Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
Alice follows the White Rabbit into a world of changing size, abrupt rules, and encounters drawn from both Alice books.
A soldier’s obsession with the fiercely independent Carmen draws him away from duty and towards jealousy, crime, and violence.
In a public park, flirtation, theft, mistaken ownership, and Chaplin’s Tramp turn ordinary benches and paths into a chain of collisions.
A Bowery gang leader discovers that affection and responsibility may demand a life beyond the neighbourhood that formed him.
Two white families are used to present the American Civil War and Reconstruction through a violently racist mythology that celebrates the Ku Klux Klan.
During conflict in the Balkans, a household is forced to accommodate an enemy prisoner, making war a matter of food, labour, and proximity.
A penniless drifter finds work as a sparring partner and moves from the training gym into the prize ring.
An immigrant pursues the American dream, only to meet poverty, prejudice, and grief in New York.
Edgar Allan Poe’s life and imagination are combined in a stylised screen biography starring Henry B. Walthall.
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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