Films
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A general escorts a defeated clan’s princess and treasure through enemy territory, accompanied by two unreliable peasants. The mission has a clear goal and a persistently awkward human complication.
A restless married woman finds a new attraction that unsettles both her domestic life and an existing affair.
A declining aristocrat clings to the concerts that once confirmed his standing. Ray places the pleasures of listening inside a story about wealth, pride and resistance to change.
A border explosion opens a night of corruption, surveillance, and unstable identities.
A murder trial becomes a contest over which version of motive, memory, and respectability a jury will accept.
A young soldier receives a short leave to visit his mother, but the journey home fills with people whose wartime needs consume his limited time.
A brief affair in Hiroshima opens a difficult passage between public catastrophe and private memory.
Four geologists searching for diamonds find themselves stranded in the Siberian wilderness.
A solitary young man treats theft as proof that ordinary rules do not apply to him.
In the final days of the Second World War, teenage boys are ordered to defend a bridge that the retreating army no longer considers important.
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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