Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
A cabaret singer in Morocco is drawn to a Foreign Legion soldier even as a wealthy admirer offers the security he cannot provide.
A singer tries to protect her sister from a charming man whose previous relationship has already exposed the limits of his honesty.
A factory worker leaves her small town for New York, becomes the companion of a wealthy lawyer, and confronts the social limits placed on their relationship.
An American ambulance driver and a British nurse fall in love in wartime Italy, where military duty and institutional interference repeatedly separate them.
A socialite and a pilot fall in love, while the money behind his invention complicates their freedom to choose each other.
On a remote rubber plantation, a manager’s attraction to two very different women exposes the emotional and colonial assumptions sustaining his authority.
Two elegant thieves discover that love can be harder to manage than a perfect robbery.
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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