The 100 Best International Movies of All Time
By Molly Pennington, Stacker
On 5/13/21 at 6:30 PM EDT
International cinema has always had a profound influence on American movies. At the same time, many of the great films in languages other than English retool the styles and genres of popular American movies. Have you ever forgotten you were reading subtitles as you were swept up in the action on screen? Westerns, film noirs, and even romances tap into universal visual languages of movement, action, and emotion that draw in worldwide audiences.
Stacker s list of the 100 best international movies includes the science fiction masterpiece of German Expressionist style,
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British filmmaker Matt Chambers’ feature debut
The Bike Thief is a harrowing drama about an impoverished immigrant family living in London. In its title and subject matter, the movie pays deliberate and admiring tribute to the famed 1948 Italian neorealist film,
Bicycle Thieves (
The Bicycle Thief ), directed by Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974).
The Bike Thief
There proves to be some genuine substance to the artistic and social connection the new film has to the original classic to the youthful director’s credit.
As in the earlier Italian movie, the narrative in
The Bike Thief centers on a means of transportation vital to the survival of a worker and his family. Through the unfolding of its story, the movie offers a scathing commentary on the whole social structure.
Shabana Azmi shares throwback photo with 'Manik Da' Satyajit Ray on his birth centenary - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also took to Twitter and commemorated Satyajit Ray's 100th birth anniversary by paying tribute to him.
Celebrity followers including Neena Gupta and more than 4 thousand followers liked Azmi s post in Instagram.
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MUMBAI: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Sunday remembered legendary film director Satyajit Ray on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary. The 70-year-old star took to Instagram and posted a never-seen-before picture.
In the photo, Azmi is seen seated on a couch along with the celebrated filmmaker Satyajit Ray, as they engross in a deep conversation. The Amar Akbar Anthony star s husband and lyricist is also seen in the frame seated on the couch next to Ray. Remembering Satyajit Ray .. Manik da for many of us, wrote Azmi as she shared the picture alongside Ray.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Sunday remembered legendary film director Satyajit Ray on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary.