Continue reading →Fassbinder’s second feature continues his minimalist and spare direction, this time centering on a group of xenophobic, good-for-nothing friends.
Category / Criterion Collection
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Continue reading →Has an epic sweep befitting of a powerful story set in the heart of an African civil war, but Fukunaga’s eye for humanity amid the brutality helps to ground it in emotional terms.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Continue reading →At times operating like a domestic ‘horror’ film about the disintegration of a nuclear family, this controlled and daring drama sees Nicholas Ray and actor James Mason in great form.
Parasite (2019)
Continue reading →Although Bong Joon-ho has made more formidable pictures, this razor-sharp treatise on social class differences in South Korea shocks and entertains in equal measure.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Continue reading →Despite being more talky than usual, this satisfying entry features a terrific climactic action set-piece.
Gomorrah (2008)
Continue reading →Brutal and uncompromising take on the Italian mafia, shot with raw realism by rising director Matteo Garrone.
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Continue reading →Such is the profound impact and influence of De Sica’s postwar masterwork that it has arguably become a metonym for the Italian neorealist movement.
Okja (2017)
Continue reading →Bong’s grasp of tone is sometimes suspect, but this is still a pretty entertaining and emotional piece with strong ecological and anti-animal abuse themes.
White Material (2009)
Continue reading →Sporadically engaging, this poetic if bleak drama sees director Claire Denis returning to Africa to shine the spotlight on racial strife and civil war once again.
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
Continue reading →A poetic war film, if there ever was one, about the loss of childhood innocence shot in a dreamy style by the legendary Tarkovsky.
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