Foreign Film

Sometimes getting lost in translation is a good thing.

As a second film is disqualified from the category, debate continues over the current rules and how they exclude certain countries from participating in the prestigious competition.

18 films from 13 different countries make up our list of the best foreign language movies of 2018.

‘The Vanishing’ makes both victim and villain of its audience.

A truly beautiful film that tells the kind of visual story that can only be shared on camera.

With a thread of the divine woven into its realist tapestry, Happy as Lazzaro feels like a timeless fable.

The ‘Ida’ director’s latest recalls the glamor of a cinema long gone and much mourned.

From the sparkling waters of The Graduate to Poltergeist’s oozing vat of corpses, these picks illustrate the incredible versatility of the cinematic swimming pool.