This powerful and tragic German anti-war film pits a group of drafted schoolboys-turned-inexperienced-soldiers against the advancing Americans as WWII draws to a close.
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Bridge, The (1959)
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Possessor (2020)
Cronenberg Jr’s second feature sees him tackle techno-existential sci-fi with more assurance (but also with more narrative convolution) in this gory tale involving mind-controlled assassinations.
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Sand Storm (2016)
A modest but effective Sundance award-winning drama about patriarchal conservatism rearing its ugly head as an older Bedouin daughter in a traditional Arab family awaits her fateful future.
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Paar (1984)
A hard-hitting ‘survival’ film of sorts in two movements, one set in a rural Indian village and the other in Calcutta city, that depicts an ‘Untouchable’ couple’s severe hardship as they try to navigate poverty, helplessness, and even lawlessness, in a terribly unforgiving world.
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Feels Good Man (2020)
Pepe the Frog gets unceremoniously thrown into the US sociopolitical mixer in this insightful documentary about the pervasiveness of memes, perils of Internet culture and one man’s—creator Matt Furie—angst toward all that is wrong with American society.
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Away From Her (2006)
A quiet and subtle drama about old age and adapting to new dynamics of a decades-long marriage, backed by a superb performance by Julie Christie.
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Au revoir Taipei (2010)
In this quite assured feature debut, Arvin Chen explores not so much true love at first sight, but rather the site of first true love.
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August: Osage County (2013)
Intense performances by the ensemble cast, in particular Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, elevate this honest and painful portrait of a feuding family to rather solid drama status.
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Artist, The (2011)
This silent film about silent films will be sure to make enough noise to garner some trophies come awards season.
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Atlantis (2019)
Shot in austere long takes, this post-apocalyptic drama from Ukraine is a cautionary tale on both the psychological and ecological impact of war.
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