Women on the Sight and Sound List In perhaps the most prestigious Belgian film ever made, Akerman scrutinizes three days in the methodical life of a middle-class widow (the sublime Delphine Seyrig) who supports herself and her difficult teenage son by taking in a “gentleman caller” each afternoon. Playing with the elasticity of time, Akerman offers a woman in constant motion within a stagnant life.

Crashing into the 60s “What do you get for the man who has everything?” In the case of Steve McQueen’s Thomas Crown, it’s “kicks,” in the form of dune buggies, flying gliders, polo, and planning the perfect bank robbery.

A Tribute to Robert Gottlieb Arthur Bourchier was a noted Shakespearean actor in the first decades of the twentieth century. He was also a producer and theater manager, so it is perhaps no surprise that he attempted to move into the new medium of film, utilizing his background and resources. Bourchier traveled to Heidelberg, Germany to film his Macbeth, though the cast was British, including his wife, Violet Vanbrugh, as Lady Macbeth.

Women on the Sight and Sound List With Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash became the first Black woman to direct a feature that gained general theatrical release in the United States. The story follows the Peazants, a Gullah family, who are descendants of Central and West African enslaved people, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in 1902.

Director’s Choice Dozens of Angelenos intersect over a long weekend across nine short stories and a poem written by Raymond Carver. Director Robert Altman’s immense, immersive film follows characters on various levels of the Los Angeles community, from waitresses and phone sex workers to doctors and broadcasters.

Projectionist’s Choice Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon hit the road for high action adventure as the unstoppable Thelma and Louise, shattering typical gender roles and rules of the road movie genre.

Crashing into the 60s A wealthy, deeply religious Brahman landlord, dreams that his seventeen-year-old daughter-in-law is a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali. Ray's sixth film offers insight into the manners and mores of the aristocracy, and raises the issue of female identity within its familial structures.

A Tribute to Robert Gottlieb Based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers, who would later become famous for his Charlie Chan novels, this film is a plea to contribute to the cause of The Great War, regardless of your talents and physical limitations.

Women on the Sight and Sound List In 1760 Brittany, France, an artist named Marianne (Noémie Merlant) was commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), a young woman who had just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom.

Hitchcock 125 Alfred Hitchcock’s picaresque thriller travels from London to the Scottish Highlands and back again. Canadian businessman Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is thrown into the fire when a mysterious woman, claiming to hold the key to dangerous foreign information, is killed in his apartment. Hannay goes on the run, armed with only a map of Scotland, a warning about a man missing the top of his pinky finger, and a reference to “the thirty-nine steps.”

Wake Up!: The Cinema of Spike Lee Brilliantly shot, Jungle Fever depicts the explosive consequences that ensue when hot shot buppie architect Wesley Snipes and his new secretary Annabella Sciorra contract the title affliction. The wrath and disapproval of their respective families and communities conspire to break up the affair, and the film suggests that such unions based primarily on lust and curiosity are doomed by their own superficiality.