Lo sceicco bianco
Fellini's solo debut was a comedy about the high price of falling for celebrity.
Un americano a Roma
Alberto Sordi's American obsession still plays into Italian life six decades later.
La Mafia uccide solo d’estate
Pierfrancesco Diliberto, or "Pif," conjures up a bittersweet and poignant Mafia movie.
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
Gregory Peck shows his remarkable versatility in a movie about the 1950s urban rat race.
Madmen
Lumet's "Network" and Beineix's "Diva" are two sides of a brilliantly hallucinogenic coin.
Accattone
Pasolini's debut feature demonstrated a willingness to play by (and change) neorealist rules.
Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi steal the show in Paul Greengrass's brilliant thriller.
Gravity
While special effects minus monsters are a joy to behold, "Gravity" lacks gravitas.
Ghosts With Shit Jobs
Turning the outsourcing paradigm upside down makes for subversive science fiction.
Strange brews
Fellini's hedonistic Rome, Noé's vision of rape and revenge, and the Coen Brothers on botched spying.
Fists in Pockets
Marco Bellochio's tough 1965 debut presaged a wave of social change.