Continue reading →The film that launched Almodovar internationally as an auteur is a tragicomic screwball farce whose effortless execution is as impressive as it is sublime.
Category / Criterion Collection
Creatures, The (1966)
Continue reading →Varda’s work here is under-appreciated—a layered and surreal collision of imaginary and abstract ideas about a writer’s creative process, and one might even say a tonal antecedent to the modern pictures of Yorgos Lanthimos.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Continue reading →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)
Continue reading →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)
Continue reading →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)
Continue reading →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.
French Cancan (1955)
Continue reading →Renoir’s musical-romance is full of colour, schmaltz and spectacle, marked by some astonishing sequences of dance choreography and editing.
Grand Illusion (1937)
Continue reading →A treasured work from Jean Renoir that deals with class issues in the context of war in this unorthodox prisoners-of-war story.
Killer, The (1989)
Continue reading →This is a top-tier ‘heroic bloodshed’ picture by John Woo—a masterclass in action filmmaking with that rare commitment to pathos.
Hard Boiled (1992)
Continue reading →One of the genre’s greatest achievements, this represents everything that is so virile about John Woo’s unique brand of action cinema.
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