While Ray’s adaptation of his own mystery novel may feel protracted at times, its unhurried nature provides the simple pleasures of a laidback adventure as Feluda the detective must curtail the plans of two bumbling crooks exploiting a hallucinating kid.
Naderi’s early social realist work is raw and boisterous, as a boy is handed an innocuous musical instrument that becomes a tool of power and exploitation towards his gang of village friends.
A former Nazi and concentration camp survivor inadvertently meet and rekindle their sadomasochistic desire for each other in this controversial work that feels somewhat uncompelling from moment to moment.
Beguiling if also bewildering, this newly-restored pre-’79 Iranian rarity is ultimately elusive and muddling in its thematic exploration of paranoia, traditions and taboos, as a mysterious wounded man drifts ashore on a boat.
Bunuel’s absurdly fun penultimate feature seems to have been beamed directly from his unconscious—a provocative, taboo-smashing take on the idiocy of institutions and the irrational lunacy of human beings.
Tales of lust and love are intertwined with Pasolini’s astonishing location shooting in this weird concoction of a film that runs a bit too long.
Coppola’s follow-up is even more ambitious in terms of narrative structure as he seamlessly explores themes of power, family and betrayal across time in one of cinema’s most astonishing sequels.
Tati’s swansong is a delightful circus act (and quite literally, and dazzlingly so) as he implicates artists, entertainers and audience members alike in the performative.
Shyam Benegal’s highly influential first feature sees actress Shabana Azmi bursting into the limelight in this anguishing tale about the injustices of India’s caste system and gender subjugation.
Eternality Tan 