Landscape in the Mist (Topio Stin Omichli) A Film by Theodoros Angelopoulos (1988)

If there's ever a Greek director worth looking into, it's Theo Angelopoulos. Upon my first viewing of his 1988 film Landscape in the...

Late Spring (Banshun) A Film by Yasujiro Ozu (1949)

Without the contribution of Yasujiro Ozu to the landscape of art cinema, a lot of the current trends in Asian cinema would not be the same. ...

Morvern Callar (2002) A Film by Lynne Ramsay

The opening scenes of Lynne Ramsay's second feature, Morvern Callar , contain some promise before soon enough the film amounts to nothin...

Days of Heaven (1978) A Film by Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick's sleek period piece Days of Heaven is brimming with subtle denials of convention. Set in the heavenly wheat fields of ...

La Strada (1954) A Film by Federico Fellini

In a century of cinema that has certainly seen its share of decadent personal visions, few reach the radical extremes of Italian icon Federi...

Distant (Uzak) A Film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2002)

Another exciting director has sprung from the festival circuit producing simplistic yet profound films on a low budget: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. W...

Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) A Film By Andrei Tarkovsky (1962)

Make no mistake about it; if one is to assess the work of iconic Russian artist Andrei Tarkovsky, the first stop is unavoidably the spectacu...

Into the Wild (2007) A Film by Sean Penn

Somewhere within the 148 minute film roll of Sean Penn's Into the Wild is the groundwork for a sharper, more realized film, perhaps eve...