Hlynur Pálmason
November 2023
The writer and director ofGodland—Iceland’s 2023 Oscar submission—shares his love for Ana Torrent’s performances inCría cuervosandThe Spirit of the Beehive,talks about the physicality ofNakedand the fear and inspiration inL’humanité,andpraises the craft of Bresson as “like no other.”
10 picks
Picks (10)
The Spirit of the Beehive
Víctor Erice
1973 • Spain • 1h 38m
Cría cuervos . . .
Carlos Saura
1976 • Spain • 1h 45m
Naked
Mike Leigh
1993 • United Kingdom • 2h 11m
Ratcatcher
Lynne Ramsay
1999 • United Kingdom • 1h 34m
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Th. Dreyer
1928 • France • 1h 21m
Mirror
Andrei Tarkovsky
1975 • Soviet Union • 1h 47m
L’argent
Robert Bresson
1983 • France • 1h 25m
L’humanité
Bruno Dumont
1999 • France • 2h 29m
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
1966 • United Kingdom • 1h 51m
Unavailable
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
1975 • United States • 3h 8m
Unavailable