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Touch of Evil

Directed by Orson Welles

Celebrated as one of the greatest film noirs ever made, Welles’ mid-career morality tale sees him writing, directing, and starring …

Trouble Every Day

Directed by Claire Denis

Sex and violence bleed together in Claire Denis' erotic horror tale of an American scientist (Vincent Gallo) on honeymoon in …

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Directed by David Lynch

After Lynch’s Wild at Heart Palme d’Or triumph at Cannes, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me was met there with …

Vanishing Point

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian

Barry Newman plays the vaguely disillusioned antihero Kowalski, a solitary driver for a cross-country car delivery service. He picks up …

Vertigo

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Topping Sight & Sound’s most recent critics’ poll of the 50 greatest films of all time, this 1958 psychological thriller …

Vic + Flo Saw a Bear

Directed by Denis Côté

Deep in the snow-covered backwoods of Quebec, 61-year-old Vic is trying to escape her criminal past. Fresh out of prison …

What We Become

Directed by Bo Mikkelsen

Idyllic suburban life is shattered when news spreads of a viral infection at a neighboring rest home. Soon enough, the …

White God

Directed by Kornel Mundruczo

Man’s best friend becomes his worst nightmare when war breaks out between humans and dogs. After teenage Lili’s father decides …

Wyrmwood

Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner

Routine family life comes to an abrupt end for outback mechanic Barry, who, armed with a nail gun, finds little …

Yojimbo

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Set at the end of the Tokugawa era, YOJIMBO follows the rōnin Sanjuro (Toshirô Mifune) who, while wandering the countryside, …

Youth of the Beast

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Suzuki himself claims that 1963 was the year when he truly came into his own, and Youth of the Beast …

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