All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

Beginning and ending with the superlative filmmaking of Jia Zhang-ke, traversing the nooks and crannies of the globe, PopMatters presents the 20 best international and indie films of 2007. [10 January 2008]

The Flight of the Red Balloon (Le Voyage du ballon rouge)

By Cynthia Fuchs

In Hou Hsiao-hsien's first French film, interactions are mirrored and refracted, images of images, reflections of longing. [7 May 2008]

Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) (2006)

By Chris Barsanti

Seen individually, the three sections of Three Times would be impressive; taken altogether, they're devastating. [28 April 2006]

Café Lumiere (2003)

By Zach Hines

Café Lumiere recreates Japan's lush colors and busy depths, but doesn't imbue them with any universal meaning. [15 July 2005]

Millennium Mambo (2003)

By Elbert Ventura

A filmmaker fixated on the continuing past, Hou has become the foremost chronicler of our mortality. [9 August 2004]

Juliette Binoche had to provide her own dialogue in ‘Flight of the Red Balloon’ [15 May 2008]