King Corn (USA) I'm not sure that food in Australia has become quite as saturated with corn as it has in the US. Still a very frightening movie. Super-size Me attacks fast food, and Fahrenheit 9/11 attacks the US government, this film does neither but you come away knowing how bad fast food, in fact most food in the US, is for you and that the government is, maybe not behind it, but certainly playing a key role in the non-food food production process. Watch the movie.
Bella (USA) Attractive (but hidden behind a beard), talented, charming head chef of a restaurant walks off the job when his brother fires a recently pregnant waitress, and spends the day with her. The film seems to be flawed by the fact that the central character is so perfect. But he's charming and talented and, trust me, gorgeous, if he'd take off his beard, so maybe you won't care. If you've been playing Vice City Stories you'll recognise his car.
In the Company of Actors (Australia) Follows the Sydney Theatre Company production of Hedda Gabler from re-rehearsals in Sydney to performances in New York. It's just not very interesting. You may disagree.
The Japanese Tradition: Apologies (Japan). A charming short film that demonstrates practical apologising.
Hana (Japan). A samurai film in which no one gets killed. I think I actually fell asleep in this. A combination of the pacing and the lighting made it awfully hard for me to stay focused. That, and I've been sitting in a dark cinema for the last four days. I could tell when I was drifting off because the film would suddenly have modern day technology popping up in shot. It's actually much better (and less anachronistic) than I remember.