Last Year at Marienbad
It explores the mnemonic tendencies of the human mind, our idiosyncratic mix-ups of random facts and details, the way our memories often replay out of order, repeat themselves, and morph into falsity over time.
The Human Condition
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
He becomes their leader, and pushes these mentally disabled men to realize their potential for breaking through the apathy that dully colors their monotonous lives.
Taste of Cherry
It is humbling to watch this film as an American living in relative comfort, in the same way that it is humbling to travel to a third world country.
Millennium Actress
As we age, our memories form the individual people that we become. But as they fade, we can lose little bits of ourselves that were once crucial.