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.
Category / Criterion Collection
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.
Stalker (1979)
Continue reading →This bold existentialist work from Russian master Tarkovsky compels and frustrates with equal measure.
Solaris (1972)
Continue reading →Tarkovsky’s sci-fi mystery is indescribably profound and no doubt one of his very, very best.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Theologically offensive on almost every level, but its wildly provocative (and hilarious) scenarios have a disarming charm to them in this excellent religious satire.
Eternality Tan 