Carl Franklin

April 2023

The director ofOne False MoveandDevil in a Blue Dresstalks about his love of Yasujiro Ozu, the exploration of crime inPixote, the inspiration he took fromChildren of Paradise, and one of the greatest jazz films of all time.

12 picks

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Picks (12)

The Killers

Box Set

My Life as a Dog

Lasse Hallström

1985 • Sweden • 1h 42m

Children of Paradise

Marcel Carné

1945 • France • 3h 10m

Tokyo Story

Yasujiro Ozu

1953 • Japan • 2h 17m

Late Spring

Yasujiro Ozu

1949 • Japan • 1h 48m

8½

Federico Fellini

1963 • Italy, France • 2h 19m

To Sleep with Anger

Charles Burnett

1990 • United States • 1h 41m

Unavailable

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3

Box Set

Death in Venice

Luchino Visconti

1971 • Italy • 2h 11m

Unavailable

The Damned

Luchino Visconti

1969 • Italy • 2h 38m

Unavailable

’Round Midnight

Bertrand Tavernier

1986 • United States • 2h 11m

Unavailable

Chimes at Midnight

Orson Welles

1966 • Spain • 1h 55m