I suppose one could say that the World Cinema Series is back by popular demand. When I posted the wrap up, I realized that there really were quite a lot of contributions and just because I wasn’t highly active, that didn’t mean others were equally inactive.
There were comments and questions about whether or not it would take place again. And so the World Cinema Series is back.
The rules are really simple. The idea is to watch movies from as many different countries as possible. It’s also possible to pick a lot of subtitled movies from one country like some of you have done last year. However in order to make points and win a prize, you would have to cover as many countries a possible.
Like last year, the person who covers the most countries will win a DVD or a 25$ amazon voucher.
I will collect all the reviews on the World Cinema Series 2013 page. Please leave your links below.
I hope for as many participants as possible and to discover a lot of great movies. And I also hope I will manage to review more than last year myself.
I would also like to post at least bimonthly wrap up posts.
Like last year, Richard from Caravana de recuerdos is hosting a similar event, the Foreign Film Festival. You are free to submit your reviews to both events.
Intro posts
Reviews
Austria
The Wall – Die Wand (2012) – Caroline (Beauty is a Sleeping Cat)
Chile
No (2012) – Fariz (Vampibots)
China
The Flowers of War – Novia (Polychroem Interest)
Red Cliff (2008) – Ruth (Flixchatter)
France
Those Who Remain – Ceux qui restent (2007) – Guy (His Futile Preoccupations)
Holy Motors (2012) – Ruth (Flixchatter)
The Untouchable (2011) – Novia (Polychrome Interest)
Germany
Three Penny Opera – Richard (Caravana de recuerdos)
Lola rennt – Run, Lola, Run (1998) – Akbar Saputra (Me on The Movie)
The Untouchables (2010) – Ruth (Flixchatter)
Funny Games (1997) – Novia (polychrome Interest)
The Edge of Heaven (2007) JoV (JoV’s Book Pyramid)
Indonesia
King – Dhitz (Across Dhitz Universe)
Belenggu (2013) – Akbar Saputra (Me on The Movie)
Iran
About Elly (2009) – Fariz (Vampibots)
Japan
Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below (2011) – Dhitz (Across Dhitz Universe)
Twilight Samurai – Novroz (Polychrome Interest)
Detroit Metal City – Novroz (Polychrome Interest)
Shinjuku Incident (2009) JoV (JoV’s Book Pyramid)
Korea
Perfect Number – Novroz (Polychrome Interest)
Norway
Headhunters (2011) – Ruth (Flixchatter)
Palestine
When Pigs Have Wings – Le Cochon de Gaza (2011) – JoV (JoV’s Book Pyramid)
South Korea
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…. Spring (2003) – Akbar Saputra (Me on The Movie)
Spain
Bolano cercano – Richard (Caravana de recuerdos)
UK
The Beatles – Help – Novia (Polychrome Interest)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Novia (Polychrome Interest)
The 39 Steps – TBM (50 Year Project)
Her Majesty Mrs Brown (1997) – Ruth (Flixchatter)
Vietnam
The Scent of Green Papaya – TBM (50Year Project)
Beauty is a Sleeping Cat 
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Here’s mine 🙂
http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/laughing-at-the-british-the-beatles-and-monty-python/
Thanks, Novia.
You’re welcome 🙂
Caroline, here’s this slacker’s first review for 2013: G.W. Pabst’s 1931 The 3 Penny Opera at http://caravanaderecuerdos.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-3-penny-opera.html
Thanks for hosting again!
🙂 Thanks. I’m taking it slowly. Again….
Hi Caroline,
I have another review up, one I’m counting toward Spain because it was produced there although it was actually directed by a Dutch filmmaker who only lives and works in Spain. It’s a documentary about Roberto Bolaño called Bolaño cercano and the write-up can be found at http://caravanaderecuerdos.blogspot.com/2013/01/bolano-cercano.html
Cheers!
You’re busy all of a sudden. Thanks. Some of these movies and documentaries are not easy to assign.
Hi, Caroline. I’d like to share one of my review. It’s an Indonesian movie: KING.
http://acrossdhitzuniverse.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/king-an-indonesian-movie-about-badminton/
I hope I can be more active, unlike last year.
Thank you for hosting this and give us chance to share reviews. 🙂
Thanks a lot for the link and for joining again.
I want to be more active as well but one cannot force these things.
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I don’t know yet what I’ll be reviewing but I’d love to take part once again, Caroline. I’m hoping to see Like Water for Chocolate soon, so that might be one of the movies 🙂
I’m glad that you are joining again, Ruth.
I’m looking forward to youre choices.
Hi Caroline, I actually haven’t got around to Like Water for Chocolate, but I’d like to share these two reviews:
France: http://flixchatter.net/2013/03/18/weekend-roundup-the-intouchables-review/
China: http://flixchatter.net/2013/03/28/rental-pick-red-cliff-2008
Norwegia: http://flixchatter.net/2012/09/17/weekend-roundup-frequency-and-headhunters-reviews/
This one contains two reviews from France & England, respectively:
http://flixchatter.net/2013/03/04/weekend-roundup-holy-motors-and-mrs-brown/
Thanks!
Thanks, Ruth, that’s great, I’ll have a look shortly.
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Wow. Novroz has been busy. Here’s my first of what I hope to be many contributions:
http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-scent-of-the-green-papaya/
A film about Vietnam before the war.
Thanks for the link, TBM. I’ll head right over to read the review. (It’s a movie I’ve got here as well).
would love to hear your thoughts on it.
It sounds realy good. But I’m not sure when I will get to it.
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Hi, Caroline! As I promised in Miss Novroz’s post (I’m her former student so it’s weird not to use ‘miss’ in front of her name :p), here’s my review for Iranian drama ‘About Elly’ http://vampibots.blogspot.com/2013/02/review-about-elly-2009.html
This is my first time reviewing a film with full English, so I’m sorry if there’s any mistake 🙂 hope I can contribute more in the future!
Hi Fariz, thanks so much for the review. I would think it strange as well not to call my former teacher “miss”.
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Hi, Caroline. Before I submit my posts, I would like to ask a question: may I submit my previous posts or should I write a new one? Actually I have watched two or three foreign movies previously (like months ago) and reviewed them too, so I wonder if I could include those ones or if I have to watch another one and write a new review on it. Thank you 🙂
Hi Akbar, Please only submit movies you have watched in 2013. Because there will be a small gift at the end of the year and it wouldn’t be fair else. Most of the others couldn’t submit last year’s reviews as they already did in 2012. But if you have a review from January, that’s OK, of course.
I see. Thank you 🙂
Here’s my review on “Run Lola Run” a.k.a “Lola Rennt” from Germany.
http://meonthemovie.blogspot.com/2013/02/run-lola-run-1998.html
Would love to hear your thoughts about it 🙂
Great, thanks, I’ll visit shortly.
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Another submission 😀 this time is Chilean film, “No” (2012)
http://vampibots.blogspot.com/2013/03/review-no-2012.html
That’s great, thanks Fariz.
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I have added another Japanese movies although I have shared Japan before. Hope that’s okay 🙂
Yes, that’s fine, it will just not count towards the final number.
I will visit shortly but I’m so busy these days.
that’s okay 🙂 I can see you’re busy
Hi again, Caroline. It’s been a while not submitting any reviews to this series. Maybe because recently I watch more movies from Hollywood. But, I also watched movies from Indonesia, my country. Is it still considered as world cinema? If it is, here’s a link to my review on “Belenggu”, a thriller-noir film from Indonesia. http://meonthemovie.blogspot.com/2013/03/belenggu-2013.html. Thank you 🙂
Absolutely, that counts. At least for us. 🙂
Thanks for the review.
Another submission, Caroline. I recently watched “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring”, an award-winning South Korean drama by Kim Ki-Duk. Here’s the link: http://meonthemovie.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring-summer-fall-winter-and-spring.html. Thank you 😀
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I will be watching this space. I watch world cinema most of the time. I just watch Red Cliff last month. I’m in. For this year the movie reviews I have written is this: http://bibliojunkie.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/lust-caution-by-eileen-chang-a-book-and-movie-review/
Thanks.
p/s Another great Japanese movie I watched last year and would recommend to everyone was “The Departed”.
Thanks Jov. I was a bit unlicky with my last choices that’s why I haven’t reviewed anything but will get back into it.
Caroline,
I watch a lot of world cinema movies but I have been rather purist in blogging about it. So I only talk about movies which are adapted to the film! but with the discovery of your world cinema challenge, that will change. Big thanks. 🙂
That’s great. And you could even win a voucher if you cover a lot of countries. 🙂
I just received a collection of Indian movies I’d like to watch soon. Fire, Earth and Water
Hi, Caroline!
Another submission from me, “The Vanishing” or “Spoorloos”, a 1988 thriller from Netherlands.
http://meonthemovie.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-vanishing-1988.html
Thank you 😀
Great, thanks a lot. I’ll be visiting shortly.
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I finally have a third movie review up, Caroline–I think you jinxed us with that slacker talk! In any event, some words on Vidas Secas, Brazil, 1963, can be found at http://caravanaderecuerdos.blogspot.com/2013/06/vidas-secas_26.html
Have you seen the 2012 Romanian film Beyond the Hills? That’s my favorite movie I’ve seen so far this year although I didn’t write about it for some reason. Most other movies I’ve seen this year have been only marginal at best (not exciting enough to want to write about). Cheers!
Thanks, Richard.
Yes, I jinxed it somehow, didn’t I?
I don’t know if yu saw my review of THe Wall starring one of your “darlings” Martina Gedeck?
I’m even slacking on my movie blog a s most movies I watch these days are so boring or otherwise disappointing.
I haven’t seen Beyond the Hills but will look for it.
Such a great recommendation from other participants. I am happy my to-watch list is growing with substance!
Early this month I have watched a movie set in Japan although the production is in Hong Kong. You decide!
http://bibliojunkie.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/a-movie-review-shinjuku-incident-2009/
Thanks, JoV. I’ll see about the country. It’s tricky sometimes.
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Caroline, you haven’t added my Korean movie yet 🙂
I have more than 10 foreign movies but have no time to see them 😦
I’m so sorry, I think I missed a few of your reviews. Will add it soon.
Caroline,
The Edge of Heaven (2007) movie review is up! Superb movie.
http://bibliojunkie.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/the-edge-of-heaven-2007/
It could be German or Turkish. But it competed in Cannes as Turkish entry. Thanks for hosting!
Thanks JoV, you’re doing better than I. I’ve been a slacker these past weeks