Delon’s star-making turn draws us into a tricky narrative about an even trickier trickster, as themes of impersonation and immorality are explored in this elegant adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’.
A staunch if conniving Catholic wife becomes a husband-cum-taxidermist’s worst nightmare in this ‘60s Mexican cult classic that plunges us into the depths of anger and frustration as well as laying bare the hypocrisy of religious faith in creating false narratives.
Truffaut’s overlooked sophomore feature, a playful crime-noir, is shot with a rare, improvisational style, about a bit-part piano player who unexpectedly gets embroiled with lowly if persistent gangsters.
The eldest daughter of a poor family is forced to become the breadwinner in Ghatak’s masterful ‘Partition’ melodrama about dreams and sacrifices, infused with some of the densest and most evocative use of Indian classical music in Bengali cinema.
A milestone in European art cinema, and an intentionally futile exercise in finding meaning in our seemingly meaningless existence.
The picture that destroyed Powell’s career, this disturbing work about a serial killer who perversely films his victims as they die is now regarded as a major influence on the modern slasher movie, and a provocative exploration of the ills of scopophilia.
Becker’s swansong is one of the most underrated based-on-a-true-story prison escape movies in world cinema—its simple, efficient storytelling style hides a highly-detailed narrative that propels the story forwards through plot and action.
One of Bergman’s quietest films, but therein lies a powerful and existential meditation on religion, vengeance and guilt.
A milestone of popular Indian cinema, this enduring classic is a lavish epic about the taboo romance between a prince and a court dancer, and how love might triumph over power.
Chabrol’s chill but sometimes suspenseful take on toxic masculinity comes in the form of four young women trying to figure out their lives in this long underseen French New Wave drama.
Eternality Tan 