Super Sad True Love Story
Shteyngart's super-sadness is also super-ordinary, like a shoe with bells and whistles.
A Bucket of Blood
If it's horror-schlock you want, Roger Corman is always glad to oblige.
Streets of Fire
Walter Hill's rock 'n' roll fable is among the best popcorn movies of the 1980s.
Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert)
Antonioni's landmark "Red Desert" makes 1960s Ravenna into a color wasteland.
The Hit
Terrence Stamp and a young Tim Roth give early Stephen Frears something to cheer about.
Bicycle Diaries
For "Talking Head" Byrne, the the world's offerings are best seen from a bike.
Sag Harbor
An impressive fifth movement from Colson Whitehead, who again looks back.
Black Narcissus
The Himalayas was no country for intense nuns — at least not in 1947.
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre: The Wrath of God)
In Herzog's celebrated "Aguirre," conquistador and Kinski are too close for comfort.
Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee's early take on race relations in Brooklyn remains a stunning accomplishment.
Harlan County, USA
Barbara Kopple's 1976 documentary about an American coal miner's strike is a buried gem.
Il grido (The Outcry)
Antonioni's 1957 "Il Grido" makes its point thanks to the vast and treeless voodoo of the Po Valley.