Certainly not one of Malick’s best, but this extraordinarily beautiful film—in its 172-minute extended cut—sees the director at his most lyrical and self-indulgent.
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New World, The (2005)
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Category / Criterion Collection
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Phantom of Liberty, The (1974)
Bunuel’s absurdly fun penultimate feature seems to have been beamed directly from his unconscious—a provocative, taboo-smashing take on the idiocy of institutions and the irrational lunacy of human beings.
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Black Narcissus (1947)
Exotic locales (amazingly shot on soundstages) and erotic tension drive this extraordinary Powell and Pressburger Technicolor masterwork about cloistered nuns trying to set up a convent in the Himalayas to help the locals.
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Thin Red Line, The (1998)
Arguably Terrence Malick’s greatest work – a masterpiece of light and darkness, calmness and brutality, and the intertwining of both, in this singular war film.
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Days of Heaven (1978)
Malick’s second feature, an understated but contemplative effort, remains to be one the most beautifully shot films in the history of cinema.
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Squid and the Whale, The (2005)
Shot in intimate 16mm, this is one of Baumbach’s finest and tightest dramedies, about a family of four trying to navigate an inconvenient but necessary divorce, backed by all-round excellent performances by the main cast.
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Badlands (1973)
Empire of Passion (1978)
Oshima confidently mixes eroticism with the supernatural in this beautifully-shot murder-cum-ghost tale that is rich in old-world atmosphere.
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
This mostly decent 18th installment balances drama with sharp swordfighting action in what is a decidedly darker film in tone.
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
One of the most notorious films in the history of cinema—its explicit, unsimulated depiction of sex hides a troubling exploration of social alienation.
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