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.
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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.
Autumn Afternoon, An (1962)
Continue reading →Ozu’s final work is a near masterpiece, a meditation on marriage and ageing through the lens of a father-daughter relationship.
Floating Weeds (1959)
Continue reading →A rare Ozu masterpiece about being optimistic and moving on with life, shot in rich colour by the famous Kazuo Miyagawa.
Early Spring (1956)
Continue reading →This post-“Tokyo Story” drama may be one of Ozu’s longest endeavours, but it is also a superb if anomalous (at least of his later works) effort that centers on a young, salaried man tackling career and marriage.
Night Comes for Us, The (2018)
For genre fans only, this nauseatingly violent and gory organised crime slice/shoot-‘em up delivers what it promises.
