Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
A migrant worker enters a mining community where hunger, dangerous labour, and collective anger lead towards a strike.
Louis Feuillade turns the figure of a hermit into the centre of a brief French silent comedy.
A Roman officer’s love for a Christian woman unfolds amid Nero’s court, persecution, and the spectacle of imperial power.
Rebecca is a French silent film directed by Henri Andréani in 1913.
The revolt led by Spartacus becomes a large-scale conflict between enslaved people and Roman authority.
Wrongly imprisoned Edmond Dantès escapes, finds a fortune, and returns under a new identity to punish those who betrayed him.
Love, jealousy, religion, and enslavement intersect in Pompeii as Vesuvius turns private intrigue into collective catastrophe.
An English traveller who resembles a European king is asked to take the monarch’s place when a conspiracy threatens the coronation.
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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