The opening shot of Aguirre: The Wrath of God tracks the descent of a group of conquistadors into an Amazon river valley as they search for El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. That shot becomes a metaphor for Aguirre’s descent into madness as he Read More …
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL,” Commander Dave Bowman requests. But the HAL 9000 computer is perfect; too perfect to allow humanity’s imperfections to interrupt this important mission to Jupiter. An epic of awe-inspiring visuals and a thundering symphonic soundtrack, 2001 is a pilgrimage into Read More …
Andrei Tarkovsky’s film about the great Medieval Russian Orthodox icon painter is a fractured journey, showing disparate episodes from Rublev’s life instead of following a traditional narrative arc. These include Rublev’s conversation with Theophanes, a cynical artist; a sequence in which he stumbles upon a Read More …
Stalker follows three men—a professor, an author, and their guide, a “Stalker”—on a journey from the muted and run-down city in which they live to The Zone, a vibrant and mysterious space created by an alien crash-landing. The journey becomes metaphysical as well as geographical Read More …
Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) is a 73 year-old veteran who has not spoken with his brother in ten years, but he won’t let his physical limitations stop him from a cross-country trek on a riding lawn mower in search of reconciliation. Along the road, he Read More …