Bellocchio’s most personal work, this deeply engaging documentary digs into his family’s past, centering on the death of his twin brother by suicide more than 50 years ago.
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Marx Can Wait (2021)
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Walk Up (2022)
Some may feel Hong’s doing something different here—it’s more self-introspective and structurally liminal, but also slower and more meandering than usual as a film director brings his daughter to visit an old friend who might offer her career advice.
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Eight Mountains, The (2022)
The incredible mountainous vistas envelope this deeply resonating tale of two boys-turned-men with baggage from the past and uncertain futures as they navigate family, friendship and the natural landscape that continually gives them the inspiration to live.
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Quiet Girl, The (2022)
Seemingly thin on story at first but ultimately rewarding like a cleansing wave of life’s little moments of affection and humanity, this Irish Oscar-nominated directorial debut centres on a young girl’s tenderly introspective view of an adult world of joy, sorrow and the unsaid.
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Tiger Stripes (2023)
Puberty and school bullying conflate in this somewhat peculiar feature debut with elements of horror as a schoolgirl discovers her body changing in distressing ways.
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De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2022)
This startlingly eye-opening documentary brings us deep into the human body, finding abstract beauty in its grotesque sights of tissue and organs, yet at the same time, it is also about the sounds of life and death—within and outside of bodies as surgeons chatter, equipment beep and hospitals bustle.
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Beyond Utopia (2023)
An extraordinary Oscar-worthy documentary about North Koreans who have defected, with startlingly real footage of escape and told in such a highly-suspenseful and intense manner that may even put the finest thrillers to shame.
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Driver, The (1978)
Stripped to its bare essentials, this Melville-esque car chase thriller sees Ryan O’Neal and Bruce Dern go head-to-head as a getaway driver and dirty detective respectively.
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Viva Erotica (1996)
A zany if somewhat overzealous romp as this darkly entertaining meta-film about a struggling director (played by a fantastic Leslie Cheung) forced to make a Cat III erotic movie, features Shu Qi in a breakout role.
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Battle Royale (2000)
Students are forced to kill each other by law in this Asian Extreme cult classic par excellence, still as provocative more than 20 years on in its themes about youth, rebellion and authoritarianism.
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