La ronde

Max Ophüls’ third feature in America, “Caught,” from 1949, is an evocative amalgam of a domesticated melodramatic tragedy and a dynamic film noir sensibility.

What’s difficult about making this list is finding a balance between a successful Kubrickian film that either predates or pays homage to Kubrick and, for lack of a better term, is a ripoff. Now that we’ve hit the apex, it’s clear that these are, regardless of influence, quality films. What sets them apart is their …

360 Written by Peter Morgan Directed by Fernando Meirelles UK/Austria/France/Brazil, 2011 360’s writer Peter Morgan has declared that the film is directly inspired by Reigen, an 1897 play notably adapted to film by Max Ophüls as La ronde in 1950. The title of Morgan’s work, directed by Fernando Meirelles, derives from the 360 degrees of …