Feature: Passport Cinema

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A.J. Hakari

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• Passport Cinema: Supercop

  One of Jackie Chan's lesser films still has plenty to enjoy.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Feb 07, 2009

• Passport Cinema: The Isle

  Love, death, and fishhooks figure into this darkly beautiful South Korean picture.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Jan 30, 2009

• Passport Cinema: Memento Mori

  Meet the horror movie that's not really a horror movie.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Jan 17, 2009

• Passport Cinema: The Last House in the Woods

  Hey, guys! Italy makes mediocre slasher movies, too!

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Jan 09, 2009

• Passport Cinema: Casque d'Or

  A gun moll and a reformed crook fall for each other in this romantic French gem.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Jan 03, 2009

• Passport Cinema: Heroic Duo

  A wronged cop and a hypnotist team up for this mediocre action-thriller.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Dec 27, 2008

• Passport Cinema: A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds

  The Criterion Collection provides two lovely versions of the same touching tale.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Dec 21, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Mandabi

  Greed definitely isn't good in this cautionary fable from Senegal.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Dec 12, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Gamer

  France takes an ill-conceived stab at depicting gamer culture in this piddling dramedy.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Dec 05, 2008

• Passport Cinema: 6 Films to Keep You Awake

  A set of six Spanish horror flicks guaranteed to give you goosebumps.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Nov 28, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Battles Without Honor & Humanity

  The gangster genre gets some true grit with this fast and fierce Yakuza story.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Nov 21, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Jigoku

  Nobuo Nakagawa takes viewers on a thin but visually splendid tour of the underworld.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Nov 14, 2008

• Passport Cinema: 8 Women

  It's murder most fun with this frothy but very entertaining French musical.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Nov 07, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Godzilla Raids Again

  Godzilla demolishes Osaka in his second screen rampage.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Oct 30, 2008

• Passport Cinema: Le Doulos

  To snitch or not to snitch? That is the question in this rather listless French noir.

  Review by A.J. Hakari — on Oct 24, 2008