It might seem controversial to say as much, but in my opinion the majority of the most interesting films released in the past 10 years have not been released by Hollywood or the UK. Yet for millions of film and television fans worldwide, the world of foreign cinema remains closed off to them due (primarily) to their own stubbornness. A common argument made by those who might feel a little nervous about venturing down the rabbit hole of foreign films is that they don’t want to feel ‘like they’re reading a book’. In my eyes this argument is completely invalid, as any regular foreign film fanatic will tell you that literally minutes into any good film, a strong reader will cease to notice that they are reading at-all and will simply fall into the story. In fact, a good litmus test with any subtitled film is that if you are still aware you are reading after 10 minutes it’s either a bad film or the subtitling companies tasked with translating the film did a poor job. Continue reading »