One of the most potent anti-war films ever made… so powerful it makes your blood boil at how some humans can be so despicable.
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Killing, The (1956)
Kubrick treats the crime-noir genre in a revolutionary non-linear storytelling way in what is one of the most effective American heist films ever made.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The film that launched Almodovar internationally as an auteur is a tragicomic screwball farce whose effortless execution is as impressive as it is sublime.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Religion and politics collide in frightening ways in this based-on-a-true-story ‘docu-drama’ that ranks as one of Mexican cinema’s greatest films.
Night on Earth (1991)
Five uneven vignettes shot in different cities centering on conversations between cab drivers and passengers—this is Jarmusch in easy-going mode as he captures the pathos of human connection.
All About My Mother (1999)
This is one of the highest peaks of Almodovar’s career, an exquisite work about women and grief, yet with his assured touch, it all seems so life-affirming and universal.
River, The (1951)
Renoir’s extraordinarily beautiful work, shot entirely in India in Technicolour, is a triumph of cross-cultural storytelling as it meditates on the ephemerality of life.
