A fascinating feature debut by Dumont, who captures the tedium of French countryside life by finding beauty in the mundane and the horrific in the nonchalant, working with non-professional actors with aplomb.
This late-career work is one of Chahine’s better efforts—a largely engaging 12th-century epic about the dangers of religious extremism and the power that a humanist philosophy gives to its people.
Largely critically-derided when first released, this violent and erotic nightmare gleefully explores male guilt and fantasy, one that now makes so much sense in Lynch’s terrorising world of weird-ass folks with weird-ass obsessions.
Small-time scammers bite off more than they can chew in Chabrol’s rather uneven but perversely fun crime comedy, headlined by Isabelle Huppert and the scene-stealing Michel Serrault.
One of Wong’s most straightforward films is arguably his most mature, about the intimate kinship between two men.
A strong, poetic feature debut from a master-in-the-making, centering on two young children’s perspective of living in their home village, as the adults around them converse about the cruelty and misery of life.
Stunning contributions by cinematographer Roger Deakins and composer Philip Glass aside, Scorsese’s religious biopic about the 14th Dalai Lama sometimes feels inert and uninspired from a narrative point-of-view.
Some pacing issues aside, Tarantino’s only screen adaptation mostly works because of our faith in his characters and where he takes them to.
China’s turbulent 20th century history is captured sweepingly in Mabel Cheung’s effective if straightforward film about the contributions and exploits of three pivotal sisters.
Plainfully simple yet thematically complex, this slow and bleak feature remains to be one of Kiarostami’s most profoundly engaging works.
Eternality Tan 