Yael Shuv
film critic - Time Out Tel Aviv
Israel
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Ikiru | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa |
| The Wind | 1928 | Victor Sjöström |
| 8½ | 1963 | Federico Fellini |
| Sunset Blvd. | 1950 | Billy Wilder |
| Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Once upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Sergio Leone |
| Wandafuru Raifu | 1998 | Hirokazu Koreeda |
| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Jacques Demy |
| The Piano | 1992 | Jane Campion |
| Ratcatcher | 1999 | Lynne Ramsay |
Comments
Ikiru
A dazzling humanistic poem
The Wind
Wind is the greatest cinematic metaphor
8½
The great oxymoron - a wonderous film that comes out of the filmmaker's failure to complete his film
Sunset Blvd.
Pathos, mythology and venom (with a heart) combined in this one of a kind reflection on Hollywood through the looking glass
Apocalypse Now
I couldn't decide between The Godfather and The Godfather 2, so I picked Apocalypse Now. Coppola is one of the greatest film artists and I could submit a top five list composed solely of his films
Once upon a Time in the West
The greatest fusion of music and cinematic storytelling
Wandafuru Raifu
An elegiac ode to the meaning of life, memory and cinema, packed into a wholly original story
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A divine alchemy of cinematic artificiality and human truthfulness
The Piano
A spellbinding, sensual, richly textured metaphoric film that reinvented the gothic tale.
Ratcatcher
One of the most beautiful and painful movies ever made about childhood. A dark diamond of a film that scorches the soul.