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Earthly jealousy and post-revolutionary hardship spill into an angular fantasy of Mars, revolution, and desire.
An Irish doctor is unjustly condemned, transported to the Caribbean, and driven from enslavement into piracy and rebellion.
Objects, bodies, city views, a cannon, a funeral procession, and cinematic tricks collide in a playful refusal of ordinary narrative logic.
A former miner’s marriage and friendships collapse after a lottery win turns ordinary insecurity into consuming possession.
A displaced family in post-war Germany tries to secure food, work, shelter, and a future amid inflation and scarcity.
Dziga Vertov and his collaborators assemble work, leisure, markets, bodies, and machines into an argument for a camera that sees social life differently from the human eye.
Peter Pan takes Wendy and her brothers from their London nursery to Neverland, where play, danger, and the refusal to grow older exist together.
Forty-five minutes of impossible silent-comedy joy.
An ageing hotel doorman loses his prestigious uniform and tries to hide the demotion from neighbours who measure him by it.
A man marked by a family reputation for violence becomes an outlaw while searching for a way to use his skill without being consumed by it.
Two wealthy young people accidentally find themselves alone aboard a drifting ocean liner and must learn the simplest tasks of survival.
An English gentleman framed by his half-brother is enslaved, becomes a corsair, and returns with the power to confront betrayal.
A swaggering thief falls in love with a princess and must turn appetite, magic, and daring towards a purpose beyond himself.
Twin sisters associated with opposing temperaments enter a melodrama of family division, nightlife, and mistaken identity.
A poet invents stories for three wax figures, moving from exotic adventure to historical nightmare and a final pursuit through distorted space.
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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