But «White Material,» the Frenchwoman's indirect tribute to the Southern African novelist Doris Lessing, would doubtless
top my list in many a year: the
cineaste in me thrilled to its tactile, tingly command of atmosphere, its laudably complicated politics and its on - edge performance from a peak - form Isabelle Huppert, but it was the personal connection I felt to its finely - drawn conflict between lines of blood and birth that drew an extra shiver from me.
Dunkirk is Nolan's hardest sell since The Prestige, but I'm guessing that the critical acclaim and
cineaste buzz (it's already well on its way to joining other Nolan films in the
Top 250) has this performing more like a minor blockbuster than just a mid-range hit.