Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
One room, no escape, all pressure.
A knight plays chess with Death. Unforgettable.
A charismatic drifter discovered on local radio learns how quickly intimacy can be manufactured for a mass audience.
A failed attack becomes a courtroom, and military order reveals its machinery.
An unpublished poet is dismissed by family and publishers, then becomes valuable to the same society after he is mistakenly reported dead.
A desperate press agent accepts a powerful columnist’s demand to break up his sister’s romance and regain professional favour.
War separates two young lovers and leaves the woman at home to endure loss, coercion, judgement, and uncertainty.
Kurosawa relocates Macbeth to feudal Japan, where a warrior’s rise is inseparable from ambition and betrayal. Fog, landscape and Noh-derived performance give the familiar tragedy a different dramatic language.
Two sisters face a family past that refuses to stay separate from their adult lives. Marital conflict and an unwanted pregnancy give Ozu’s domestic world an unusually harsh emotional register.
An elderly professor’s road journey opens into dreams, memories, and an unsparing look at the life behind him.
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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