De Leon doesn’t hide his unabashedly dreamy approach to the coming-of-age romantic drama, as a college student becomes smitten by a woman, changing each other’s outlook in life.
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De Leon doesn’t hide his unabashedly dreamy approach to the coming-of-age romantic drama, as a college student becomes smitten by a woman, changing each other’s outlook in life.
An endlessly looping piece of cheerful island music envelopes and provides a counterpoint to Duras’ melancholic conversational piece between two women as they reflect on a marriage in tatters.
An older woman and a younger woman connect and find comfort in each other’s strengths as their husbands fail them in this intimate drama by the ever perceptive Marta Meszaros.
Outstanding feature debut by David Lynch, this is as nightmarish and surreal as they come.
Sexual politics and sociopolitics dovetail in Bunuel’s mesmerising final film, featuring two actresses taking turns to play the female lead.
An astonishing sci-fi-drama that is also one of Spielberg’s very best, complete with awe-inspiring scenes and heartwarming embrace of humanity.
A young woman-turned-actress forced into the Bollywood entertainment industry tries to escape loneliness through a myriad of love affairs in this melancholic tale starring the great Smita Patil.
Varda’s beautiful work about the deep friendship between two French women trying to find meaning in their womanhood is fiercely feministic underneath its warm, understated filmmaking style.
Satyajit Ray’s only Hindi film is an engrossing treatment on how the pleasures of chess can take on political and symbolic significance.
Continue reading →A strange if beautifully-shot work by Kim Ki-young about how myths might operate in the modern world.