Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
An independent young Irishwoman enters an aristocratic marriage without surrendering her appetite for choosing her own behaviour.
Lively Rebecca enters a stricter household and tests whether discipline can contain her imagination and warmth.
An orphan receives an anonymous education from a wealthy benefactor and grows into a writer without knowing the identity behind the support.
A wealthy young woman’s father pretends to lose his fortune, forcing her to test whether independence and romance survive without inherited ease.
A self-made young man plans to stop working while he is still young, alarming the wealthy family of the woman he intends to marry.
A bored married couple inherit money, leave suburban routine for a world cruise, and discover that escape magnifies rather than solves their dissatisfaction.
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Read a film closely
Character companions, film comparisons and a closer look at particular scenes.
- Seven Samurai
Who are the seven samurai?
Names, actors and roles to keep the seven apart.
- The Wages of Fear
The original, Sorcerer, or the remake?
Three films compared before you choose.
- Breathless
What disappears in a jump cut?
A diagram of the time Godard leaves out.
- Wild Strawberries
What do the dreams mean?
Trace the clocks, mirror and final scene.
After watching · Spoilers - Persona
Why hear the same speech twice?
Follow who speaks and whose face fills the frame.
After watching · Spoilers - Bicycle Thieves
What happens at the end?
The final encounter, seen through father and son.
After watching · Spoilers