Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.
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Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.
If you enjoy slow arthouse cinema that is also extremely perverse, then this new tableau-styled film by Albert Serra about libertinism in 18th century France may be your cup of tea.
Tsai solidifies his oblique, slow-paced style with this odd, and at times, shocking meditation on the incommunicability of humans through a family of loners.
Tsai’s Venice Golden Lion-winning second feature may be sparse and silent, but it remains to be one of the deepest portrayals of existential loneliness in the director’s singular filmography.
Still one of Tsai’s very best, this is a solid feature debut that grapples with the ennui of ‘90s youth listlessness with stylistic aplomb.
One of von Trier’s very best, this is bold and provocative filmmaking that very few could attempt to pull off with such skill and artistry.
A low-key Romanian drama that struggles to find any kind of meaningful rhythm but is somewhat compensated by its droll tone and allegorical intent.
Eggers’ first feature is remarkable in its precision and economy, and no doubt one of the most bone-chilling horror films to come out in the last few years.
A painterly and potent animation that tackles the terrible oppression faced by women in Taliban-occupied Kabul in the late 1990s.
Satoshi Kon’s first feature is a chilling psychological character study in adult anime form.