It started out as a response to a thread elsewhere about the Movieline 100 non-English language films, which along with many others i found limited and unsatisfactory. My own list was originally planned simply to include a fairer distribution of countries, and burgeoned into 500, then beyond, with complaints of missing films that deserved to be included. I originally did the 500 + reserves here, but have combined the 2 into something quite unwieldy. But i think- with or without other listings and reviews here- it may provide a canon that's useful as a guide for further viewing. There are countries (Romania for instance) with films highly rated by those who've seen them but virtually unknown, even to knowledgeable cinephiles, elsewhere. I'm trying to challenge and refresh the usual canons dominated by Western films + taste. But you're quite right, this site already does that very well. Having already done the list elsewhere, well i didn't think it would take much time or do any harm transferring it here. There may be some vistiors here not as knowledgeable as you (so hopefully intrigued by some unknown titles) or less familiar with everything on the site. Take it or leave it.

p.s- it may be a base for anyone thinking of writing an anthology of foreign films- the Bloomsbury Foreign Film guide was fine, but long out of date, The International Dictionary of Films even older, the Videohound World Cinema perfectly acceptable but more limited- if there's any similar but better publication i'd be interested to know. Mind you, if you took this site's collection of reviews you'd have a pretty impressive publication, anyway.