Federico Fellini once told an interviewer, “Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me,” and that is abundantly clear in his 1963 masterpiece about a film director (Marcello Mastroianni) trying to prep a new film while also juggling a wife, a mistress, the Catholic Church, and creative block. Influenced by Fellini’s time in psychoanalysis, 8 1/2 moves between the present, the past, and fantasy (that harem scene, y’all ...), and contains some of the most arresting imagery ever put on celluloid. You don’t get many shots at seeing this on the big screen – grab it! – Kimberley Jones
