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American filmmaker; wrote and directed Blue Sun Palace (2024), which premiered in Critics' Week at Cannes and won its French Touch Prize.
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L'ArgentOther Robert Bresson
The craft in L’argent is impeccable, and the film contains one of my favorite sequences ever—the last sequence, in which the murder takes place.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for L’argent.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Close-UpOther Abbas Kiarostami
There are so many Kiarostami films that I love, including Taste of Cherry and Where Is the Friend’s House?, but Close-up is one that I always come back to.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Close-up.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Taste of CherryOther Abbas Kiarostami
There are so many Kiarostami films that I love, including Taste of Cherry and Where Is the Friend’s House?, but Close-up is one that I always come back to.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Close-up.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Where Is the Friend’s House?Other Abbas Kiarostami
There are so many Kiarostami films that I love, including Taste of Cherry and Where Is the Friend’s House?, but Close-up is one that I always come back to.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Close-up.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Cléo from 5 to 7Other Agnès Varda
I love Cléo from 5 to 7 so much that I named my beloved cat of sixteen years after the title character.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Cléo from 5 to 7.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Taipei StoryOther Edward Yang
There are of course other great Edward Yang films that I love, including Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day, but Taipei Story is very special to me, and I can’t quite describe it.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Taipei Story.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
Yi YiOther Edward Yang
There are of course other great Edward Yang films that I love, including Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day, but Taipei Story is very special to me, and I can’t quite describe it.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Taipei Story.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
A Brighter Summer DayOther Edward Yang
There are of course other great Edward Yang films that I love, including Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day, but Taipei Story is very special to me, and I can’t quite describe it.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Taipei Story.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
WandaOther Barbara Loden
Wanda is a great example of how films can be political and feminist.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Wanda.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantOther Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is another film about power imbalances in relationships, but this time with the most beautiful costumes.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗
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