One of Bergman’s quietest films, but therein lies a powerful and existential meditation on religion, vengeance and guilt.
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One of Bergman’s quietest films, but therein lies a powerful and existential meditation on religion, vengeance and guilt.
A rare ‘Zatoichi’ entry with not one but two ruthless villains hogging the spotlight, which is a double-edged sword for character development, though it delivers in terms of action.
One of Gremillon’s best-known works, this part sea action, part romance drama strikes a strong emotional chord with its performances and melodramatic flair.
A fascinating feature debut by Dumont, who captures the tedium of French countryside life by finding beauty in the mundane and the horrific in the nonchalant, working with non-professional actors with aplomb.
A well-paced and engaging genre effort by Renoir that mixes psychological drama with the crime-noir, featuring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon as doomed lovers.
There are two Robert Kleins (one’s a Jew) in WWII Nazi-occupied France in this slow-burning, finely-tuned Kafkaesque wrong identity mystery-thriller, starring a paranoid Alain Delon.
Holy water from a temple is found to be contaminated in this decent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, situated within Ray’s cultural milieu as this straightforwardly-told drama sees science and religion cross swords.
A ruminative drama on the fear of death and loneliness, matched by a great performance by Victor Sjostrom.
Bergman’s breakthrough international success is a witty if flirtatious comedy about the laws of sexual attraction and matters of the heart.
Kubrick’s pitch-black Cold War comedy is absolute gold, intelligently poking fun at the sheer absurdity of nuclear war and rhetoric.