Films
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German schoolboys enlist with patriotic excitement and encounter a trench war that steadily dismantles every promised meaning.
Jean Durand’s Détresse was filmed in 1929 and released in France on 23 May 1930.
Wheat, rain, faces, and a new tractor carry a village drama beyond the limits of propaganda.
Logging in Maine is followed from forest work through transport and milling towards the shipment of finished lumber.
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 Dublin family facing poverty believes an inheritance will rescue them, while political violence and self-deception close in.
A cabaret singer in Morocco is drawn to a Foreign Legion soldier even as a wealthy admirer offers the security he cannot provide.
A juror who helped convict an actress begins to doubt the verdict and privately investigates the theatrical world around the crime.
A scout leads a vast wagon train west while pursuing the men responsible for a friend’s murder.
A strict schoolteacher follows his pupils into a nightclub and becomes obsessed with the performer he intended to discipline them for watching.
A First World War squadron commander must keep sending inexperienced pilots into combat while the officers beneath him mistake responsibility for indifference.
Wrongly blamed for crimes after a shooting in self-defence, Buck Duane joins the Texas Rangers to clear his name and win Mary Aldridge’s trust.
Three former sideshow performers operate a criminal scheme through a false domestic identity, disguise, and divided loyalty.
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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