A sci-fi body horror movie that stands out in Cronenberg’s ‘80s oeuvre for its special effects and just-as-relevant-today commentary on our obsession with the screen.
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Videodrome (1983)
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Author / Eternality Tan
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May December (2023)
More deliberately paced than expected, Haynes’ tabloid-ish melodrama doesn’t quite land that well narratively or emotionally, though it features strong performances throughout.
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Guitar Mongoloid, The (2004)
Perverse and provocative yet bland and uneven, Ostlund’s low-fi debut feature is at best a curiosity, a Roy Andersson-meets-Ulrich Seidl series of docu-fictive vignettes.
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Bratan (1991)
Two young brothers hope to visit their estranged father who lives far away as this beautiful Tajik drama takes them on a picturesque train journey across the rural landscape of little villages and hills.
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Dirty Ho (1979)
One of Lau’s most beloved works—a showcase of stupendous kung-fu slapstick comedy laced with riotous one-liners, as a royal prince goes undercover with a con artist to unravel a conspiracy related to the throne.
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Unsane (2018)
Soderbergh’s half-decent iPhone-shot ’90s style psycho-thriller induces paranoia and discomfort through its constricted visual style, and backed by a terrific performance by Claire Foy.
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Wanda (1970)
Sporadically engaging despite the palpable sense of verité-style American indie filmmaking as a newly divorced woman finds herself stranded and exploited by men in this sole feature by Barbara Loden.
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Logan Lucky (2017)
Soderbergh returns with an offbeat heist comedy featuring strong performances, but one that half-grooves and half-plods along.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
A tad more exciting and invigorating than the first instalment, and one that poses existential questions about the heroic quests of the titular figure(s), this is a continuously inventive and surprising work of blockbuster animation.
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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Kaurismaki brings his unmistakable style—and gallows humour—to London as he teams up with French icon Jean-Pierre Leaud for a darkly comic take on one man’s desire to end his life.
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