CategoryAction

Action, Comedy

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Václav Vorlíček created the first Czechoslovak absurd bond-esque espionage parody that still holds its cult status.

Action, Comedy

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

The instant cult French espionage parody by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset.

REVIEWS

Monanieba (Repentance, 1984)

Tengiz Abuladze by presenting a grotesque realism with a touch of subcutaneous self-sarcasm managed to bury all the fears that had survived for so many years in the USSR.

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

Τhe controversial documentary by Gianfranco Rosi. A retired sicario is narrating his experiences working for the Mexican drug cartels.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Venice 71

The best finale to Roy Andersson's witty and extremely unpredictable existentialistic Living Trilogy. Golden Lion at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Elena (2011)

The Revelation according to Andrei Zvyagintsev doesn’t come after a terrifying future event. It is the already present moral collapse that will bring the inevitable catastrophe.

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

CategoryAction

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

Monanieba (Repentance, 1984)

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Venice 71

Elena (2011)

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

André Bazin: The Ontology of the Photographic Image

Kieślowski and the magic of screen

Satyajit Ray on Cinema

Chris Marker on time

TV vs. Cinema by Jean-Luc Godard