318. Laputa: Castle In The Sky

 Japan 1986

 DIR Hayao Miyazaki

 317. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

 USA 2004

 DIR Wes Anderson

 316. Death In Venice

 Italy/France 1971

 DIR Luchino Visconti

 315. The Sacrifice

 Sweden/UK/France 1986

 DIR Andrei Tarkovsky

 314. Being There

 USA 1979

 DIR Hal Ashby

 313. And Your Mother Too

 Mexico 2001

 DIR Alfonso Cuaron

 312. Berlin Alexanderplatz

 West Germany 1980

 DIR Rainer Werner Fassbinder

 311. Ratatouille

 USA 2007

 DIR Brad Bird

 310. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

 Germany 1920

 DIR Robert Wiene

 309. Punch-Drunk Love

 USA 2002

 DIR Paul Thomas Anderson

 308. Ed Wood

 USA 1994

 DIR Tim Burton

 307. Seppuku

 Japan 1962

 DIR Masaki Kobayashi

 306. A Streetcar Named Desire

 USA 1951

 DIR Elia Kazan

 305. Kagemusha

 Japan 1980

 DIR Akira Kurosawa

 304. The Eclipse

 Italy/France 1962

 DIR Michelangelo Antonioni

 303. Ashes And Diamonds

 Poland 1958

 DIR Andrzej Wajda

 302. Barton Fink

 USA/UK 1991

 DIR Joel Coen/Ethan Coen

 301. Adaptation.

 USA 2002

 DIR Spike Jonze

 

 

 

 

The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties. It's set in 1999 against the backdrop of the political and economic realities of Mexico.

'Manages to be comic, dramatic, erotic, sociological and even political, all without breaking a sweat.' Kenneth Turan

 

The plot follows Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve this by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy.

'From the moment Remy enters, crashing, to the final happy fadeout, Ratatouille parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios.' Richard Corliss

 

Barry Egan (Sandler) owns a company that markets themed toilet plungers ("fungers") and other novelty items.

'What Mr. Anderson wants to do is recapture, without nostalgia, the giddiness and sweep of old movies, and his mastery of the emotional machinery of the medium is breathtaking.' A.O. Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The film tells the story of Charlie Kaufman's difficult struggle to adapt The Orchid Thief into a film. Charlie enlists the help of his twin brother Donald.

'Kaufman and Jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing.' Kirk Honeycutt

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Steve Zissou, an eccentric oceanographer, sets out to exact revenge on the "Jaguar shark" that ate his partner Esteban.

'I should have been completely exasperated with The Life Aquatic, with its wispy story and wonder-cabinet production design, but to my surprise I found it mostly delightful.' A.O. Scott

Caden Cotard, a theatre director producing a version of Death of a Salesman, suffers from numerous physical ailments as well as depression.

'To say that Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York is one of the best films of the year is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now.' Manohla Dargis

 319. Rocco And His Brothers

 Italy/France 1960

 DIR Luchino Visconti

 320. Synecdoche, New York

 USA 2008

 DIR Charlie Kaufman