-
Cobra Verde (1987)
Cobra Verde may not be as tightly focused as Werner Herzog’s grander masterpieces, yet in this grotesque nightmare of one bandit’s mission to revive Western Africa’s slave trade, it brutally exposes the barbaric machinery of empires built on the systemic commodification of suffering.
-
Bugonia (2025)
When a pair of conspiracy theorists kidnap a CEO they believe is an alien, neither zealots nor capitalists can escape the misanthropic aspersions of Lanthimos’ cosmic joke, as Bugonia spirals into an absurdist satire of power, paranoia, and humanity’s self-inflicted ruin.
-
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Through Nouvelle Vague’s homage to cinema’s boldest revolution, Richard Linklater reaffirms his place among those who champion the thrill of raw creation, recounting the feverish, spontaneous inspiration that erupted on Jean-Luc Godard’s chaotic production of Breathless.
-
Late Autumn (1960)
Overshadowed it may be compared to Yasujirō Ozu’s other family dramas, but Late Autumn’s examination of marriage and remarriage in mid-century Japan still finds fresh emotional textures in its colour cinematography, intertwining love, duty, and generational bonds.
-
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
For all the flaws that plague the Star Wars prequels, very few can detract from the operatic descent into darkness that Revenge of the Sith ushers in, seeing George Lucas embrace the melodrama, myth, and political allegory of his epic saga to craft its most tragic chapter.
