Asghar Farhadi’s 10 Favorite Films
Asghar Farhadi's films don't strike me as having much of a cinematic precedent, which is not at all to suggest they aren't "cinematic." Consider, rather, the fa...
Director Favorites
Andrzej Żuławski’s 10 Favorite Films
For a man who created forward-thinking, boundary-pushing cinema embraced by small, devoted sects of cinephiles, Andrzej Żuławski's Sight & Sound list of...
‘Room’ and ‘Frank’ Director Lenny Abrahamson’s 10 Favorite Films
The best-known films of director Lenny Abrahamson, Frank and the quadruple Oscar-nominee Room, follow sad, and in some cases, broken souls as they sea...
Jacques Rivette’s 10 Favorite Films
If one wishes to highlight what made Jacques Rivette a significant figure in the cinematic landscape, it's key that they cite his cinephilia -- the rabid so...
Allen Ginsberg’s 10 Favorite Films
Before its flame was extinguished, New York's legendary Kim's Video contributed further to the world of cinephilia by polling better-known customers about t...
Watch Gaspar Noé Visit the Criterion Collection Closet and Pick His Favorite Films
"I remember my mother, on my eighteenth birthday, she brought me to see Pasolini’s Salò," Gaspar Noé recently told us. "I said, 'Why did you show me this?'”...
The Dardenne Brothers’ 10 Favorite Films
It should surprise precisely nobody that Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne made a single list for Sight & Sound, and it doesn't strike me as odd that they acte...
The Favorite Films of ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Creator Hideo Kojima
As the latest installment of Metal Gear Solid arrives, we look at the creator's favorite films of all-time....
Bong Joon-ho’s 10 Favorite Films
Bong Joon-ho's work encompass so many ideas, mindsets, and moods that they seem to have been made by someone with a reserve of great passion and, most importantly, knowledge. ...
Stanley Kubrick’s Favorite Films
We celebrate the legendary director's birthday by looking back at his 93 favorite films....