Confusion in her eyes that says it all. She's lost control. And she's clinging to the nearest passer by. She's lost control. And she gave away the secrets of her past. And said I've lost control again. And of a voice that told her when and where to act. She said I've lost control again.

Choosing Radiohead for the soundtrack was genius because I wish as much he had stopped the movie after the first 30 minutes as I wish Radiohead had stopped after OK Computer.

If there is one film "Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films" you want to miss, it can be this one. The slight absurdity of it all reminds me of "Bitter Moon".

Jealousy and passion examined in one of the most singular ways you could imagine. The images are all tacky compositions of famous classical paintings or famous movies but they work just great. The disconnect between the voice over and actors' actions is pure genius and I am surprised that idea hasn't been picked up more often. Rappaport is definitely worth discovery!

@Rajiv: The girls were not acting. They really were imprisoned for 11 years and are totally socially inapt to say the least.

Was this a movie about a woman who falls in love with her rapist or I am over-reading too much? The execution is absolutely flawless.

The main theme is incapacity to reject violence as in knife in the water, rosemary's baby, and so on but it is soooooooo cheesy that you wonder if your are not watching a soft-core 80's production of Playboy channel. Do you need to do that to the milk, really?

Classic John Huston’s approach: Picks a genre (this time is southern-gothic), chooses some outstanding actors (Brando and Elizabeth Taylor), and throws in a lot of personal drama. To me works always.

What a mess. It ends with a mourning for lost revolutions but it seems to only apply to half the population (the XX half). The symbolism is a bit too heavy for my taste (the prostitute being abuse by everyone is clearly Iran and so on).

I am officially done with Jane Campion. Good luck with "that"

One of the best John Ford films and probably its most personal. Joao Cesar Monteiro used to say that this movie is to Ford's work like Gertrud is to Dreyer's and I couldn't agree more. Essential.

At times there is a bit of proselytism but it's hard not be moved when one the priests plays Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". One of the best scenes of 2010.

"'Cause I'm a woman who has a husband who has a brother Who married one but she loved another You're a tower without the bells You're a negative wishing well" The ending is great but I found some parts a bit derivative. The Rossellini influence (Stromboli, Voyage to Italy) is quite palpable but I guess that increases my appreciation of the movie.

"There isn’t a General Yen or Megan Davis, but just you and me." The most complex movie of Capra and a magnificent film that is flying under the radar. Starts as american idealism against chinese pragmatism (“This fool prefers civil war to the loving arms of his bride.”) but develops into a love-in- spite-of-prejudice story that is hard to forget.

You watch Tales of Hoffman, decide to make a movie, and what we get is this self-indulgent meaningless piece of crap? There was a time your movies were truly original, like Tales of Hoffman, and I am very sorry this one is not.

Definitely not a classic. Ranks among the weakest Hitchocks I have seen.

I had such a huge expectation for this but the end is very anti-climatic, borderline not making sense. Not on the level of Letter from an unknown woman.

What an insane Highway 61-like-masterpiece. The last scene is among the best thing I have seen in years. .

It beats me why Limite is so well regarded and Ganga Bruta practically ignored. I find this one so goddamn better.

"...El toro ya mugía por su frente a las cinco de la tarde. El cuarto se irisaba de agonía a las cinco de la tarde. A lo lejos ya viene la gangrena a las cinco de la tarde. Trompa de lirio por las verdes ingles a las cinco de la tarde. Las heridas quemaban como soles a las cinco de la tarde, y el gentío rompía las ventanas a las cinco de la tarde. A las cinco de la tarde. ¡Ay qué terribles cinco de la tarde!..."

Uau! Just saw this one. It is definitely a peak in cinema but it is impossible not be reminded of Minnelli's The Bad and Beautiful, another outstanding masterpiece, which not only have similar looks but also an identical spiral into madness.

Classic portuguese new wave. Last time I checked it could be watched on youtube.

My favorite Bergman film of all time. Just breaks my heart. There's a bit of magic in everything and then some loss to even things out.

What a lovely hippie fantasy. The scenes between Francois and his ladies are so intimate and tender that you just forget everything else.

I actually enjoyed the movie. It is one of the best depictions of society failing as a whole due to lack of solidarity and kindness between their citizens. Maybe if I see the original I would change my mind.

What a beautiful movie. The humanity and life that runs through that family reminds me a lot of "How green was my valley". I see both as the best possible expression of the roman-fleuve style in cinema.

I saw this one on theater and loved it. In spite of having the same dense atmosphere of all Lang movies it is a very atypical movie from his US period. There is a certain kindness and tenderness that you do not find in any of his other movies. Anxious to see it again on DVD.

I have never seen love as a redemptive force expressed in any more beautiful way than in this movie. One of my favorite films of all time.

One of my favorite Lang movies. It has the most furious scene he ever shot: When Fonda is incarcerated asking his wife for the gun. It is love, murder, and despair in just 5 seconds.

Of all the recent movies, this was the most intense love story i have seen in many years. There are two scenes which are heartbreaking: when she is singing for him in a japanese restaurant and the final scene. Most of the times when movies get this carnal the focus on the lovers relationship becomes secondary to sex (that's right Breillat). This one just does it magistrally.