Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973) |
90% | |
Mon Oncle d'Amerique (1980) |
100% | |
Land and Freedom (1995) |
90% | |
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) |
90% | |
Vital (2005) |
100% | |
Based on a real historical event. Spanish conquistadors travel with captured Indian slaves marching through difficult terrains, in search of the legendary El Dorado (City of Gold). Commander Gonzalo Pizarro ordered a group of 40 men to expedite via r...(read more)iver... More
If I have to pick top three films, Mon Oncle d'Amerique would undoubtedly claim the privilege. The film is multifariously rewarding, notably in its formalism, deconstruction, and aesthetic philosophy.The film begins with a depiction of a blinking he...(read more)artbeat... More
David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, intends to join the International Brigades to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Upon crossing a border, he befriends revolutionists and ends up...(read more)... More
The first time when I watched this film I was living with a host family in Wales when I was around 12. I was disturbed by the ending; but now I have watched it twice more--once in college and once after college--I'm grown enough to appreciate the fil...(read more)m's... More
Remarkably deep and dark. A psychological retrospect obsessive with antithesis--even in its own structure.Rarely a film hybridizing such desolate subjects (amnesia, necrophilia, autopsy, death) could depict refined emotions, complex human relations,...(read more) and... More
On top of its outstanding actors, script, style, meticulous details and all-around dramatic intensity, I revere 12 Angry Men for able to bring up so many important questions and values of our lives. The film centers on a moralistic... More
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