Top ten movie recommendations

1, West (Germany)

German retired uncle became a construction worker and entered Bulgaria to start working. The film is cooked with slow fire, and gradually enters the inner contradiction between workers and locals from seemingly obscure shallow amorous feelings paintings, uncovering the surface peace or surface tit-for-tat. This contradictory writing is tense and full of melancholy.

The geopolitical conflict between Bulgaria and Germany only left a lingering sound, which was magnified by the "West" to show the cracks that were difficult to heal. It is the lazy interpretation of politics by local ordinary people, and it also implies that the universality, humanity and geopolitics contained in it are done in a solid and orderly manner.

The aura of the hero seems to enhance the suspense of the film story, which makes people worry whether he is in a false peach blossom garden or a ruin full of squibs in this desolate story.

2. Wild pear trees

(Turkish) After hibernating for three hours, Ceylon walked up a flight of stairs and handed over his masterpiece. His advantage is that he goes deep into the countryside, captures folk customs and does not forget to grasp the background of the story. In his films, everything happens for a reason, which is inseparable from the atmosphere of the whole society. And every individual in the community is dragged by invisible forces in ordinary life.

"Wild Pear Tree" is the growth of youth, the reconciliation between father and son, and there is no way to create it. However, the dramatic factors that created this story are closely related to objective and cruel external factors such as war, education and unemployment. The restless characters and frequent poisonous tongues seem to only uncover the scars and unwarranted narcissism of the people in the play, but naturally lead to their helplessness. These levels sound easy to be stereotyped, but Ceylon understands where the scale is, and reason and sensibility are used together.

3. Wolf House La casa lobo

This stop-motion animation was inspired by the notorious heretic organization Dignity Colony in Chile. This closed community cooperated with German immigrants and Pinochet's dictatorship, leaving a great shadow on the people. Joaquin Cocina and Christopher Leon chose to shoot and make this work in a closed space, creating a dark fairy tale of depression with wandering dark images and nightmare-like freeze-frame composition.

4. Border Glance (Sweden)

This is a weird movie full of weird eroticism and anxiety. The director used superb script writing to tell people what a real metaphor is. On the surface, the story is about a strange love adventure, but in fact it contains multiple writing. Its fantasy elements can be applied to the problems of refugees and immigrants in reality, and can also explore the gender diversity and moral issues of different ethnic groups.

The director's restraint technique and the cold scenery on location skillfully combine the elements of horror and romance, and other intimate shots show his personal skill. One more point is uncomfortable, and one less point is not enough. Both acting and drama are examples of European films this year. What's even more rare is that the plot of this film is smooth, not just stylized, but balanced in all aspects.

5. We are animals (America)

An amazing independent film. The director tells the story of the growth of a child from a poor family from the perspective of family image (which should be a common means for middle-class families). Manny, Joel and Jonah are three brothers of similar age. Jonah, the youngest, has just turned ten, and the film is also launched from his perspective. Although the story is inextricably linked with the members of the five families, it does not focus on the overall concept of "family", nor does it talk about the closeness between members.

6. The other side of the wind (USA)

Orson welles is like an astrologer. He shows himself the astrolabe and then spends a special night telling himself the result. This is not so much an autobiographical film as a prediction of myself, and there are many soliloquies, not pointing to his past, but to his "future".

There are a lot of ironic observations in the film, about the media, about images, about the way of watching, and obscure industry secrets. There is also a dark scene in the film, which sank to the bottom of the sea for many years like this movie. If Netflix doesn't take over this project, the other side of the wind will disappear for another 20 years. How accurate the director is in everything, his loneliness and the dystocia of his works, these are philosophy and fate.

7. You've never really been here (England)

After the award-winning film was released, it caused a little controversy. Some viewers think it is overrated, but don't let power be overshadowed by controversy. This film really stands out in script writing and performance.

The director used many methods to complete the anti-genre drama and character line: the protagonist is a depressed killer who can't get rid of his inner shadow, and all the accidents caused by the entrusted girl sink his heart. The director let these psychological contradictions oppress to a critical point and then burst into amazing power.

The story abandoned the routine set by the killer in the past, and it was cold outside and hot inside. The script bravely faced the killer's complex inner emotions and self-destruction tendency, and even actively destroyed the goal he wanted to achieve, presenting a "mourning" daily life, which really made that dependence have some temperature. Visual stylization is not only a technical expression, but also a practical way to strip off the anti-type characters.

8. Ballads of Buster Scruggs (USA)

Netflix gave another gift to the film industry on 20 18, and the black humor of the Cohen brothers was once again launched in the west. The film consists of six short stories, all of which seem to be mindless absurd stories. The director, on the other hand, showed short literary strokes, which made the six stories full of powerful energy. These stories are ridiculous, and it is difficult for you to tell what they are saying.

The Cohen brothers have always been good at this kind of implicit story. You can regard it as the American version of "nonsense", full of the rudeness of fate and the ruthless whipping of emotions. Whether it's a disaster from the sky or a doomed doom, it seems to be the absurdity of "losing if you are serious", but in fact it has its own self-consistent logic. With the soon-to-be-outdated network language, you can regard it as poisoned chicken soup with entertainment flavor. If this continues, Quentin will lose his job.

9. Zama (Argentina)

Zama is an exiled Spanish officer who was born in South America. He has been waiting for a transfer, expecting to be recognized and seen. The director told the audience with almost cruel and bleak brushstrokes: failure means constant deprivation, but there is no redemption and no retreat. Take away hometown, ambiguity, residence, and then take away power, identity, limbs.

People slowly fall into "primitive" and "uncivilized", and finally only the desire to survive is left. The hero gradually changed from a person who slapped others in the face to a person who was rescued. The film does not just stay on the topic of identity, which is often discussed now, but thinks about why people need this identity and the contradiction of this identity itself in an almost philosophical direction.

In the face of the heavy historical background, the director outlined the bumpy intersection and interaction between people in a particularly concise and direct way, which made the film full of embarrassing and charming original atmosphere.

10, Rome (Mexico)

The unforgettable experience of watching movies in Rome seems to have won one-sided praise and brought a lot of disapproval. I don't know whether to say not so good or not so bad.

Director Alfonso Cuarón recreates the Mexican middle-class community Rome with his childhood memories, focusing on Cleo, the maid. It continues the female writing in Gravity. In previous works, the description of uterus and walking was too secretive. In this work, the process of women from love to postpartum depression is put in the light, which is also the most exposed story line of the film.