Jours, Une Nuit) [2014] - PG-13 - Belgium (subtitled) - Drama - 4 Stars
UFOs in Zacapa (orig. OVNIs en Zacapa) [2014] - (UR would be PG-13) - Big Lebowski-like "UFO Conspiracy" movie set in small Guatemalan town - Guatemala / Costa Rica / Cuba (subtitled) - 3 Stars 
Upside Down [2012] - R - Young Adult Oriented Romance / SciFi / Art Piece - 4 Stars
War Room [2015] - PG - Christian (Baptist) family drama about prayer - 3 Stars
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago [2013] - UR would be PG-13 - 3 1/2 Stars
Wasting Time (orig. Tiempo Perdido) [2014] - UR would be PG-13 - personalist "day in the lives" of five (turns out) interconnected people in Bogota - Colombia (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks [2013] - R - Documentary - 3 Stars
While We're Young [2015] - R - early 40-something oriented comedy - 3 1/2 Stars
White God (orig. Fehér Isten) [2014] - UR (would be R) - "Planet of the Apes" like story only involving dogs instead - Hungary (subtitled) - 3 Stars 
Why Stop Now [2012] (NR would be R) - Young Adult Oriented Comedy - 3 1/2 Stars
Wild [2014] - R - Drama - 3 1/2 Stars  
Win Win [2011] - R  - Family Drama - 3 Stars
You Can't Save Yourself Alone (orig. Nessuno si salva da solo) [2015] - UR (would be R) - personalist drama about a middle-aged divorcing couple - Italy (subtitled) - 3 1/2 Stars
Young Messiah [2016] - PG-13 / A-II - Spec. drama about Jesus during his early "hidden years" - 0 Stars w. Expl. 

No comments:

Post a Comment