The 17 Best International Films of 2024-2025 (with Stephen Gillespie)

On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan is joined by Stephen Gillespie of the STACKS podcast to talk through the best of international films of the past year.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Where to find good international films
08:33 - Broken Rage (dir. Takeshi Kitano)
14:05 - Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (dir. Phạm Thiên Ân)
18:17 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig (dir. Mohammed Rasoulof)
23:55 - Cloud (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
27:37 - Daaaaaalí! (dir. Quentin Dupieux)
30:04 - All We Imagine As Light (dir. Payal Kapadia)
36:15 - Youth (Spring) (dir. Wang Bing)
43:07 - Johanne Sacreblu (dir. Camila Aurora González)
47:30 - Caught by the Tides (dir. Jia Zhangke)
52:22 - Dahomey (dir. Mati Diop)
1:01:35 - The Beast (dir. Bertrand Bonello)
1:11:35 - No Other Land (dir. Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra)
1:18:00 - Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)
1:24:53 - About Dry Grasses (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
1:32:14 - Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (dir. Johan Grimonprez)
1:39:20 - Universal Language (dir. Matthew Rankin)
1:49:11 - Grand Tour (dir. Miguel Gomes)
2:00:55 - Honorable Mentions
2:10:56 - What we are excited for next year

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