Paris 05:59 / Théo & Hugo
Dir. Jacques Martineau & Olivier Ducastel
Given the first eighteen minutes, one might mistake Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo for more explicit content. However, after their…
Never Look Away
Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
It’s impossible to describe this incredible movie as one thing or the other. It’s an epic three-hour saga that takes…
April and the Extraordinary World
Dir. Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci
Contrary to other sci-fi films, this oddball animated feature reimagines a different history. Rather than envisioning where tech can take…
Lie with Me
Dir. Olivier Peyon
Oh, the pains of first love. Many a film has been created in memory of it, so the struggles of…
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
Dir. Alain Ughetto
With cardboard houses, sugar winters, and broccoli trees, No Dogs or Italians Allowed at first seems lighthearted, playful, and not…
Becoming Astrid
Dir. Pernille Fischer Christensen
This Swedish movie is the story of Astrid Lindgren, one of the most translated children book writers of all time.…
Child's Pose
Dir. Călin Peter Netzer
With drastic consequences and the existence of the law, how do the rich get away with anything? Child’s Pose doesn’t…
Up, Down, Fragile
Dir. Jacques Rivette
Up, Down, Fragile is a musical, but you wouldn’t know it until past the first hour. That’s because it doesn’t…
The Seventh Continent
Dir. Michael Haneke
Considering Michael Haneke’s preoccupation towards societal estrangement, is it any wonder that his directorial feature is as bleak and depressing?…
Miracle in Milan
Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Best known for Italian neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio De Sica followed it up with a surprisingly hopeful fantasy comedy…
Sieranevada
Dir. Cristi Puiu
Sieranevada spends nearly three hours mostly through conversations and a memorial ceremony in just one family apartment. That wouldn’t be…
Far from Men
Dir. David Oelhoffen
Far from Men adapts Albert Camus’ The Guest, but while the events of the story occurred half a century ago,…
1945
Dir. Ferenc Török
At the end of World War II, the world didn’t declare peace and call it a day. Reparations had to…
Mysteries of Lisbon
Dir. Raúl Ruiz
For better or worse, there is a lot that has been decided about your life even before you were born–…
La Belle Noiseuse
Dir. Jacques Rivette
When it comes to work, most apply to a job, take a 9-5 role for some decades, and then retire…
Sami Blood
Dir. Amanda Kernell
This coming-of-age story starts in the present time, where Elle Marja, now a grandmother, reluctantly goes to her sister’s funeral…
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Dir. Alain Resnais
While initially commissioned to be an atomic bomb documentary, Hiroshima Mon Amour became something entirely different. For starters, it’s not…
My Best Fiend
Dir. Werner Herzog
Sometimes, we meet people we don’t like, but in some way or another, we’re forced to keep dealing with them.…
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Dir. Robert Hamer
Murder is terrible, of course, but it proves to be surprisingly hilarious in Kind Hearts and Coronets. On top of…
Drowning by Numbers
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Murdering your spouse is bad, so it’s slightly bizarre how Drowning by Numbers has an unbothered, even amused, attitude towards…
Werckmeister Harmonies
Dir. Béla Tarr
Werckmeister Harmonies is perplexing, to say the least. No one would expect that a circus would somehow disrupt a village…
A Woman in Berlin
Dir. Max Färberböck
A Woman in Berlin is a harrowing film. Of course, many war dramas aren’t easy to watch, as they present…
Fitzcarraldo
Dir. Werner Herzog
There are plenty of films about dreamers, but none as wild and wacky as Fitzcarraldo. The film follows the titular…