Nishikant Dubey: 5 Movies To Watch This Week

Reviewing the best in his collection, Nishikant Dubey has shortlisted 5 must watch movies around the world for you. As the title suggests, five movies are featured each week regardless of release date along with where to watch them. 

Check out this week’s picks below and be sure to look for The Water Diviner,Kung Fu Killer and The Forger to hit theaters this Friday, April 24.

CITIZEN KANE (1941)

1. When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."
3. Initial release: May 1, 1941 (New York City)
4. Director: Orson Welles
5. Running time: 119 minutes
6. Cinematography: Gregg Toland
7. Genres: Mystery, Drama, Classic Movies

Ip Man (2008)

1. The life story of Yip Man, the first person to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.
3. Initial release: December 12, 2008 (China)
4. Director: Wilson Yip
5. Sequel: Ip Man 2
6. Cinematography: Sing-Pui O
7. Awards: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film

Le Samouraï (1967)

Hit man Jef Costello (Alain Delon) goes through an elaborate set of rituals before carrying out a hit on a nightclub owner. Always thorough and cool in his job, Costello is disconcerted to discover a witness to the killing, the club's female piano player. But before he can act, the police arrest him in a sweep of suspects. Released when the main witness does not come forward, Costello goes from being the hunter to the hunted, trailed by the determined police as well as his crime bosses.

Initial release: October 25, 1967 (France)
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Running time: 107 minutes
Adaptations: The Driver (1978)
Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Melville, Georges Pellegrin

Solaris (1972)

1. A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
3. Initial release: March 20, 1972 (Soviet Union)
4. Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
5. Story by: Stanisław Lem
6. Cinematography: Vadim Yusov
7. Screenplay: Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshtein
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There Will Be Blood (2007)

1. Silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) leads a hardscrabble life with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). When he hears about oil oozing from the ground near the Western town of Little Boston, Daniel takes his son on a mission to find their fortune. Daniel makes his lucky strike and becomes a self-made tycoon but, as his fortune grows, he deviates into moral bankruptcy.

Initial release: December 10, 2007 (New York City)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Running time: 158 minutes

Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson

Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor, more