The last of Rohmer’s ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series is a gratifying watch on what it means to fall in love—or break up—with friends and lovers.
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The last of Rohmer’s ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series is a gratifying watch on what it means to fall in love—or break up—with friends and lovers.
Despite being overly melodramatic and feeling somewhat dated, a woman’s stand against the patriarchal order is brought to life in Ketan Mehta’s rousing tale.
Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung sparkle in Mabel Cheung’s earnest and easy-going romance, shot in the grimy streets of New York.
The duality of being a U.S. Marine—to train to kill but also be expendable—is captured with cold, hard irony in Kubrick’s clinical take on the (Vietnam) war movie.
One of Malle’s finest works, this restrained drama builds up slowly, only to leave you emotionally shattered by the end of it.
A meta-horror film that sees the spectator as victim, constructed as a part-experimental, part visceral experience.
Pales in comparison to the first movie, Woo’s sequel (which suffered tremendously in post-production) has excellent action but a poorly-constructed story.
We follow a young schoolboy’s a-day-in-the-life journey in Kiarostami’s simple yet resonating breakthrough film.
Continue reading →The Coens show their versatility early on in their career in this quirky take on farcical comedy.
Continue reading →Used to be one of Hou’s rarest films, but while it suggests a weaker grasp of his material, it is still worth a shot.