Continue reading →Koreeda’s mastery of the subtle gives this drama an emotional weight as pure as life itself.
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Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Continue reading →One of the year’s very best, this new Koreeda feature is thematically dense, yet plays out in a highly resonating and honest way about human relationships.
Marriage of Maria Braun, The (1979)
Continue reading →A powerful if narratively-dense film imbued with a devastating sense of cruel irony, with Fassbinder’s masterful control over sound especially striking.
Satan’s Brew (1976)
Continue reading →Fassbinder’s comedic farce of a film is shocking, revolting, and occasionally enjoyable.
New Land, The (1972)
Continue reading →The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.
After Life (1998)
Continue reading →Kore-eda’s second fiction feature sees him take on themes of memory and the afterlife through a meta-cinematic lens.
Sunset (2018)
Laszlo Nemes’ second feature sees him reprise his “Son of Saul” technique—the long-take closeup in shallow focus—on a sprawling period drama, but with varying results.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Continue reading →This Sirkian-influenced interracial romance-drama by Fassbinder is emotionally resonant and unexpectedly timely in today’s cross-cultural yet xenophobic societies.
Son of Saul (2015)
Continue reading →A Holocaust film shot with confronting immediacy in what is possibly one of the most shattering and intense of screen experiences in recent memory.
Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
Continue reading →Fassbinder’s debut feature is a stylish but spare gangster story that works in its own unusual way.
