Andrei Tarkovsky: The Definitive Ranking

Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the kings of art house cinema. He made only seven films in his unnaturally shortened career, and he was in constant conflict with the authorities of the Soviet Union about the content of his films, particularly the religious aspects. He began his career during the brief period under Nikita Khrushchev when Soviet control over art was relaxed (one of the first major cinematic works under this policy being Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Cranes are Flying) with his 1962 d...