Jealousy (French Film)
French post-nouvelle vague auteur Philippe Garrel once again poetically deals with the complications of love in his new film starring his son Louis.
Tagged: mood: artsy
Forest for the Trees, The (German Film)
The Forest for the Trees is an acute and absorbing study of an idealistic high school teacher who gradually deteriorates both emotionally and psychologically.
Phoenix (2014)
A disfigured concentration camp survivor searches postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Court (Indian Film)
Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court is a quietly devastating, absurdist portrait of the Indian judicial system and everything it stands for.
Kreditis Limiti
In this comedy of manners, a woman from a former bourgeois family tries to keep up appearances by relying on unsavory financial practices.
Assassination (1964)
One of director Shinoda Masahiro’s finest achievements, Assassination portraits a mysterious and charismatic individual who continuously shifts his allegiance from one political faction to another.
This Charming Girl (2004)
This Charming Girl is an assured and impressive debut feature about a young woman’s emotional life.
As I Lay Dying (2013)
The premise of a film about how a family deals with the death of a beloved member is interesting and obviously grim, but James Franco’s take on the story is quite a mixed bag.
Nora Noh (Documentary)
During the Japanese occupation of Korea, Nora Noh was married off early to escape the horrible fate of comfort women across East Asia, though she later divorced and ended up studying fashion design in the US. The rest is, of course, a not-so-well-known story.
Only Lovers Left Alive
He is an incurable nostalgic, wrapped up in memories of a glorious past. She lives in the present, enjoying everything, nourishing her soul just by being alive. Love is what brings them together.
