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.
Not well-appreciated in its time, this satirical docu-style fiction feels like the last word on America’s controversial involvement in the Iraq War, and sees De Palma at his most liberal and provocative.
Perhaps too unfairly dissed, this is electrifying filmmaking by Stone as he captures the excessive machismo of sport—in this case, American football—with flashy editing and an energetic ensemble cast that includes strong turns by Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx.
One of the greatest films ever made, this is sensational, complex and absolutely rivetting filmmaking by Oliver Stone about one of the most shocking American events of the 20th century and the fascinating conspiracy theories behind it.
Coppola’s follow-up is even more ambitious in terms of narrative structure as he seamlessly explores themes of power, family and betrayal across time in one of cinema’s most astonishing sequels.
One of Stone’s stronger works, this recreation of the 1960s American struggle for freedom amid the turmoil of the Vietnam War is at best fervent and emotional.
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.
Watching and listening to farm animals can be surprisingly cinematic in this immersive dialogue-free new documentary by Kossakovsky that seems to exist outside of time, even as it startlingly reminds us that these animals have fates they can’t control.
Eternality Tan 