Quite simply, it captures the beauty of the human condition.

An artfully composed tale about a pitiable man of power brought to his knees by untamable forces, both Lola Lola and the crippling masochistic desire within himself.

Chaplin beckons the viewer to recognize and fight against tyrants, and every few years, as another despot comes along, his film becomes achingly relevant again.

A film of vintage designs and ideas, Brad Bird’s superhero film nonetheless proved ahead of its time.

In a bastion of artistry and intellectual seriousness, Schrader engages the problem of Mishima and provides an answer through extravagant, thoughtful filmmaking.

“Would everything be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”

A murder mystery in which no murder has been committed.

Ousmane Sembène’s film is about female comradeship against male-dominated rituals over their bodies.

A brilliant and devastating allegory for postcolonial subjectivity.