A charming delight as this Oscar-nominated live-action/stop-motion animation hybrid centers on the exploits and feelings of a talking mollusc shell who lives with his granny, shot as a self-aware ‘documentary’.
Holland’s finest work in a while and one that incurred the wrath of the Polish government, this politically sharp and urgent piece about refugees that get pushed about at the border between Poland and Belarus is complex and shot soberingly in black-and-white.
Truffaut’s terrific last film is as Hitchcockian as it gets, with a top performance by Fanny Ardant who plays a sleuthing secretary after her boss becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders.
A sensually shot if also subtly erotic take on religion and desire, handled with deft skill by the great Melville.
One of the most underrated gems of the year as a Romanian construction worker encounters a Belgian-Chinese doctoral student of moss, with Devos’ exceptional sensitivity towards the audiovisual experience affording us a sense of quietude and calm quite rarely felt in today’s European cinema.
De Niro’s most wicked performance for a Scorsese picture, this is an incisively comical take on what happens when the determination to succeed in showbiz is taken to the extreme.
Works almost like a satirical comedy, this pleasant sophomore feature from the ‘Lunana’ director explores the Bhutanese way of life in light of the country’s modernisation of culture and politics.
Several men make it their life’s mission to save lives as the Syrian war escalates in this harrowing documentary that is somewhat too reliant on cloyingly manipulative music to deliver the emotions.
Brilliant performances by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon drive this lavishly-produced biopic on the famed pianist-entertainer Liberace.
This layered Cannes Palme d’Or-winning work, part courtroom drama, part marital exposé about the mysterious circumstances surrounding a death is Justine Triet’s most complex picture to date.
