The Insider (1999) A Film by Michael Mann

For a film about a fired corporate scientist who leaks information about his former tobacco company to the CBS show 60 Minutes , Michael Man...

Claire's Knee (1970) A Film by Eric Rohmer

If a filmmaker ever created more tranquil evocations of the languid, luxurious pace of summertime than Eric Rohmer, I'm not aware of it....

Under the Volcano (1984) A Film by John Huston

( This is a tardy contribution to Adam Zanzie's John Huston Blogathon over at Icebox Movies . The celebration ran from August 5th to Au...

Fitzcarraldo (1982) A Film by Werner Herzog

By virtue of its tumultuous production, Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo has managed to give credence to the outlandish critical notion tha...

No Country For Old Men (2007) A Film by Joel and Ethan Coen

I didn't like No Country for Old Men much the first time I saw it. I admired the tension Joel and Ethan Coen created in the visceral &q...

The Wrestler (2008) A Film by Darren Aronofsky

In Darren Aronofsky's brief career arch, which is 75% full of highfalutin, far-reaching art films with variable sparks of genius, the re...

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007) A Film by Hou Hsiao-Hsein

The titular balloon from Albert Lamorisse's veritable French classic The Red Balloon has aged well. In the approximately fifty years si...