For better or worse, it feels like you are watching a book unfold in this beautiful if unbalanced adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s well-studied novel.
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Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
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Tag / USA
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Miami Vice (2006)
Mann’s slick, underappreciated cool fever dream about undercover agents infiltrating a drug trafficking ring is more intelligent and impressionistic a work than any Hollywood studio would dare to admit.
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My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Wong’s English-language debut could be his weakest film, though there are moments of soulfulness to savour.
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Stray (2020)
This beautifully-shot documentary is a visual tone poem, as filmmaker Elizabeth Lo tenderly captures several street dogs in Turkey, almost entirely from the ‘dog’s eye’ view.
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Untouchables, The (1987)
An entertaining De Palma crime-and-justice classic set in Prohibition-era Chicago, featuring indelible supporting work by Sean Connery and a rousingly emotional score by Ennio Morricone.
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Funny Games U.S. (2007)
A shot-by-shot U.S. remake by Haneke himself of his earlier work, which might just challenge more viewers to tackle his singular filmography.
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El Sicario: Room 164 (2010)
You won’t believe that a documentary centering entirely on a masked man with a notepad in a motel room can be so compelling—and harrowing—as Rosi gives us a shocking exposé on the inner workings of drug cartels in Mexico.
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Into the Inferno (2016)
Despite not having a strong central focus and being rather all over the place—quite literally so as it covers volcanoes around the world—Herzog’s documentary remains eye-opening and culturally illuminating as it explores the myths and cults surrounding these fiery beasts of nature.
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Carlito’s Way (1993)
An underrated and fatalistic crime drama led by the Scarface De Palma-Pacino combo, with Sean Penn giving a superlative supporting performance.
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Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
Zhao’s naturalistic debut feature, shot largely at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, is part ethnographic, part poetic take on the communities living on the land.
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Eternality Tan 