We’re moving into the 1950s with Pickpocket — Robert Bresson’s minimalist masterpiece and one of the most quietly influential films of the 20th century. A major inspiration for Taxi Driver, Pickpocket follows a young man’s descent into crime with stark realism and spiritual intensity. With its focus on hands, isolation, and grace, Bresson strips cinema down to its barest elements — and somehow makes something transcendent. A beautiful, haunting portrait of alienation and the flicker of redemption.