Gertrud (1964): Carl Theordor Dreyer’s Last, Masterful Film

A quiet, transcendental film, “Gertrud,” Carl Theodor Dreyer's last film, offers a deep and thoughtful meditation on one woman’s strong will to be happy and her refusal to compromise—at a price.

 

 

 

Apocalypse Now (1979): Coppola’s Vietnam War Movie, Starring Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall (Masterpieces of World Cinema)

Apocalypse Now Redux, Francis Ford Coppola's expanded and definitive version of his dazzling 1979 war epic, reaffirms its status as one of the highlights of the new American cinema and one of Coppola's undisputed masterpieces, along with The Godfather movies.