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Keaton, a train, and perfect deadpan engineering.
Carmen’s independence and Don José’s obsession unfold across carefully designed locations in Jacques Feyder’s adaptation of Mérimée.
A borderland adventure joins pursuit, friendship, and romance in another screen adaptation of Zane Grey’s novel.
A wager over one man’s soul expands into plague, desire, flight, and tragedy under skies that seem built from shadow.
A fugitive called Nevada is rescued by rancher Ben Ide, then caught between loyalty to his rescuer and Ina Blaine’s love.
A man trying to prevent an abduction takes the intended victim to his own cabin — and she has no reason to trust him. Jack Holt and Georgia Hale lead this Zane Grey adaptation.
Daily life, fishing, craft, ritual, and family are staged and recorded in Samoa through Robert and Frances Flaherty’s romantic documentary method.
A performer’s social ascent and destructive relationships expose the appetites and hypocrisy of the men who try to possess her.
A man terrified by a sudden impulse to stab his wife seeks psychoanalytic treatment, leading the film into dreams, symbols, and buried jealousy.
A small-town inventor’s failed demonstration leaves him humiliated, until an encounter with a visiting princess transforms his standing at home.
A nobleman infiltrates a pirate crew after his father’s death, using athletic feats and disguise to prepare revenge from within.
A decorated pilot returns to railway detective work and finds a missing payroll, a vanished man, and danger in the air.
The son of a desert leader falls for a dancer, believes she betrayed him, and turns wounded pride into dangerous retaliation.
Two rival Marines carry their feud and romantic competition into the First World War, where bravado meets mass violence.
Still deciding? Ask Momo.
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