Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
The shower, the house, the shift that rewired horror.
A shadow crosses the wall, and horror cinema finds its shape.
A laboratory sparks to life, and a monster enters cinema history looking afraid.
Strangers barricade themselves in a farmhouse while the dead gather outside and authority fails inside.
A fairground prediction becomes a question of who controls the outcome.
Woodcuts, staged visions, and social argument combine in an unsettling investigation of witchcraft and persecution.
A circus performer who hides his arms becomes dangerously obsessed with the young woman who feels safest in his apparently armless company.
Made at night on Universal’s sets, George Melford’s Spanish-language production gives Dracula a distinct rhythm, cast, and visual life.
A circus community closes ranks after a trapeze artist’s scheme against a performer with a substantial inheritance.
A surgeon hides his injured daughter while pursuing a series of experiments intended to restore her face.
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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