Paris, Texas (1984) A Film by Wim Wenders

With Paris, Texas , German-born director Wim Wenders shows a knack for capturing the essence of America's heartland with more grit, hone...

Winter's Bone (2010) A Film by Debra Granik

For my money, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone is the best possible way to spend approximately two hours with a horde of haggard, tooth...

Revanche (2008) A Film by Götz Spielmann

It's a shame that the work of a director like Götz Spielmann takes twenty years to get to the hyper-selective, censorship-prone Western ...

Moon (2009) A Film by Duncan Jones

It's rather fitting - and almost parodic - that the debut feature of young English director Duncan Jones, the son of famously intergalac...

An Education (2009) A Film by Lone Scherfig

It should have been clear from the title that Danish director Lone Scherfig's An Education would be something akin to getting lectured ...

An Autumn Afternoon (1962) A Film by Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu's final cinematic testament was the tragicomic An Autumn Afternoon , a film that in some ways distills his signature concer...

Cria Cuervos... (1976) A Film by Carlos Saura

Ana Torrent and landscapes. These seem like two surefire ingredients for majestic pictorial beauty. I remember being instantly drawn to Vict...