"Terry Gilliam does nothing by half measures, and Brazil is no exception. This hallucinatory take on George Orwell’s pessimistic and prophetic book 1984 is a marvel of black comedy and yet somehow embodies the anger and despair of the original. Astonishing to look at and sometimes chilling, this is one of Gilliam’s best films."

"I could have selected any of the Hulot movies to include on this list, but Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday is the one I have come back to the most over the years. Though I love the encroaching modernity in Mon oncle and PlayTime, sometimes I need the soothing world and narrative pace of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday."

"The best of the Nathan Zuckerman novels, and that is saying something. The story rewinds several times, postmodern-style, and each retelling is a distinct, sometimes shocking alternative to the previous narratives, and yet the novel’s grip only tightens. Harrowing, funny, sexy, set in England and Israel, New York and New Jersey, altogether splendid."