An abortion drama told introspectively from the perspective of two teenage girls who must chart their own path in this tender third feature by rising filmmaker Eliza Hittman.
This is one of Hitchcock’s crowning achievements where he perfected the picaresque pursuit as a flat-out entertainer.
A stylistic and narrativistic departure for Hitchcock that is anchored by solid performances by Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.
The perils of drug addiction meet with the allure of a faded Third Reich star in Fassbinder’s evocative and fatalistic penultimate film.
Told in four chapters, of which the first is a masterpiece, Rasoulof’s Golden Berlin Bear winner, unfortunately, falters in focus as it ambitiously tackles the taboo subject of capital punishment in Iran.
This 5 ½ hour-long French silent masterwork is an undisputed milestone of its era, telling the story of one of the most famous military leaders in history with eye-opening innovation that still remains startling today.
Schanelec skilfully captures the ebb and flow of conversations between family, friends and lovers in this slow-moving drama about a woman’s discontentment.
Nothing is certain in Ozon’s layered, erotic mystery about the commingling of reality and imagination with the creative writing process, featuring excellent performances by Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier.
A film that will anger the hell out of you as Shyam Benegal tackles gender and class oppression in a depressingly kyriarchal Indian town with brazen confidence.
