An exercise in suspense filmmaking from the Master, though it lacks narrative drive that leads to little payoff.
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Birds, The (1963)
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Tag / USA
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Farewell Amor (2020)
This strong debut feature on the African immigrant experience in the US is told via an unconventional triptych structure that explores with uncommon nuance the subjectivity of personal truths and experiences.
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Family Romance, LLC (2019)
While it may be rather underwhelming, Herzog’s gentle docu-fiction explores our need to connect with another human being despite the increasing commodification of human experiences in modern societies.
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
One of the greatest documentaries about the making of a movie ever—and of ‘Apocalypse Now‘ no less.
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
An abortion drama told introspectively from the perspective of two teenage girls who must chart their own path in this tender third feature by rising filmmaker Eliza Hittman.
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North by Northwest (1959)
This is one of Hitchcock’s crowning achievements where he perfected the picaresque pursuit as a flat-out entertainer.
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Wrong Man, The (1956)
A stylistic and narrativistic departure for Hitchcock that is anchored by solid performances by Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.
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Trouble with Harry, The (1955)
Rear Window (1954)
My personal favourite of all of Hitchcock’s works, this intelligent and suspenseful treatment on scopophilia and scopophobia in relation to gender, gaze theory and paranoia is also one of his finest achievements.
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Junun (2015)
P.T. Anderson’s mesmerising hour-long shot-in-India documentary about the coming together of musicians to record an album is a musical dream transcending its raw, no-frills production.
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