text: favorite independent /foreign films?   fantastic planet (la planete sauvage, animated sci-fi from 1973) like water for chocolate (mexico) y tu mama tambien (mexico) small change (coming of age story in france) a trilogy of movies (french): red (rouge), white (blanc), blue (bleu) amelie dirty pretty things swimming pool the road home 1999 (by director yimou zhang) house of flying daggers the iron ladies (true story about a thai volleyball team-it's hilarous) kung fu hustle (silly and very funny) crouching tiger, hidden dragon (i love that chow yun-fat) ringu (thriller) ju-on (thriller, predecessor of "the grudge") bill plympton's plymptoons