Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
Arctic landscapes and everyday labour are shaped into an influential—and heavily staged—portrait of an Inuk family.
Dziga Vertov and his collaborators assemble work, leisure, markets, bodies, and machines into an argument for a camera that sees social life differently from the human eye.
The Bakhtiari people undertake a seasonal migration across rivers and mountains in search of grazing land.
Daily life, fishing, craft, ritual, and family are staged and recorded in Samoa through Robert and Frances Flaherty’s romantic documentary method.
A city wakes, works, plays, and becomes cinema while the camera reveals its own tricks.
Logging in Maine is followed from forest work through transport and milling towards the shipment of finished lumber.
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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