Complete Nonsense

Finding the art in the trash.

The most noteworthy debuts behind the camera in a stellar decade for the horror genre.

Spike Lee's late-career masterwork is both a warning and a call to action for a nation teetering on the precipice.

A thematically potent, haunting masterpiece, from some of the most gifted filmmakers in the prolific history of Japanese cinema.

A vicious dystopian crime drama from Stanley Kubrick at arguably his most cynical.

Of the many incredible horror debuts in the 2010s, Ari Aster stands above the rest, with a debut that transcended genre and made him an instant legend.

A surreal folk horror from fascinating genre newcomer Ali Abbasi.

Lynne Ramsay continues her needed work of shining a spotlight on dark human traumas.

Coppola's devastating anti-war film that's more horror than drama. 

Barry Jenkins's coming-of-age drama is a landmark for both African-American and LGBTQ+ cinema.

Genre newcomer Leigh Janiak shows compelling potential in her subtle, slow-burning debut.

Sean Baker continues to be one of the most important independent filmmakers in contemporary American cinema.

Television star Richard Ayoade's directorial film debut is one of the smartest, most playful comedies of the 2010s.

The existential horror of the marginalized takes root in Japanese surrealist Hiroshi Teshigahara's feature debut.

Actress/director Mélanie Laurent sensitively explores the ways abuse is passed down through generations.

Park Chan-wook's brutal revenge thriller opened the world to the Korean New Wave.

Released when he was 56, Pawlikowski's patient but dense drama proved it's never too late for talented arthouse filmmakers to launch their career into international acclaim.

Boots Riley of The Coup takes his talents from the music world to the film world in his fresh, provocative, and outlandishly funny directorial debut.

Bo Burnham's leap into the film world is a shockingly understanding coming-of-age story.

Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future