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 …