Tati’s swansong is a delightful circus act (and quite literally, and dazzlingly so) as he implicates artists, entertainers and audience members alike in the performative.
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Parade (1974)
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Sacrifice, The (1986)
This is Tarkovsky channeling Bergman through his own unique visuals and esoteric style, and also a fitting end to his astonishing but short-lived career of cinematic gems.
Melancholia (2011)
A bold work by Lars von Trier that is as much a unique cinematic experience as it is thought-provoking.
New Land, The (1972)
The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.
Border (2018)
One of the European discoveries of 2018, Ali Abbasi’s second feature is assured filmmaking that is fascinating and unsettling in equal measure.
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Charting a woman’s dour domestic life as a mother in early 20th century Sweden, and whose artistic awakening comes in the form of a camera, Troell’s late-career triumph is a layered, exquisite delight.
Here Is Your Life (1966)
Jan Troell’s naturalistic if poetic debut feature may have been well-regarded in Swedish cinema, but it is difficult to be absorbed by a work that is too meandering and elliptical for its own good.
Emigrants, The (1971)
A ‘historical epic’ about a Swedish family emigrating to the States, told unhurriedly in the most intimate and natural of ways.
