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Genre: Drama

An Autumn Afternoon

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

One of the finest final films of all time, Yasujiro Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon follows a template familiar to Ozu-heads: …

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Directed by Terence Nance

Visionary filmmaker Terence Nance wrote, produced, directed, and stars in this kaleidoscopic film about an artist exploring the notions of …

And Life Goes On

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

In the aftermath of the 1990 earthquake in Iran that left fifty thousand dead, Kiarostami returned to Koker, where his …

Angels of Sin

Directed by Robert Bresson

Bresson’s first feature hints at the themes for which his later films would become famous: isolation, suffering, martyrdom, and the …

Anna Christie

Directed by Clarence Brown

“Garbo talks!” read the tagline for this relatively unglamorous 1930 MGM work, adapted from the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by Eugene O’Neill …

Anna Karenina

Directed by Clarence Brown

A massive commercial and critical success upon release in 1935, Anna Karenina was, at the time, one of the biggest …

Antiporno

Directed by Sion Sono

Sion Sono’s adventure re-visits the world of the Roman (softcore) Porno yielding a film that’s anything but sexually gratifying: Is …

Aparajito (The Unvanquished)

Directed by Satyajit Ray

APARAJITO, the second film in “The Apu Trilogy,” continues the story of the Bengali family after they have left for …

Approved for Adoption

Directed by Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin

VISITING ARTIST—The Korean War left thousands of young refugees scattered across Europe and the United States. In this vibrant animated …

Apu Sansar (The World of Apu)

Directed by Satyajit Ray

The concluding part of “The Apu Trilogy” deals with Apu’s adulthood and the challenges of living in the city in …

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, the Restless One

Directed by Miguel Gomes

“An up-to-the minute rethinking of what it means to make a political film today, Gomes’s shape-shifting paean to the art …

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One

Directed by Miguel Gomes

“The middle section of Gomes’s monumental yet light-footed magnum opus shifts into a more subdued and melancholic register. But within …

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