Koreeda’s mastery of the subtle gives this drama an emotional weight as pure as life itself.
Category / Criterion Collection
Marriage of Maria Braun, The (1979)
A powerful if narratively-dense film imbued with a devastating sense of cruel irony, with Fassbinder’s masterful control over sound especially striking.
New Land, The (1972)
The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
This Sirkian-influenced interracial romance-drama by Fassbinder is emotionally resonant and unexpectedly timely in today’s cross-cultural yet xenophobic societies.
Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
Fassbinder’s debut feature is a stylish but spare gangster story that works in its own unusual way.
Autumn Afternoon, An (1962)
Ozu’s final work is a near masterpiece, a meditation on marriage and ageing through the lens of a father-daughter relationship.
Floating Weeds (1959)
A rare Ozu masterpiece about being optimistic and moving on with life, shot in rich colour by the famous Kazuo Miyagawa.
