The Ice Storm (1997)

The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) Ang Lee's status as one of the more important directors of this generation has been solidified by his exi...

Edmond (2005)

Edmond (Stuart Gordon, 2005) David Mamet's pre-Pulitzer Award 1982 one-act play Edmond , is a morality play set in the darkest, most sin...

Alexandra's Project (2003)

Alexandra's Project (Rolf de Heer, 2003) Rolf de Heer's Alexandra's Project begins like a dream. The camera glides through the ...

Irreversible (2002)

Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002) Gaspar Noé, ever the provocateur, starts his film in what he thinks is witty and creative, but what I think ...

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, 1988) One night in 1976, Randall Adams ran out of gas in the highway and would, by fate, meet David Harris...

Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) After the success of Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) , Universal Studios began production for an adaptat...

Baazi (1951)

Baazi (Guru Dutt, 1951) English Title: The Wager Guru Dutt's Bollywood career can be said to have been a direct result of his friendshi...

The Devil-Doll (1936)

The Devil-Doll (Tod Browning, 1936) Ah, Tod Browning, king of the cinematic macabre. He after all brought to us the cinematic representation...

Deconstructing Harry (1997)

Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen, 1997) Woody Allen is first and foremost a writer who can direct films. He takes his cinematic cues from ...

Maicling Pelicula Nañg Ysañg Indio Nacional (O Ang Mahabang Kalungkutan ng Katagalugan) (2005)

Maicling Pelicula Nañg Ysañg Indio Nacional (O Ang Mahabang Kalungkutan ng Katagalugan) (Raya Martin, 2005) English Title: A Short Film Abo...

Sukob (2006)

Sukob (Chito Roño, 2006) English Title: The Wedding Curse Philippine cinema belatedly joined the Asian horror bandwagon with the successful ...

One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

One Wonderful Sunday (Akira Kurosawa, 1947) Japanese Title: Subarashiki nichiyobi Sunday morning, a crowded train takes a stop and passenger...

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1978)

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (John Woo, 1978) Cantonese Title: Hao xia John Woo reached his directorial peaks during the late eighties and the ...

Springtime in a Small Town (2002)

Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang, 2002) Mandarin Title: Xiao cheng zhi chun Mu Fei's Spring in a Small Town (1948) has the...

Scandal (1950)

Scandal (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) Japanese Title: Shubun In 1950, Akira Kurosawa, disgruntled and disappointed at the irresponsibility of the p...

Dracula (1931)

Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931) Despite the many reincarnations of Count Dracula in film, from Francis Ford Coppola's more baroque and lite...

Mysterious Skin (2004)

Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004) We live in an age where queer cinema, or at least the more conventional branch of a genre that is vast,...

Freaks (1932)

Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932) It's an inevitable psychological response, humans tend to repel, disassociate, or react violently when shown...

Lady in the Water (2006)

Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan, 2006) 1996, American-born Indian director M. Night Shyamalan finally got his big break. The Sixth Se...