The Taste of Things
Dir. Tran Anh Hung
If it’s true that to cook is to love, then Dodin and Eugenie must be enraptured by one another. They…
Decision to Leave
Dir. Park Chan-wook
A twitchy, uncomfortable noir film for the digital age, Decision to Leave blends the trappings of a restless police procedural…
Fitzcarraldo
Dir. Werner Herzog
There are plenty of films about dreamers, but none as wild and wacky as Fitzcarraldo. The film follows the titular…
Days of Heaven
Dir. Terrence Malick
The title of Days of Heaven perfectly captures the idyllic life on the farm. It’s truly beautiful. Director Terrence Malick…
Empire of Passion
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima
In the Realm of the Senses shocked audiences globally with its sexually explicit story, so it’s probably why filmmaker Nagisa…
Naked
Dir. Mike Leigh
It doesn’t matter how many years have passed, Naked is the kind of film that’s sure to shock you with…
Fargo
Taking the violence and offbeat comedy of the original movie and adding constantly expanding narratives on top of it, Noah…
Barton Fink
Dir. Joel Coen
Barton Fink is remarkable for many reasons, the most immediate of which is its style. Fink’s Hollywood, contrary to most…
Happy Together
Dir. Kar-Wai Wong & Wong Kar-wai
Happy Together is a beautifully devastating tale about a gay couple, portrayed by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Leslie Cheun, who…
Nostalghia
Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Out of all the titles in Andrei Tarkovsky’s filmography, Nostalghia might be his most underseen work. The reason why is…
Foxcatcher
Dir. Bennett Miller
From the director of Moneyball, Foxcatcher is a true-story-based thriller centered around Olympic wrestlers and brothers Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and…
La Haine
Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
At the risk of being cliché, I’m going to state that only the French could have made a movie about…
All About My Mother
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
A lot of things steal your attention in All About My Mother, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s ode to women. There…
Dear Diary
Dir. Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first…
Three Monkeys
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to…
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Dir. Joel Coen
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small…
Mulholland Drive
Dir. David Lynch
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette…
