ONE OF THE MANY JOYS of our new streaming universe, where years’ worth of content can be instantly accessed, is digging around in the more obscure corners of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
For those with the patience to read subtitles, there is a cornucopia of excellent foreign-language films that mainstream cinema and television channels consider too niche to show, but which are still absorbing, even enlightening viewing. The Forgotten Battle and The Unknown are two of my most recent discoveries and are both highly recommended.