Two lonely, emotionally wounded men find connection in each other as Wenders’ road movie takes us on a poetic journey of self-reflection as they drive from one town to another, repairing faulty cinema projectors.
Herzog’s take on the Count Dracula story may not offer any narrative surprises, but as a moody work of restrained horror marked by an oddly calm sense of foreboding, it exudes an earthier and organic feel.
A Trans-Siberian train journey turns into a ‘Trans-Mongolian’ detour on the steppes as a group of Westerners find themselves ‘enjoying’ the hospitality of a Mongolian Princess and her people, in an oddly-structured but exuberant work that challenges exoticist assumptions in East-West cultural discourse.
Zulawski’s infamous cult horror about a couple’s disintegrating marriage is as deranged a film as any, featuring a terrifying performance for the ages by Cannes Best Actress winner Isabelle Adjani.
Fassbinder’s tale of a despondent transgender woman facing the anguish of a wrecked love life might be one of his gloomiest efforts in portraying the existence of the marginalised.
A depressing, slow-burning gay drama that only Fassbinder (also fantastic in the lead role) could have conceived—full of pathos and rich in its depiction of the milieu of a class-divided queer community.
An anomaly in Rohmer’s filmography, this beautiful if minimalist period costume drama about a woman who doesn’t know how she got pregnant feels like a stage exercise rather than an embracing, organic work.
This less celebrated entry in Fassbinder’s BRD trilogy is a biting take on capitalism and the commodification of the body as postwar Germany rebuilds.
The perils of drug addiction meet with the allure of a faded Third Reich star in Fassbinder’s evocative and fatalistic penultimate film.
A relentless if chaotic sound design intensifies this controversial ensemble drama about a group of middle-class European terrorists trying to find an impetus for action amid the lull of domestication.
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