Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar’s self-reflective auto-fiction film, Pain and Glory, earns a position among the greats thanks to excellence across the board; from story to themes to acting, it offers some of the best examples of filmmaking of the century so far.
Out of Africa
The leading performances of its central love triangle help Out of Africa overcome some narrative slowness, giving the audience a trio of complex characters to dwell on and examine, earning it a place among the greats.
The Beaches of Agnès
The Beaches of Agnès provides a wholistic look back at the filmmaker’s life and work, offering the audience a look inside the head of one of the most prolific and unique filmmakers in history, earning itself a spot among the greats in the process.
Mirror
Mirror’s glorious cinematography and disjointed sense of regret brings out a more impactful final message that others rarely think as badly about us as we do about ourselves, doing the work of a true artistic film in pleasing both the senses and the soul, earning a place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
The Big Sick
In exploring the genre’s capability to tell true stories, The Big Sick elevates romantic comedy to a truly moving place in showcasing its writers’ relationship and its rocky beginnings in fully satisfying fashion, earning it recognition as one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July features a masterclass performance from Tom Cruise in the leading role that ties the film together, allowing it to present its thoughts on veterans and the military industrial complex to the audience in a compelling way that earns the film a place of greatness.
A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale’s contrasting and flawed father figures serve as the catalysts for the film’s main character in what is undeniably one of the most interesting coming-of-age stories ever brought to screen.