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Paisan
directed by Roberto Rossellini
Italian Neorealism Goes to War Roberto Rossellini is one of the great directors--but few Americans have heard of him (unless they associate him with Ingrid Bergman or his daughter Isabella). Paisan is textbook Italian neorealism, and is a fascinating watch. |
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Paisan (Paisà)
directed by Roberto Rossellini
The Neorealist Masterpiece Following the Allied Forces Across Italty Though not documentaries in the strict sense, these six slices of the Italian campaign and the other two early Rossellini films are documents of attitudes toward the retreating Nazis and triumphant Americans as well as being cinematic masterpieces by one of the most important directors of the 20th century |
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Pale Flower
directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Doomed Love...Yakuza Style! Masahiro Shinoda's Pale Flower An under appreciated gem of Japanese Yakuza cinema. |
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Panic Room
directed by David Fincher
Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand-Grenades Fincher’s camera and Whitaker’s presence nearly save an otherwise bland film. |
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Panic Room
directed by David Fincher
Locked In and Panicked David Fincher goes for visual style over characterization, but it's a smart, dazzling game of cat-and-mouse. |
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Paradine Case, The
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcockian Courtroom Drama Hitchcock completists MUST see this film. It foreshadows his great films of the 1950's. |
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Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
American Injustice--Paradise Lost 2: Revelations A second look at one of the more compelling court cases in recent memory. |
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Satanic Panic: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost A terrifying look at justice in rural America. |
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Paradise Now
directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Suicide Bombing is Painful Insider view of Palestine (shot on location) that delivers a compelling study of two suicide bombers--one who's always wanted to be a martyr and the other who's wanted to follow his best friend |
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Passion of Joan of Arc, The
directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Dreyer’s Movie Burns With Intensity and Style Take my word for it, this is the greatest movie you’ve never seen. |
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