Your next obsession: the sumptuous masterpieces of Luchino Visconti.

Your next obsession: the modernist masterpieces of Michelangelo Antonioni.

Akira Kurosawa was a master in so many aspects of filmmaking, but his ability to stage a scene and tell stories visually would give his knack for editing, what some would say was his greatest talent, a run for its money.

The Oscar-winning director of Ida and Cold War walks through key periods in his life that have been shaped by his favorite films, including masterpieces by Godard, Malick, and Tarkovsky.