Roberta Moshé

These are mainly south Asian, east asian and south east asian films that I've watched recently. This list is not a comprehensive list by any means but will be updated.

Film, year, original language, director, subtitle languages. Bold titles are highly recommended.

Tampopo (タンポポ), 1985, Japanese, dir. Juzo Itami, English, Dutch, French and Japanese subtitles

Yi Yi, 2000, Taiwanese, dir. Edward Yang, French and English subtitles

Nomad (烈火青春), 1982, Cantonese, dir. Patrick Tam, English subtitles

The Scent of Green Papaya (Mùi đu đủ xanh), 1993, Vietnamese, dir. Tran Anh Hung, English

Tokyo Story (東京物語), 1953, Japanese, dir. Yasujiro Ozu, English, German, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish subtitles [8 more Yasujiro Ozu films here]

Emotion, 1966, Japanese, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, English

Raise the Red Lantern (大红灯笼高高挂), 1991, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English

Jodha Akbar, 2007, Hindi, dir. Ashutosh Gowarikar, no subtitles

Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜 /tián mì mì), 1996, Cantonese, dir. Peter Chan, English

Mughal-E-Azam, 1960, Hindi, dir. K. Asif, no subtitles

Eternal Summer (盛夏光年), [divided into two parts I & II], 2006, Mandarin, dir. Leste Chen, English

Sholay, 1975, Hindi, dir. Ramesh Sippy, no subtitles

In The Mood For Love (花樣年華), 2000, Cantonese, dir. Wong Kar Wai, English, French and Portuguese subtitles

Bazaar (बाज़ार), 1982, Hindi, dir. Sagar Sarhadi, no subtitles

Umbartha (उंबरठा), 1982, Marathi, dir. Jabbar Patel, no subtitles

Rent A Cat (レンタネコ), 2012, Japanese, dir. Naoko Ogigami, Spanish subtitles

Goodbye South, Goodbye, 1996, Mandarin, dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, English, Chinese & French subtitles

I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다), 2010, dir. Kim Jee-woon

Blind Shaft (盲井) 2002, Mandarin, dir. Li Yang, Chinese subtitles

Yellow Earth (黃土地), 1984, Mandarin, dir. Chen Kaige, English subtitles

Little Forest, 2018, Korean, dir. Yim Soon-rye, English subs

Akira (アキラ), 1998, Japanese, dir. Katsuhiro Otomo, English dub

Lost and Found (天涯海角), 1995, Cantonese, dir. Lee Chi-Ngai, English subs

To Live (活著), 1994, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs

Arrietty/ The Secret World of Arrietty, 2010, Japanese, dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, English subs

Ju Dou (菊豆), 1990, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs

Red Sorghum (紅高粱), 1987, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs

Blue Spring (青い春), 2002, Japanese, dir. Toshiaki Toyoda, English subs

Cure (キュア), 1997, Japanese, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, English subs

Perfect Blue, 1997, Japanese, dir. Satoshi Kon, English subs

The Isle (섬), 2000, Korean, dir. Kim Ki-Duk, English subs

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie, 1997, Korean, dir. Jang Sun-Woo, English subs

Looking for an Angel (天使の楽園), 1999, Japanese, dir. Akihiro Suzuki, English subs

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- Door III (1996)

- Cure (1997)

from aljazeera:

this isn't the first time israel has bombed a hospital; it's not even the first time they've bombed THIS hospital

“Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling”

Here’s the rest of the quote. It’s from De Profundis:

Reading in Perfect Days (2023), directed by Wim Wenders