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Tokyo Story (Japanese, 1953)
Tokyo Story , a classic of world cinema from Yasujiro Ozu, is a layered meditation on the disintegration of the nuclear family, told...
Jul 6, 202512 min read


Pather Panchali (Bengali, 1955)
Pather Panchali , the debut film of Satyajit Ray, is the first in the Apu Trilogy, chronicling the birth and early life of Apu in a small...
Nov 19, 202410 min read


The Godfather Part II (English, 1974)
The Godfather Part II , made by Francis Ford Coppola continues the saga of the Corleone family introduced in the original film. Source: https://beta.flim.ai/ The plot The film unfolds in two parallel storylines: a prequel tracing the rise of Vito Corleone (played by Robert De Niro) and a sequel following his son Michael Corleone's reign (played by Al Pacino). These strands are interspersed, demanding the viewer’s attention as the narrative shifts between past and present. St
Oct 9, 202418 min read


The Godfather (English, 1972)
The Godfather , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is the first in a trilogy of films chronicling the fortunes of the Corleones, a mafia...
Sep 22, 202420 min read


Jalsaghar (Bengali, 1958)
Jalsaghar , a film by Satyajit Ray narrates the story of a zamindar (a feudal landowner) who cannot come to terms with his diminished...
Sep 8, 20246 min read


Citizen Kane (English, 1941)
Citizen Kane , considered by many critics to be the best film ever made, was the directorial debut of Orson Welles and is believed to be...
Aug 31, 202411 min read


Shoot the Piano Player (French, 1960)
Shoot the Piano Player , a whimsical crime drama, is the French auteur Francois Truffaut's second film following the extraordinary 400...
Aug 23, 20247 min read


Perfect Days (Japanese, 2023)
Perfect Days , a Japanese film, directed by the German filmmaker Wim Wenders, is a meditative film, set in modern day Tokyo. Source: https://beta.flim.ai/ The plot Much like the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Perfect Days features a minimalistic narrative. The film centers around Hirayama, a middle-aged man portrayed by Kōji Yakusho, who works as a public toilet cleaner for the city. The film unfolds in two layers. The first layer of the film presents a detailed depiction of Hirayam
Jun 30, 20249 min read


Seven Samurai (Japanese, 1954)
Seven Samurai , directed by the renowned Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, narrates the story of a valiant battle fought by a group of...
Jun 23, 202417 min read


Drifting Clouds (Finnish, 1996)
Drifting Clouds , directed by the Finnish auteur, Aki Kaurismäki, narrates the story of a working class couple whose economic lives are...
May 11, 20248 min read


The Last Metro (French,1980)
The Last Metro , directed by Fran ç ois Truffaut, is set in 1942 when France was under Nazi occupation. The title alludes to the last...
Feb 18, 20247 min read


No end (Polish, 1985)
No End , directed by the Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski is set in 1982, when Poland was behind the Iron Curtain. The plot The film...
Dec 25, 20236 min read


Jules et Jim (French, 1962)
Jules et Jim , directed by Fran ç ois Truffaut traces the evolution of an unconventional love triangle involving Jules (played by Oscar...
Oct 9, 20238 min read


Nayak (Bengali, 1966)
Nayak , directed by the Indian auteur Satyajit Ray, stars the Bengali superstar of the time Uttam Kumar, playing a character that would...
Sep 30, 20239 min read


The Three Colors trilogy (French, 1993-1994)
The Three Colors trilogy is directed by the Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. The three colors- blue, white and red, are the colors...
Sep 24, 202314 min read


The Antoine Doinel series (French, 1959-1979)
Antoine Doinel is a beloved character created by the French director Francois Truffaut. Like Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy , the films in...
Sep 1, 202315 min read


L.A Confidential (English, 1997)
L.A. Confidential , directed by Curtis Hanson, is a crime drama set in 1950s Los Angeles. The film was nominated for the best picture...
Aug 20, 20235 min read


Trikaal (Hindi, 1985)
Trikaal , directed by Shyam Benegal, tells the story of a wealthy family in Goa, which unlike the rest of India, was under Portuguese rule. Picture: Goa (not from the movie) The bulk of the film unfolds as a flashback narrated by Ruiz Pereira, portrayed by Naseeruddin Shah in the present and Nikhil Bhagat in the flashback. The story centers on a wealthy Goan Christian family named Souza Soares. The narrator, Ruiz Pereira, the nephew of the family's doctor, is an outsider to t
Aug 12, 20235 min read
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