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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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.
P.T. Andersonโs 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.
A strong feature debut about postgraduation aimlessness that milks hilarity through an array of self-analytical characters who are far too absorbed in their own ennui to really think for themselves, but Baumbachโs clever script does all the hard work for them.
Marking Eastwoodโs late-career resurgence as a noteworthy filmmaker is this powerful drama about choices and consequences, backed by a solid ensemble cast that includes Oscar-winning performances by Sean Penn and Tim Robbins.
Chaplinโs greatest box-office success in the silent era remains a cultural touchstoneโa parable of greed, romance and peril that is as hilarious and touching now as it was a century ago.
No matter how many times you see it, it still holds up well as one of Hitchcockโs most morbid and suspenseful works.
An underrated gem by Hitchcock about psychoanalysis and the guilt complex, featuring a stirring Oscar-winning score by Miklos Rozsa.
A skimpy storyline and uninteresting lead characters mar this artistic antecedent to โMoulin Rougeโ and โLa La Landโ.
Herzog’s take on capital punishment from a humanistic standpoint – haunting, hopeful, and strange.
Haley Bennettโs hypnotic performance as a pregnant woman with a new compulsion for eating hard and sharp objects gives this polished feature debut a nuanced edge.