J. M. Tyree
Distinguished Visiting Professor, VCUarts
USA
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| To Be or Not to Be | 1942 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| North by Northwest | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Cléo from 5 to 7 | 1962 | Agnès Varda |
| Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Sans Soleil | 1982 | Chris Marker |
| Dekalog (decalogue) | 1988/1989 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Wong Kar Wai |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | 2019 | Céline Sciamma |
Comments
'Every story is a travel story' (Michel de Certeau). You must go on a journey that changes you, even if you never leave home - that's the cinema. These films (and many more) take me everywhere, help me to see better, alter my perception of time, and give me back the taste for life. Right now they remind me of the difficult necessity for love and laughter in a broken world. Isn't there an infinite dream-mosaic to which we all contribute our own tile?