Roy Andersson’s latest won’t turn heads, but it is a tender, and at times, world-weary look at the fallibility of human beings as they eke out a despairing existence.
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About Endlessness (2019)
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Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, A (2014)
It has its great moments, but Andersson’s ‘Living’ trilogy closes on a lacklustre and disappointing note.
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You, the Living (2007)
The second instalment of Andersson’s absurdist ‘Living’ trilogy is a gentler but no less incisive take on the beauty and doldrums of human existence.
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
This wholly inventive and constantly surprising first film of Andersson’s ‘Living’ trilogy is one of the finest contemporary examples of absurdist cinema.
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Swedish Love Story, A (1970)
There’s enough humour and ‘70s romantic schmaltz in Andersson’s first feature to make it a pleasing slice-of-life experience.
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Parade (1974)
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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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.
