Superb political mystery-thriller that is stimulating, and featuring magnetic performances from Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek.
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Missing (1982)
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Category / Criterion Collection
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
One of the most visually-stunning biopics ever made, this complexly-layered work about art, politics, memory and imagination is arguably Paul Schrader’s finest moment as a filmmaker.
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Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987)
We follow a young schoolboy’s a-day-in-the-life journey in Kiarostami’s simple yet resonating breakthrough film.
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
A tremendously urgent social realist work with a strong emotional core, blessed by Loach’s unadulterated approach to simplicity.
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Kes (1970)
Arguably Ken Loach’s masterpiece of 1970s British working-class social realism, with an absolutely stunning performance by the 14-year old non-professional actor David Bradley.
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Andrei Rublev (1966)
Tarkovsky’s vignette-style medieval epic is possibly the greatest ideological film about a psychologically-conflicted artist trying to understand the epoch he lives in.
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New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
One of the most satisfying entries in the series, this third installment has a substantial and emotional storyline to match its superb action.
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24 Frames (2017)
Kiarostami leaves us with a work of indelible beauty, continuing his fascination with the phenomenology of cinema and its relation to the ephemeral.
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Like Someone in Love (2012)
Shot in Japan with a Japanese cast, Iranian master Kiarostami gives us a rueful but tender film about the nature of love, desire and liking.
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Certified Copy (2010)
Kiarostami’s first non-Iranian film is engaging, but the male lead is unable to hold his own against Juliette Binoche.
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