Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
Childhood discovery, family strain, and a world alive beyond the path.
Two children flee a murderous preacher through an American landscape turned into a dream.
An adulterous couple leave a cyclist dying after a collision, then discover that guilt and class privilege produce different kinds of fear.
A carefully planned murder leaves behind one impossible problem: the body will not stay where it belongs.
A woman returns to postwar Japan and tries to revive a wartime affair with a man whose promises repeatedly dissolve into avoidance.
In a Danish farmhouse, belief and doubt wait beside a family’s ordinary work.
Four thieves prepare a silent heist whose precision cannot protect what follows.
A country weekend brings a tangle of lovers, spouses and former lovers together. Bergman makes desire a contest in which the people most certain of themselves are especially vulnerable.
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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