Javier Ikaz

Writer and creative
Spain

Voted for

FilmYearDirector
The Spirit of the Beehive1973Víctor Erice
The Exterminating Angel1962Luis Buñuel
Manhattan1979Woody Allen
Persona1966Ingmar Bergman
VIDA EN SOMBRAS1949Lorenzo Llobet Gracía
Rashomon1950Akira Kurosawa
Repulsion1965Roman Polanski
The 400 Blows1959François Truffaut
In Vanda's Room2000Pedro Costa
Close-up1989Abbas Kiarostami

Comments

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973 Spain

Delicious tale of fantastic reality. A love song to the movies and innocence.

The Exterminating Angel

1962 Mexico

Distressing moral fable, almost a horror story.

Manhattan

1979 USA

Chapter 1. He loved his city and portrayed it beautifully.

Persona

1966 Sweden

Whenever I see it I remain, like Liv Ullmann, without a voice.

VIDA EN SOMBRAS

1949 Spain

A love letter to cinema and possibly one of the best films about the Spanish Civil War.

Rashomon

1950 Japan

An eternally young classic movie.

Repulsion

1965 United Kingdom

A stupendous descent into the hell of the mind.

The 400 Blows

1959 France

A voyage of initiation, French neorealism, a poem made film.

In Vanda's Room

2000 Portugal, Germany, Switzerland

Reality slap.

Close-up

1989 Iran

Fiction and reality, cinema and life.