278. The Piano

 Australia/New Zealand/France 1993

 DIR Jane Campion

 277. The Gospel According To St. Matthew

 Italy/France 1964

 DIR Pier Paolo Pasolini

 276. Patton

 USA 1970

 DIR Franklin J. Schaffner

 275. Midnight Cowboy

 USA 1969

 DIR John Schlesinger

 274. The Double Life Of Veronique

 France/Poland/Norway 1991

 DIR Krzysztof Kieslowski

 273. Deliverance

 USA 1972

 DIR John Boorman

 272. The Killing Fields

 UK 1984

 DIR Roland Joffe

 271. Breaking The Waves

 Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway/Iceland 1996

 DIR Lars Von Trier

 270. Voyage To Italy

 Italy/France 1954

 DIR Roberto Rossellini

 269. The Man With A Movie Camera

 Soviet Union 1929

 DIR Dziga Vertov

 268. The Spirit Of The Beehive

 Spain 1973

 DIR Victor Erice

 267. A Man For All Seasons

 UK 1966

 DIR Fred Zinnemann

 266. Don't Look Now

 UK/Italy 1973

 DIR Nicolas Roeg

 265. Madame de...

 France/Italy 1953

 DIR Max Ophuls

 264. Three Colours: Blue

 France/Poland/Switzerland 1993

 DIR Krzysztof Kieslowski

 263. Road To Perdition

 USA 2002

 DIR Sam Mendes

 262. Scenes From A Marriage

 Sweden 1973

 DIR Ingmar Bergman

 261. The Royal Tenenbaums

 USA 2001

 DIR Wes Anderson

 

 

 

 

Four Atlanta businessmen decide to canoe down the fictional Cahulawassee River in the remote Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and see the glory of nature before the river valley is flooded over by the upcoming construction of a dam and lake.

'A sad, brilliant reminder that sometimes people are the most threatening monsters of all.' Film4

 

 

 

 

 

 

The film follows a husband and wife whose lives grow complicated after meeting two elderly sisters in Venice, one of whom is clairvoyant and claims to be in contact with their recently deceased daughter who is trying to warn them of impending danger.

'Chilling but moving classic of British cinema.' Daniel Etherington

 

 

A mob enforcer and his son seek vengeance against a mobster who murdered the rest of their family.

'This is classic albeit somber filmmaking, restrained and all of a piece, by a director who believes film can tell adult stories in an adult manner, who knows the effects he wants and how to get them.' Kenneth Turan

 

The film about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years.

'It's proof that Anderson and his writing partner, the actor Owen Wilson, have a gift of cockeyed genius.' Roger Ebert

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 279. The Maltese Falcon

 USA 1941

 DIR John Huston

 280. Gertrud

 Denmark 1964

 DIR Carl Theodor Dreyer