10 Essential Movies to Watch by Marc Eliot 4. A Face in the Crowd (1957) by Elia Kazan

4. A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan (USA) 1957. Kazan, who directed the 1954 landmark film On the Waterfront that I recommended in my last roundup, made…

10 Essential Movies to Watch by Marc Eliot 3. Fire Will Come (Viendra Le Feu) 2019 by Oliver Laxe

3. Fire Will Come (Viendra Le Feu), directed by Oliver Laxe. Spain, France, Luxembourg. Subtitles. (2019). When an arsonist (Amador Arias) returns home in the countryside after being released from…

10 Essential Movies to Watch by Marc Eliot 2. The Lady Eve (1941) by Preston Sturges

This droll American film is from one of the Hollywood studio era’s finest writer/directors, or auteurs. It was chosen by the New York Times as 1941’s best film of the…

10 Essential Movies to Watch by Marc Eliot 1. Stars by the Pound (2018) by Marie-Sophie Chambon

Movies bring us closer to ourselves, even as they offer an entertaining form of escapism. This seeming contradiction reveals a fundamental cinematic truth; a director creates the illusion of safety…