The Science of Sleep (La science des rêves) A Film by Michel Gondry (2006)

Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep is one among only a handful of great 21st century examples of an established film artist letting l...

Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) A Film by Hirozaku Kore-Eda (2008)

Coming out of the cinema after Hirozaku Kore-Eda's latest film Still Walking , the world seemed so unremarkable. The Boston streets felt...

Snow Angels (2007) A Film by David Gordon Green

Snow Angels is my introduction to director David Gordon Green, but, given some general knowledge of his oeuvre, it is clear that the film i...

Made in U.S.A (1966) A Film by Jean-Luc Godard

As a turning point in Jean Luc-Godard's career, Made in U.S.A is also one of the director's strangest endeavors, an overtly self-in...

In the Loop (2009) A Film by Armando Iannucci

Take The Office and Armando Iannucci's In the Loop . Observe the differences. Both are highly satirical looks at the behind-the-scenes ...

Persepolis (2007) A Film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud

The comic book to film adaption has seen distinct results: there are the slew of superhero films such as Spiderman , The Hulk , and Watchmen...

Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari) A Film by Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)

Assembled from two of the nine sections in Akirari Ueda's popular Japanese folk tales, Tales of Moonlight and Rain , Kenji Mizoguchi'...

WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) A Film by Dusan Makavejev

The ideas proposed by psychologist/philosopher William Reich were immensely radical in his time (1930's to 1950's), and perhaps stil...