Spielberg at his unabashedly most entertaining sinceย Raiders of the Lost Ark.ย
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An underrated and fatalistic crime drama led by the Scarface De Palma-Pacino combo, with Sean Penn giving a superlative supporting performance.
As an action film, John Wooโs first foray into Hollywood filmmaking ticks the right boxes, plus itโs also one of my favourite Van Damme outings.
Perhaps unfairly regarded as a minor Ghibli, thereโs something deeply charming about its portrayal of teenage infatuation and matters of the heart that are set against the context of high school life.
An experimental audiovisual essay by an increasingly iconoclastic โ90s Godard that abstractly ruminates about religion, philosophy, love and politics in the only way he can.
Continue reading →This is Hong Kong tear-jerking melodrama at its best, boasting a superb performance by Anita Yuen.
Continue reading →A psychological and musical treatise on personal grief by the great Kieslowski, by turns imaginative and humanistic.
Continue reading →This is Houโs masterpiece โ a mammoth work about tradition and family, astonishingly crafted, and wrapped in the kind of historical fervour that gives it its power.