Founder & Editor · Film & Culture
Kaiser Khan is Founder & Editor of Celluloid and founder of Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd, which owns CelluloidScore.com. An entrepreneur and cultural producer, he sets the site’s answer-first editorial standard and transparent four-input Celluloid Score.
Founder & Editor, Celluloid · Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd
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960 reviews published on Celluloid
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★★★★★
George Lucas's Star Wars (1977) endures as a defining sci-fi landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★☆☆
Milly Alcock's fierce Kara Zor-El and Jason Momoa's scene-stealing Lobo lift a DCU entry that critics find uneven but audiences largely embrace.
Worth seeing for Alcock and Momoa — just manage blockbuster expectations.
★★★★☆
David Corenswet's earnest Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane anchor a DC Universe launch that trades grimdark for sincerity — plus a scene-stealing Krypto.
Fresh and essential DCU viewing before Supergirl.
★★★★☆
Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) endures as a defining horror landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Pedro Almodóvar's Talk to Her (2002) endures as a defining drama landmark from Spain, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist (2011) endures as a defining romance landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) endures as a defining war landmark from United Kingdom, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★☆
Qerim Önsöz's The Butterfly's Dream (2013) endures as a defining drama landmark from Turkey, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★☆
Carlos Carrera's The Crime of Father Amaro (2002) endures as a defining drama landmark from Mexico, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★★
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008) endures as a defining action landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) endures as a defining drama landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★☆
Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine (2009) endures as a defining drama landmark from Nigeria, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★★
Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece turns a mafia saga into the definitive story of American power, family, and corruption — and more than 50 years on, it has never been surpassed.
An essential, five-star cornerstone of cinema — the American crime epic every other has been measured against since.
★★★★½
Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (2013) endures as a defining drama landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden (2016) endures as a defining romance landmark from South Korea, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★☆
Bong Joon Ho's The Host (2006) endures as a defining horror landmark from South Korea, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★★
Olivier Nakache's The Intouchables (2011) endures as a defining comedy landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Tom Hooper's The King's Speech (2010) endures as a defining drama landmark from United Kingdom, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (1963) endures as a defining drama landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (2006) endures as a defining drama landmark from Germany, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★★
Lana Wachowski's The Matrix (1999) endures as a defining sci-fi landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Walter Salles's The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) endures as a defining biography landmark from Mexico, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★☆
Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (2007) endures as a defining horror landmark from Spain, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Alejandro Amenábar's The Others (2001) endures as a defining horror landmark from Spain, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.