Cinema Disordinaire: A List Of Infectiousluy Strange Must-See Films For The End Times

Cinema Disordinaire, aka Riot Cinema, is a uniquely selective entry of films that showcase the singular in all of cinema, the seminal, and the utterly sublime come to screen this past half century. For these particularly disordinary times, where self-isolation is our newly mandated norm, we offer up a distilled list from Cinema Disordaire’s five-decade accounting. These are must-see films — if you’re a lover of cutting-edge or entirely uncommon cinema — beginning with the latest (2019) and working backwards to high cult-bizarro, 1972. Soderbergh’s Contagion, the current streaming darling of this moment, is surely not amongst these greats, but an infectious strangeness runs throughout them all. They are, in other words, Riot Material’s favorites, offered up for those with a latently wicked heart. Below you’ll find links that take you to the original reviews of each film. Enjoy:

The Lighthouse, Dir. Robert Eggers
https://www.riotmaterial.com/the-lighthouse/

The Nightingale, Dir. Jennifer Kent
https://www.riotmaterial.com/the-nightingale/

Shadow, Dir. Zhang Yimou
https://www.riotmaterial.com/zhang-shadow/

Border, Dir. Ali Abbasi
https://www.riotmaterial.com/border/

November, Dir. Rainer Sarnet
https://www.riotmaterial.com/november/