Stanley Kwan’s gay drama, set in 1980s Beijing, feels more impressionistic than a deeply-felt journey with its characters, though the performances are compelling enough to overcome its rather lean narrative.
A stunning achievement, Kon’s second feature-length anime is both a tribute to the history of Japanese cinema and the relentless pursuit of love to the ends of the world.
One of the great modern urban war films of the last twenty years, directed with masterful skill by Ridley Scott.
Two decades on, this Oscar-winning, Cannes Palme d’Or-nominated (!) animated delight remains as energetic, refreshing and meaningful as ever.
Generally solid if slightly overlong Muhammad Ali biopic with an underrated performance from Will Smith—it doesn’t push the envelope for the boxing genre, but Mann delivers the fundamentals right.
Spielberg’s warm touch of sentimentality is obvious if reassuring in this sci-fi project that Kubrick was working on before his untimely passing.
Possibly the finest and most fully-realised of his early works, Wes Anderson tells a quirky story about a family full of eccentric, estranged members looking for some measure of redemption and reconciliation.
Haneke’s shocking work daringly dissects the nature of love, sexual desire, sadomasochism and power with a fierce intelligence that is matched only by arguably Isabelle Huppert’s finest ever performance.
Arguably David Lynch’s magnum opus, this is the cinematic equivalent of the ultimate Rubik’s cube – mysterious, unsolvable, haunting and a psycho-emotionally shattering experience.
One of Pixar’s best efforts, and still one of their most conceptually imaginative pictures to date.
Eternality Tan 