The Mexican auteur’s debut feels like the work of a veteran, a tour de force exploration of mortality and desires as nature, sexuality and the spiritual commingle in a tale about a man hoping to commit suicide in a remote canyon.
Bergman’s first documentary provides a rather brief but still insightful look at the residents (farmer, schoolteacher, newly married couple, and more) of the isolated Fårö Island, poetically shot by longtime collaborator Sven Nykvist.
A sci-fi body horror movie that stands out in Cronenberg’s ‘80s oeuvre for its special effects and just-as-relevant-today commentary on our obsession with the screen.
Sporadically engaging despite the palpable sense of verité-style American indie filmmaking as a newly divorced woman finds herself stranded and exploited by men in this sole feature by Barbara Loden.
A stylish, aesthetic tour de force, particularly in the use of rear projection techniques, this noir-ish melodrama about an American train conductor in 1945 Germany tells of the precarious postwar atmosphere of remnant Nazism.
This Locarno Golden Leopard winner, through its radical film language and vibrant experimentation with form, speaks to the disenchanting African experience in France where the Blacks have been continually ostracised, discriminated and exoticised.
A masterful crime thriller by Melville with one of the most intricate heist sequences ever shot.
Another showcase of the acting powerhouse that is Gena Rowlands with Cassevetes exploring the theatre milieu as the lead actress of a highly-anticipated play becomes bugged by existential guilt and disenchantment.
This moody piece detailing the state-of-mind of several members of the French Resistance during WWII is arguably Melville’s greatest work and one of the finest films ever made about the subject.
A former Nazi and concentration camp survivor inadvertently meet and rekindle their sadomasochistic desire for each other in this controversial work that feels somewhat uncompelling from moment to moment.
