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American independent filmmaker of Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996), Phantom Love (2007) and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022); teaches at CalArts.
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Andrei RublevOther Andrei Tarkovsky
The first three times I saw Andrei Rublev, I wept during the final scenes, when the boy creates the giant bell.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Nina Menkes, the entry for Andrei Rublev.
2022-11-29·criterion.com ↗
The Passion of Joan of ArcOther Carl Th. Dreyer
The Passion of Joan of Arc still stuns almost a century after it was made because its spiritual power transcends time.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Nina Menkes, the entry for The Passion of Joan of Arc.
2022-11-29·criterion.com ↗
La dolce vitaOther Federico Fellini
The first time I saw La dolce vita was on VHS, when it came out at my local video store in the late eighties, and I voraciously watched it five times in a row.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Nina Menkes, the entry for La dolce vita.
2022-11-29·criterion.com ↗
Au hasard BalthazarOther Robert Bresson
My favorite Bresson film, Au hasard Balthazar, takes us into the perspective of a donkey, an innocent animal constantly subjected to the random cruelties of the selfish and petty human beings who surround and control him.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Nina Menkes, the entry for Au hasard Balthazar.
2022-11-29·criterion.com ↗
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