This moody piece detailing the state-of-mind of several members of the French Resistance during WWII is arguably Melville’s greatest work and one of the finest films ever made about the subject.
In what could be a surprise package for the 2024 Oscars, Payne’s new work features some of the most finely-tuned performances of the year as a cranky old teacher is forced to take care of a problematic student on a remote campus over the Christmas holidays.
Diop’s well-intentioned documentary centering on people living in the Parisian suburbs is surprisingly monotonous, unstimulating, and goes on for far too long.
Bonello’s unclassifiable attempt at a David Lynch-meets-‘The Fountain’ sci-fi mashup is mysterious, meandering, alluring and confounding all at once, as it explores the nature of love, fear and memory as mediated by the threat of artificial intelligence.
A former Nazi and concentration camp survivor inadvertently meet and rekindle their sadomasochistic desire for each other in this controversial work that feels somewhat uncompelling from moment to moment.
You don’t need to know much about legendary conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein to enjoy this decently made ‘love story’ biopic with standout performances by Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
Truffaut and Leaud continue another chapter in the life of ‘Antoine Doinel’ in this charming take on youthful romance and misadventure that toggles between pseudo-screwball comedy and detective drama.
This tense German drama about a theft incident in a school perceptively reflects the state of the world today in a classroom, backed by an excellent lead performance by Leonie Benesch.
The eldest daughter of a poor family is forced to become the breadwinner in Ghatak’s masterful ‘Partition’ melodrama about dreams and sacrifices, infused with some of the densest and most evocative use of Indian classical music in Bengali cinema.
While not as resonating as his recent output such are his towering standards, Ceylan’s new film is still an exquisitely mounted, conversation-heavy exploration of the desire to escape from existential gloom as a village schoolteacher mulls over the prospect of a city transfer.
Eternality Tan 