>Agree with you on 'The Piano'. Great performances from Sam Neill, Harvey Keitel and Anna Paquin as well.
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>My favourite movie of the last decade has been the German film'The lives of others'. It won the foreign language oscar in 2006 I think, and gets better with each repeat viewing.
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>Another antipodean film worth viewing is 'Animal Kingdom'. Wonderful performances from all the cast especially Jackie Weaver and Ben Mendelssohn who have got a lot of Hollywood attention as a result.
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>Thanks for the earlier heads up re 'Justified'. Always been an Elmore Leonard fan and had never heard of the series here - I am now on season 3 via DVD.
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>Have you tried any Nordic Noir? Borgen, The Killing, The Bridge etc
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>Andy

"The Lives of Others", great movie. Not exactly a funfest but very well made. I had a friend in Berlin and she said that's exactly how it was. One of her best friends was found hanging in her bathroom under murky circumstances. She was convinced the Stasi did it.