Carlos

Father, lover, teacher, comrade, terrorist: Assayas’s impossibly rich dramatization of the life of global radical Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—infamously known in the 1970s as Carlos the Jackal—positions the already esteemed director of Summer Hours at the top of his game. A dazzling exfoliation of the roots of modern discontent, Carlos is staggering; no more important movie will be released this year.