Directed by the great living legend of Korean cinema, "Painted Fire" tells the tempestuous life story of Oh-won, one of the most famous artists of his time. Played with bombastic, larger-than-life ferocity by ...

Like so many Iranian filmmakers of the post-revolutionary generation, Majidi has the magic touch when it comes to crafting heart-gripping stories about youth and poverty in the tradition of De Sica's "Bicycle Thief". ...

This sumptuous masterpiece was the crowning achievement of Marcel Carne's career. The bewitching Arletty makes a tantalizing love interest, but the movie belongs to Jean-Louis Barrault playing the famed pantomime, ...

Belzberg’s Oscar-nominated documentary brings into sharp, harrowing focus the plight of nearly 20,000 kids eking out a living in Bucharest after the collapse of communism. Teenage Christine, a mental-hospital refugee, ...

Produced by Irving Thalberg for MGM, this salty-tongued, high-seas romance adventure features Gable, then "King of Hollywood", in one of his sauciest and naughtiest roles, playing a caustic, philandering ship captain on ...

Cynical, brooding, and knotted with mystery, Polanski's "Chinatown" is an inspired update of the private eye picture that equals most anything Bogart did in the forties. The cast, of course, can't be beat: Nicholson ...

The final installment in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series, "Afternoon" is a wonderfully acted, deeply thoughtful meditation on the idea of marital infidelity. Frederic and his alluring afternoon companion voice every ...

For this neo-realist urban drama, a follow-up to the acclaimed “Man Push Cart,” Ramin Bahrani enlisted local and nonprofessional actors to enact a heart-rending story about poverty, disenfranchisement, and the American ...

“Chris and Don” presents a touching and absorbing tribute to a rich partnership that stood the test of time. Few would have guessed this seemingly mismatched couple would last at the outset: when they met, Isherwood was ...

Based on the real-life Levi’s autobiographical novel, Rosi’s film is a quietly affecting film about poverty, politics, and human resilience in 1930s Lucania, a place forgotten by time and the forces of history, while ...

Filmed in 1986 and produced by Berry for Oscar-nominated director Hackford, “Hail! Hail!” is much more than a rollicking concert documentary (Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, and Julian Lennon are all on the bill) and ...

Peering inside the head of master animator Jones and revisiting sequences from some of his most famous shorts is half the fun of watching Selby's up-close-and-personal documentary. The rest comes from listening to what ...

Originally aired as a three-part series on PBS, Carter's "Churchill" explores the legacy of this remarkable rhetorician through old newsreel footage, character-establishing interviews with friends and family members, ...

Based on a tale told (and filmed) numerous times, this brilliant, slow-building, three-hour samurai epic tracks the efforts of 47 loyal ronin to seek vengeance against an arrogant adversary. Weaving multiple storylines ...

Even after 55 years, "Cinderella" remains a tirelessly enchanting milestone of Disney storytelling, with splendid animation, vibrant color, and marvelous songs to complement the rags-to-riches, Charles Perrault-inspired ...

Shot on location in Tornatore's hometown of Bagheria, Sicily, this gorgeously nostalgic semi-autobiographical film pays tribute to the magic and wonderment of movie-going while spinning a bittersweet wartime tale about ...

This minimalist drama about two drifters traveling in the desert-like environs of rural Brazil has a touching delicacy that emphasizes quiet moments and soul-searching dialogue over adventurous interludes. Debut helmer ...

Filmed on location in Beirut, and shot in a quasi-documentary style, Schlondorff’s war tragedy sets a fictional tale of love between a battle-worn correspondent and a wealthy Lebanese woman against the backdrop of a ...

Simply relating the basic boy-meets-girl plot of Citizen Dog cannot capture the wonder of this truly magical, one-of-a-kind film. Dog evokes a world where anything can happen, and does-from teddy bears coming to life, ...

Perhaps the greatest debut in movie history, "Citizen Kane" remains one of the most influential American films of all time, thanks to the genius of Welles, who constructed this brilliant, elaborate puzzler at the tender ...