Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
Doomed romance, perfect lines, zero wasted minutes.
A Bowery gang leader discovers that affection and responsibility may demand a life beyond the neighbourhood that formed him.
Quasimodo’s devotion to Esmeralda unfolds amid persecution, desire, and enormous recreations of medieval Paris.
A near-wordless love story of overwhelming beauty.
A coal stoker on one night of shore leave rescues a woman from the water, and their hurried marriage tests whether either can imagine a life beyond the docks.
A performer whose face was surgically fixed into a grin is pulled between love, spectacle, and aristocratic power.
A young woman arrives on an isolated Texas plain where relentless wind turns social danger into psychological siege.
A railway-station meeting grows into a love affair shaped as much by restraint as desire.
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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