90. US director Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line (1998): “What’s this war in the heart of nature?”
on Oct 2, 2009 in USA Berlin winner If I were to state that the most interesting filmmaker alive and making films today is an American named Terrence Malick, the statement is likely to be met with stares, dead silence, or some incredulous query like “What, not Steven Spielberg?” Wh...

90. US director Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line" (1998): “What’s this war in the heart of nature?”
on Oct 2, 2009 in USA Berlin winner If I were to state that the most interesting filmmaker alive and making films today is an American named Terrence Malick, the statement is likely to be met with stares, dead silence, or some incredulous query like “What, not Steven Spielberg?” Wh...

89. Chinese director Wang Quan’an’s “Tuya’s marriage” (2006): A wedding that looks back at marriage and life
on Sep 13, 2009 in China Chicago winner Berlin winner The emerging cinema of mainland China offers quite a different whiff of fresh air compared to the new winds of change in cinema that one encounters from Iran, Korea, Spain, Turkey, or Mexico. Filmmakers of China are classified by a particular generat...

88. Russian director Khuat Akhmetov’s “Chelevok-veter” (Wind Man) (2007): Marquez in Kazakhstan
on Aug 26, 2009 in Kazakhstan Russia Many cinematic memories flashed in my mind at this Russian film set in Asia began. “Wind man” was the nick name of Akira Kurosawa, the great film maestro from Japan. Kurosawa was called the wind man, ever since his debut film Sugata Sanshiro/Judo...

88. Russian director Khuat Akhmetov’s “Chelovek-veter” (Wind Man) (2007): Marquez in Kazakhstan
on Aug 26, 2009 in Kazakhstan Russia Many cinematic memories flashed in my mind as this Russian film, set in Asia, began unspooling. “Wind man” was the nick name of Akira Kurosawa, the great film maestro from Japan. Kurosawa was called the wind man, ever since he made his debut film...

87. Italian director Francesco Rosi’s “Tre fratelli” (Three Brothers) (1981): Look back without anger
on Aug 2, 2009 in Italy Francesco Rosi’s film Three Brothers would be better appreciated if we refer and compare the film to the short story (the translation is freely available on the Internet) that inspired the unassuming but powerful cinematic work. An old man goes to...

86. Actor Tommy Lee Jones’ debut directorial effort "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (USA/France) (2005): Amazing grey actions in life
on Jul 12, 2009 in France Flanders winner USA Cannes winner The more you reflect on The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, the more you begin to appreciate what the value-added film has to offer the viewer.Many have seen the film and considered it to be yet another tale on the US Border Patrol actions ensur...

85. British director Roland Joffe’s “The Mission” (1986) (UK): A script for all seasons
on Jun 21, 2009 in Golden Globe winner UK Cannes winner Oscar winner BAFTA winner The Mission is a movie set in South America on Spanish/Portuguese colonization in the 17th century. Some viewers of the film could consider it to be an interesting treatise on how the Catholic Jesuit priests went about converting the indigenous Guara...

84. Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Trzy kolory: Czerwony" (Three Colors: Red) (1994):The color at the rainbow's edge and the optical spectrum
on May 30, 2009 in Vancouver winner Poland Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) is the last film made by a master of cinema. Having made his stunning 10-part Dekalog and following it by Three colors trilogy of Blue, White and Red, Kieslowski openly stated that he was retiring at the age of 52 He was o...

83. German director Tom Tykwer’s film “Das parfum (Perfume: The story of a murderer)” (2006): Capturing the smell of the bizarre with sight and sound
on Apr 19, 2009 in France USA Germany Spain German cinema through the ages has shown an incredible felicity of dealing with the bizarre. And Das Parfum is no exception. The 1920 silent film of Robert Wiene called The Cabinet of Dr Caligari laid the foundation for world cinema to deal with the...