https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/stand-by-me monthly 0.5 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7f32324f-c7c1-4cc0-b607-9f7b5f20e598/RX1ITZDJ.jpg The Films - Stand by Me (1986) - Make it stand out Stand by Me (1986) Directed by Rob Reiner https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-warriors monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1751032051959-VJQIDSI0UNKH41SCT4P7/LS1UWHH5.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out The Warriors (1979) Directed by Walter Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1e14518b-164f-498f-b89f-fec96935443b/MH9G2PAR.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out The Warriors have survived the night and are making their way back to home at Coney Island on the subway as party revelers enter, late in The Warriors (1979). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ae93bb68-74d0-4691-9c60-9ed533cc75ed/S6B156GQ.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out People from above ground looking down on people from below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ab8d3e05-db38-4e3b-8044-a994ab0258c0/9QJUF7UW.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out Daybreak and the Warriors have returned to their home turf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/79e614e9-85c7-4119-94b6-7a15e71b29f2/PA2EFV7O.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out One of the many borderline preposterous but entertaining gangs in The Warriors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a56eed25-100d-4d99-b9d6-6adbdd9aab6b/PUEF75MB.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out “Can you dig it?” Cyrus (Roger Hill) has assembled the gangs of New York and attempts to inspire them to work together because they outnumber the police, and therefore can rule the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/98a835af-9819-4d35-8c99-3f1ac66e8737/E7F3758Y.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out The DJ (Lynne Thigpen) whose lips are the only thing we see acts as our Greek narrator in the Warriors’ epic journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/74b4224f-02d8-43f1-ad8a-747f64b873b7/AOOHZ8YY.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out Samuel L Jackson as the DJ Mister Senor Love Daddy in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) also acts as narrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/47e35d58-f1ac-4496-ad35-870078669ea7/JQ0KP8XW.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out “I just like doing things like that” is Luther’s (David Patrick Kelly) response to killing Cyrus. Seem fishy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/36f5fb7b-c1a8-4769-833b-011bee99c810/UR74UXUC.jpg The Films - The Warriors (1979) - Make it stand out Final showdown between rival gangs. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/empire-of-the-sun monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bda5684e-9958-44e2-aab0-b2f930e9b4ed/FEC28AIL.jpg The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Empire of the Sun (1987) Directed by Steven Spielberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fa760414-bd01-433c-a034-786c0586ebd1/DSHK4ALH.jpg The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Jim (Christian Bale) being inspected for sale early in Empire of the Sun (1987). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/96133b87-63e0-4a87-b5a4-399e8a56f6a7/XO6VYP13.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out The beginning of Jim’s journey, separated from his mother on the streets of Shanghai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/66ceb64f-c0df-457c-b278-e86d39997e38/IJ7DR9X6.jpg The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out The missing father as a recurrent theme in Steven Spielberg’s movies, as it was in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1984). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e1ea8ac1-74c6-4ad8-9095-5243f3bb4bdc/W5R1NZVV.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Jim, after jumping on the truck and giving directions to the driver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/757aa659-769d-43d5-b991-b7774edc8884/07UALU7O.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c03a3090-4deb-4f1e-8e8e-deb216645f74/ZRHQPJBU.jpg The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Competing images of father figures - Basie (John Malkovich) on the one hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a0f45b89-4970-4c5f-9573-27a64c65d368/LKA3EICU.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out And Dr. Rawlins (Nigel Havers) on the other hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5187b8dd-a020-4948-be00-5704886ec656/YT6G4RU6.jpg The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Jim, during the surreal trek after being liberated from the prisoner camp, discovers the looted wares of the wealthy Brits, including a car that looks like the one his parents owned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c2d5abd0-2264-4c8f-b847-bb0a222d9952/67IO3VQZ.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Basie “saves” Jim’s life by killing a friendly young man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bd198367-5002-4dcb-809d-c72108cf614f/556DK5ZI.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Basie returns to Jim’s life just in time to cause more pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/75f91364-3974-42f8-8106-42985756f456/702JWXBA.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Jim reunites with his parents, beleaguered, no longer a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/409b1bf7-481a-43f9-a87e-542e44ba9a21/0ZPTU005.png The Films - Empire of the Sun (1987) - Make it stand out Dr. Rawlins carrying the grief-stricken Jim as the Allies free the prisoners from the Japanese prison camp. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-italian-job monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/699c33b8-f8dd-40c2-b2be-16355d48b61d/NI3UXEWC.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out The Italian Job (1969) Directed by Peter Collinson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1a701c81-a078-4c91-809a-d7d253861b89/SB2HLAWP.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) doesn’t appear to have a motivation to rob the Italian gold and goes through no character transformation. He is what he is - a high class thief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dfa086dc-ba38-4c13-9d8a-ab36c065fa20/OHPHMT7T.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Altabani (Raf Vallone) and the Mafia do not kill Charlie and Lorna (Margaret Blye) because otherwise all the Italian ex-pats living in England will be in danger. Obviously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/39ef64e0-93aa-48be-bf1c-7f4fc44adbb2/EDH0K6DI.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Patriotic uniforms of the United Kingdom-based crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a9d3be11-ef17-4d9e-a5ae-2b3705f15380/MUJR6PGN.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out The cars feature the patriotic UK colors as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1b33b4d7-64a6-4320-bc4b-232096acf570/HJ0QSKME.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out A literal cliffhanger to end the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ac8108d8-8b12-4cc8-ae80-101c8bfdefd2/46T1B2XJ+%281%29.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Mini Cooper launching from one building to the next https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5ba48b6b-ba69-45d1-8a77-40da4a057933/L6I142IG.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Driving down the staircase in an Italian palace of some kind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/54c731c5-40bd-4f14-b59d-5b86880e8e11/B7J5PK2O.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Driving through shallow water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/34f54028-50e2-40e3-aacd-f8d0614d8160/F00BA5TU.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Driving atop a stadium and then back down to evade Turin police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1249d9c0-4d56-4511-bb8e-330f6ccb8b18/JJ3F2K79.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Driving through a mall and swiping a chicken from a diner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/39c85f77-0fdd-4cd2-8c68-22ded6ff7c5b/OESHAP5G.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Driving through a giant pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f6005244-d52a-44c7-8568-df220a771c78/7KZOEAU6.jpg The Films - The Italian Job (1969) - Make it stand out Will Charlie and the gang actually get out of this? We will never know! https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/terms-of-endearment monthly 0.5 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9a8f8015-2c4c-44d8-91b1-28225461c910/FXBC7FYA.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Terms of Endearment (1983) Directed by James L. Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ca568ae1-ae65-44c5-bbff-730d9c243005/X24E2GSJ.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) puts her head on her infant baby girl to make sure she’s still breathing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6879e27e-b407-4c66-acd0-d3534da142c8/DL5JY5RN.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Mother and daughter that behave more like two sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8a34a7b2-aa53-4747-a260-a09ad5e6c707/D8YFW6CO+%281%29.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Aurora tells Emma (Debra Winger) not to go through with her wedding tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3ec123e8-964e-4ff1-9e24-0cead104bff8/KIZ9KG7F.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out But Emma goes through with it and marries Flap (Jeff Bridges). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3bf0797f-65dd-4032-9e6c-ddff7c8384a2/L008LZOD.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Emma finally speaks with Aurora after the wedding and she makes Flap talk to her too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7b27ffdd-a5d6-40e6-90ef-fe37bff36258/0J4MSNKU.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Saying goodbye as Emma leaves for Iowa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f879c438-462b-44b3-b011-e71f67d315c8/3X00B91C.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Emma says goodbye to her best friend/mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a2c9ce2d-fca1-4bea-8fb3-38c08e0f1230/0ROYY2DI.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Aurora eventually falls for Garrett (Jack Nicholson), her hard partying former astronaut neighbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cbd2fd08-df2f-4795-a49d-b55456c116bc/RKS1RZLG.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out This date got weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c218b394-4d75-4b3d-89f4-11e00e3ec0c7/V8Y3ITOY.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Sam (John Lithgow) denies loans to Emma but doesn’t deny his lust for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c68e7285-ac21-4e34-ad21-f4a48a70b8eb/XEOWA187.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Emma learns that her illness is terminal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/43b7cf8a-0666-4ae8-a521-50217d8e004d/0S1XP01X.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Emma talks to her children Tommy (Troy Bishop) and Teddy (Huckleberry Fox) for the final time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/959e2f59-3e85-456f-8df2-96c465b4631f/RWJ1N1OY.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Emma speaks with her children for the last time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8a932273-a85c-4d9d-9710-a6ede6d8914a/TXNFAA6K.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Teddy sees his mother for the last time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/92713a8d-ff5d-4d9e-8d52-9ca77482ce4d/ATI9ALTB.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Garrett shows up in Nebraska to comfort and console Aurora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dfe437ac-981f-4200-9fba-d8e6966934a2/3AT0QUJM.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Aurora was there for Emma’s first breath and her last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f681c9af-1736-45cd-88cb-df5d643bbb5c/LCLLTV1T.jpg The Films - Terms of Endearment (1983) - Make it stand out Aurora, after the death of her best friend and daughter Emma. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/rome-open-city monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1e6f576b-6eac-41bb-8d2b-a8a311d20e8c/I89C7G3Y.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Rome, Open City (1945) Directed by Roberto Rossellini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/93360a0d-7343-4982-be7d-52e202b74bf1/WOZ1KTMZ.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out The crowd is hungry and restless outside a bakery early in Rome, Open City (1945). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/87347249-a1ac-485a-a66e-3a7024d700b3/9XOFR6O4.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi) and Pina (Anna Magnani), who unknowingly carries money for the Italian resistance, are briefly questioned by a German officer in the priest’s church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d1b24eaf-efaf-4a87-9c70-16c0e02b0400/1V9XWHMP.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Resistance leader Luigi Ferrari (Marcello Pagliero, left) hides at Pina’s home where she lives with her family and fiancé Francesco (Francesco Grandjacquet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e14a661b-dea5-4028-a5ca-0f3eeff17027/BYH8PMOU.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out German and Italian officers raid the building where Pina lives and Luigi hides out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fae55b62-49d1-4217-905c-dc6c0a99aee3/KVV8JM6Q.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Father Pietro and Marcello manage to enter the building where bombs and guns are being hidden by the children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c82a7fda-980a-469f-9daa-53cbbeea30a9/FO0U9T39.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out The soldiers are coming up to see what the priest and altar boy are truly up to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9dd8c3bc-220b-4581-a76e-120a0023bb42/3LBLA9B8.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Father Pietro Trying to calm down the grandfather (Turi Pandolfini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d403757a-5b3b-4538-9033-c70f34c04ae5/60QF1RCT.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Calm down old man, the soldiers are coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0d56ee0f-247d-4433-ba9c-dae35fdd86dc/Y4PM2X35.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Pina racing to try to save her fiance Francesco from being hauled away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d2033ea1-65df-4753-8be9-471b373c2dfd/BQAJ8SHL.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Pina racing to save Francesco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/28ecc067-68b6-4a9c-8283-69e9a12fc488/633Q9VF4.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Pina shot dead in the streets by German soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7dab337c-f01b-43be-8f1b-b0094603c06c/LHFNQDYO.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Father Pietro cradles the deceased Pina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/664ef1f0-3cc5-4132-8fcf-dcddef361c3c/KNWWNT2K.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9982eb14-17d2-4a7b-9229-4941e0a35787/SHNQ34B6.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Scorned lover Maria (Marina Mari) turns Luigi in to the authorities before he can escape to the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9d4959af-0007-49fa-a884-1145999b5478/4S5U1LG8.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out German sophisticate Ingrid (Giovanna Galletti) gets information from Maria, and in exchange keeps Maria out of poverty with gifts and drugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9f3e46c7-a77f-411b-ab65-d5dd994d81e8/R269JFQ9.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Major Bergmann (Harry Feist) threatens Luigi before sending him to be tortured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1b1e0088-1769-45e6-8820-622ced715f04/79LGF0JO.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Is this the first realistic depiction of torture in a motion picture, especially detailing the cruelties of the fascists in World War II? Given how shocking the scene is now, one can only imagine its effect in 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0885facd-6c9b-465d-969e-b424200d6ab1/1NGALEP1.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Christ-like imagery of Luigi’s torture appears throughout the sequence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/20d9043e-8fd8-4a1d-b0e7-2f035fdb3e72/SLK39UVO.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Implements of torture and the brutality they suggest are almost as effective in creating shock and horror as seeing it carried out on Luigi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6a35e8eb-fbc5-488b-8044-4f4bd9b70e3f/HKV9E8K9.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Marina and Ingrid partying next door to the torture room, drinking and smoking with German soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8af655ad-8e2d-4b23-bcac-dbb68a6692b1/MB2YFRMD.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Major Bergmann takes a break from overseeing Luigi’s torture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0778333f-7185-4181-8baa-fde04a791ec1/E0DRPEXY.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Maria, horrified at the mutilated body of her lover, collapses in shock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ef0b36c8-dd56-4ffb-bd4c-5276c0d18d3e/JVBVYBMB.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Moments before Ingrid removes the fur she gifted Maria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1e215906-8db3-4369-9f1c-8657ac66d064/JNLOYYN1.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Father Pietro’s last moments before the firing squad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/61c137fb-a313-4601-abca-8b25196f5538/DO5UB08S.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out Young boys witnessing the priest’s execution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e20fe67a-662f-47d8-beea-c20ae1059eb4/HP5MEJ85.jpg The Films - Rome, Open City (1945) - Make it stand out The boys, children of horror and witnesses of cruelty, walk towards their home city of Rome as the final shot of the film. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/chan-is-missing monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/33a450b1-a8b1-49cf-9bf7-fd5d6afad8a8/DZAB9XG4.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Chan is Missing (1982) Directed by Wayne Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/59c0e3db-2476-4de3-8e83-f0dde8122e94/474ILF4Q.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Chinese Americans - including Steve (Marc Hayashi), Amy (Laureen Chew) and Jo (Wood Moy) who narrates - portrayed as people is the novel, groundbreaking work central to Chan is MIssing (1981), as mundane as that may seem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/abdca014-ffc6-4fc9-9296-1fd7b31584d5/D4CV0T0U.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Steve and Jo out looking for Chan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5d8f16c5-e4dd-45d4-96e5-9c79cae3aa70/F38QEHWG.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Jo tells the audience that three seconds is the average time before his non-Chinese passenger asks about the best place to get Chinese food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d8744c29-7586-4b72-9a71-11a01252f127/B8Z0NL5U.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out From Chan is Missing (1982) in scrappy, documentary-style black-and-white to lush Hollywood color in The Joy Luck Club (1993) in eleven short years - a remarkable (and unheralded) trajectory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/27447a3c-bb2a-44ef-9ad7-8559d438f404/LDYNYFPA.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Scene from Wayne Wang’s The Joy Luck Club (1993). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7c020a9a-da0a-475b-ad6c-290381889f52/50ZM5NEH.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out Henry the Cook (Peter Wang), scene stealer, portrays on one of the witty and hard-working kitchen staff of a restaurant in Chinatown, San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/866476c1-c3d7-482c-a259-77b4ab67efcb/G6BWYIIZ.jpg The Films - Chan is Missing (1982) - Make it stand out The only time we see Chan, in a still frame of a still photograph Jo shares with the audience. Chan is obscured by a shadow, remains a mystery - undefined and indefinable just as the people of his community are. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/out-of-the-past monthly 0.5 2025-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e7523ddb-3d26-42bf-9622-9ce73f267d68/ITDKFW0A.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Out of the Past (1947) Directed by Jacques Tourneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2d00d9ab-2b8f-47bf-8916-4f07304e6bf4/ZBOEAWJA.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff (Robert Mitchum) learns the hard way that it’s ill advised to fall in love with the woman you’re tracking down (Kathie, played by Jane Greer) at the behest of a wealthy gangster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9dfb78d6-d75c-45a0-af9f-e89f61f30a74/I6A29M27.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff arrives at Whit’s (Kirk Douglas) home and the other shoe is about to drop, isn’t it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/73a82af7-7683-44ea-b255-38bc01cd71bc/I9HSXW72.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Whit is just eating this up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d2b4199d-a19e-4062-8e1c-ef2ec7be674a/6BP8VBKQ.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff is blindsided by Kathie’s return - as we, the audience, are meant to be as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/10ec75ad-e023-4dc4-9d87-3d9e726f2c98/GOUY8KTF.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff appears to love Ann (Virginia Huston) but will he fall for Kathie again once she’s reentered his life? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f4d8dc28-3f71-4d07-81c9-460cd2b021f7/29R0C10I.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff, trench coat on, marches up to confront Kathie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2cf1944a-a98e-47eb-b45e-7568c37ca396/F81OLWVS.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Moments before perhaps the greatest fishing pole murder of all time (in self defense, of course). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/16a79ef8-ba00-4107-a625-6ef7176355c9/8YW9OOI7.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Jeff and Kathie after she’s shot and killed another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a513a56c-2f35-4699-93b3-e20670c49656/NMIDWTO1.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out Kathie finally did it - killed Whit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/30db5081-b505-4d67-9eea-c7bd99a25f03/3I53R2W1.jpg The Films - Out of the Past (1947) - Make it stand out A heroic about of smoking is one of the more enduring aspects of Out of the Past. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/devdas monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4ac764de-8bc6-4535-8619-94ff89f2d9d6/88KYFVGY.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Devdas (2002) Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/739fc796-5bb7-4055-be41-3db992e32b4c/4RGJ1KM6.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Devdas (2002) achieves peak Bollywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0c4af03b-2cc5-485a-9286-f1f6c0435842/F9G3Q1LU.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out “Who the hell drinks to tolerate life!” - Devdas (Shah Rukh Khan) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b10db0cb-08d8-47f3-a4e6-7f3dfa1a28c6/Z9AIOWDD.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The stained-glass sets are astonishingly beautiful throughout Devdas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/faddf3f6-dedd-4684-be09-7633bb12a767/HDC6BA68.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Close-ups of Paro (Aishwarya Rai) are so stunning they hardly seem real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c62abc87-0981-411a-917e-db3440f2d9a1/CCFKEC6A.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Overhead shots of dancers twirling in Chandramukhi's (Madhuri Dixit) brothel enhance the choreography and musical numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2f07f472-8409-40ed-9927-f2ab310cdaf1/DOL0AMTM.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Literal candle that cannot be extinguished, burning for Devdas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9eddf540-1e20-4c4b-a9eb-ce079280452b/6KL3CMEU.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The first time we see Paro in Devdas, literally glowing from the lightning strike. Stunning character introductions are the norm in Hindi cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/22e03ddb-3e5e-48b7-9f64-7013217bf273/JK8EYSS8.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Equally stunning closeups of Chandramukhi, utilizing reflective materials behind her when she’s in her brothel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ef82c340-a902-43d5-9b59-6297015f1f57/CZRPVZ6A.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Bad guys have mustaches, don’t you know? Excellent one here on Kalibabu (Milind Gunjal). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7807fa9f-143e-4261-a364-15ccc31d4dc3/8KEGDYCS.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The waterfall and river setting - perfect for a scene to suggest something more than just an innocent collecting of water and removing of a thorn from a foot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2d59c54a-a4f7-4363-8ada-dcd78eb18f46/ZAF3S4YA.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Perhaps more than an innocent meeting by the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bf56edb2-b54b-46f7-8fce-8010d02d81e0/9MHMDC2N.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The entire scene is bathed in a soft blue glow from the moonlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a63f0898-0c5b-4baa-a35f-214106217cbe/VTQOA9WU.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out These scenes between the mothers seem to deviate from the artistry of the rest of Devdas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9b172421-bcb1-442b-9eb6-610c3b55ea7c/H5A3DB29.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Paro racing to be with Devdas near the end of the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e35384c6-996b-4fc0-a7d9-409707fd8fda/HHCOFSHD.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Devdas near the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d086e426-2ee2-40a4-9373-a46d4a159764/9ASU7RX3.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Paro racing for the gate - will she make it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a02dd84b-0254-4d8e-baf9-732dddacfb5a/1LDTPW96.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Devdas breathes his last breath below the tree with red leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f6dd8558-dfa8-4357-a6d3-76e7aff538a7/R8PT81EI.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The flame, like Devdas, has died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7bfacc04-188e-4a8b-9387-4f57f5013d1e/4RGJ1KM6.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out The stunning final dance number “Dola Re Dola” brings all of the craft elements perfectly in sync and stars arguably the two greatest female leads of two separate decades - Madhuri Dixit at her peak in the 1990s and Aishwarya Rai rising in the 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dd66e741-0b01-43a1-8924-3f86057faf94/CDUI478D.jpg The Films - Devdas (2002) - Make it stand out Newlywed Paro in her home, the blues, purples and lavenders of the stained glass surrounds her. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/pat-garrett-and-billy-the-kid monthly 0.5 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/07c5e90c-dc81-4f55-8ade-0449f75e56b3/patgarrett-1600x900-c-default.jpg The Films - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) - Make it stand out Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) Directed by Sam Peckinpah https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/witness-for-the-prosecution monthly 0.5 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3d74f5f1-24c8-49fe-9898-f7892be9de6a/XOM2PA9V.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Directed by Billy Wilder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2d18ee22-2a52-4afd-b9fb-ef6705078bb7/6JHQ67NS.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out The accused murderer Leonard Vole (Tyrone Powell) is questioned on the stand by the prosecution in Witness for the Prosecution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a91eb0bc-e069-4b3b-8c6b-4e0fbf5785b0/EQR64Z71.png The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Although released in the same year, 12 Angry Men (1957, QFS No. 81) has endured in the minds of filmmakers and the public in a way Witness for the Prosecution has not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bf49577b-0f02-40c6-9af0-969056ca5de3/RQD7O0S2.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Charles Laughton is perfectly cast as Sir Wilfrid, a man with serious health issues and who always seems like he’s on the verge of collapse. Just as genius is the casting of Elsa Lanchester as his nurse Miss Plimsoll - Laughton’s real-life wife. The dynamic is perfectly suited for appropriate bickering and comic relief, and also a type of tenderness between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/66c2c611-065f-4a1d-bae4-6c5d4fcb7bb3/DL5IGX6Z.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out The enigmatic Christine Vole (Marlene Dietrich) presents a wild card for Leonard’s defense team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fe62f842-1b24-4c6d-93f5-8065ad612125/W8Z4J6PF.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out The eponymous witness for the prosecution - the accused’s wife! But wait - she’s not legally his wife! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5cd7e616-3a75-4c91-b505-51c29a1c2813/PRLZRY9G.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out The accused cannot believe his wife testified against him! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/16eff29d-12bd-4c4e-ab15-16faa0119e1b/TWLSZCWI.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out A mysterious Cockney woman presents Sir Wilfrid with enough proof to exonerate Leonard. Or is it?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8ffb27e3-0ab1-40f5-a6dd-66c88643d5d3/PIIGF20A.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Who is this random interested observer sitting next to Miss Plimsoll? It’s the young woman (Ruta Lee) mentioned in the trial that Mrs. French had seen with Leonard at the travel agency - she was real! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/842ec7b9-e646-41c0-822e-a3626943559b/FYHBPSRH.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Husband and wife in real life playing what seems like a husband and wife on screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c5d6a667-7fa4-4cb3-a8f9-daf17b0a4864/GCCT3XMB.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Leonard is stabbed in public with witnesses. Will this case be a lost cause for Sir Wilfrid. Find out in the sequel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/262986df-97f0-4e53-b4d2-aa865d3cf761/JPPASLU4.jpg The Films - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Make it stand out Christine wins, but then doesn’t. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d7d37e34-c998-4b15-8cb6-6af559988ef4/02_THE-SEED-OF-THE-SACRED-FIG_Courtesy-of-NEON.jpg The Films - The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) - Make it stand out The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-brutalist monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/29ae4039-95ee-4896-826c-5a064bd186c8/TBR_LP_Rec709_UHD_FLAT_3840X2160_20_PM_20240911.00_24_22_06.Still048_CropEdit.jpg The Films - The Brutalist (2024) - Make it stand out The Brutalist (2024) Directed by Brady Corbet https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/nickel-boys monthly 0.5 2025-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/234ab291-1fc6-4cbd-bc77-583943a7e60b/EYVKJOQV.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out Nickel Boys (2024) Directed by RaMell Ross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/76cd72b6-a780-4ed0-8d6e-fc666cf37f60/JVRNQK8O.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out Being stared at from the back of the bus in Nickel Boys (2024), in a pure POV where the person stares directly at “us” - the camera, the audience, the main character. It’s unnerving and feels very real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/18ed5e3d-73b4-4051-9273-300437722725/MIL9A0B0.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out One of the only times we “see” the first main protagonist Elwood (Ethan Herisse), who is us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/09e51949-e30b-4777-9626-caf29b44c4e9/B8GIC2SC.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out Turner (Brandon Wilson) joins nearly half way through the film and becomes our second perspective. But there’s a reason for it that is revealed at the end of the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a30651dc-f86d-4863-bb09-39540eb059df/images_books_111234.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Nickel Boys seem exist in the same artistic plain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/eef614a1-b87d-4de8-8e15-36ade49f54e3/2WWU3YCH.jpg The Films - Nickel Boys (2024) - Make it stand out Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) embracing Turner, who will eventually “become” Curtis Elwood. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/a-complete-unknown monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f589b029-1eca-4679-9989-dff5d44038dd/452536766_122105059916399560_7121535943495681763_n_jpg.jpg The Films - A Complete Unknown (2024) - Make it stand out A Complete Unknown (2024) Directed by James Mangold https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/conclave monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/27e0f634-7f07-4213-b398-2bf8235a905c/X23VGIAY.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Conclave (2024) Directed by Edward Berger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c09b28ad-a3ad-4eb5-b056-c05c18e6941a/ZDBLEL0D.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out A blast from the unrest outside punctures through insular sanctity of the papal conclave in Conclave (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/007dbbcc-fa4f-4401-b6e3-1c851665da33/C1XMIMQ1.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Benitez (Carlos Diehz) preaches to the other cardinals: “The Church is not the past. The Church is what we do next.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e28dc147-0a24-4ddb-835d-68f29bf11b2c/3ERMU10I.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Bickering and fighting is at the heart of the conclave in a film that’s as much about politics as it is about faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c35c7665-50ed-420d-a89f-6e71cd0ed50c/7YBFM6KR.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Lawrence’s moving speech about the dangers of certainty and the power of doubt, for that is wellspring of faith, inspires some cardinals to cast their votes for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c3ab3e2c-9405-4900-806a-756dbe435ef5/8R4B09QT.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Stately grandeur, captured and framed thusly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/27b8f25e-3506-4d94-a3d2-81aa69f590d5/YX8SSK5T.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6ee5ffbb-043b-44d8-89a3-9fe32dc41145/EG656AK3.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/62a436d9-8312-4621-909a-05d62943d47c/VDOSYBYY.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out The lighting in several scenes evoked Renaissance paintings, religious in nature, often commissioned by the Roman Catholic churched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/86d978e0-c61c-4cd8-9aaf-d3ec09b870a1/1HP6N5OT.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Bellini (Stanley Tucci) calls this war, not a conclave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cd88f513-fbc3-400f-bcea-c9e642429b34/YGS1VV8Q.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Benitez ascends, breaking ground in more ways than one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9551dbed-77c6-4fce-a124-d92b458466df/OUEELYXN.jpg The Films - Conclave (2024) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/lost-highway monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d50e45a8-be03-47af-acc8-5e113e9178ae/676P4KN9.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Lost Highway (1997) Directed by David Lynch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3943704b-2266-4103-bd36-e51cc3d19b9e/L8LNU66F.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Eraserhead (1977, QFS No. 22), began while David Lynch was still a graduate fellow at the American Film Institute, a member of its first graduating class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/125abc96-d2b7-4799-b945-52d58412b9e5/Y9ZX3DLM.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Renee Madison (Patricia Arquette) has black hair in the first half of Lost Highway (1997) - that much is clear. The rest? A little less so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1738440317100-K82T7SUKHGV2PFW478I4/T86YPR50.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out The partially visible highway motif Lynch returns to throughout Lost Highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c86533ca-d8a3-4ab2-a2a6-ea9cdffd18c5/TMPDV8JY.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Performances are often a little off kilter in a David Lynch film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/de377bf2-8e0d-44e5-b474-ab4ab09f1b6d/H2YD29JW.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Mystery Man (Robert Blake) - deranged vidoegrapher? Angel of death? Unsettling at the very least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/92d40b81-a47f-45bf-a488-e2b1b77b6436/8GEXHZVR.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out And suddenly, this is Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty) and Mr. Eddy’s (Robert Loggia) story, a young hoodlum and his gangster friend, who really really doesn’t like tailgaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fd1cd192-d39b-4afd-a56e-2e8243d610f8/IYTGIUQU.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Alice Wakefield (Patricia Arquette) looking very much like Renee Madison but with blonde hair shows up in Pete’s story, linking the two halves of the film and giving us a window in a connection. Or teasing us with one at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6b14039d-a11f-4c4a-9fbb-c4496d4d81b7/GU8W6B67.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Mystery Man, playful imp who brings darkness with him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dddc61a9-cc5e-4156-a670-090608e32bdd/QVY5IY02.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Sergei Parajanov (The Color of Pomegranates, QFS No. 130) forces you to let go from gleaning meaning directly, just as David Lynch does a decade later in the West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e74230b9-4e64-4712-9014-bf0a37cc8250/8CVNEY1B.jpg The Films - Lost Highway (1997) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/chungking-express monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/16e254f5-3e02-4b39-ae01-4ed1644f6d14/TU4OLLB6.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Chungking Express (1994) Directed by Wong Kar-wai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9873c9d8-e006-4ab1-9015-110d1610ca53/4JQ3GF0E.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Scenes of Hong Kong at night during the first half of Chungking Express (1994), the West and East colliding in this city on the eve of the handover back to China. The Woman the Blonde Wig (Brigitte Lin) almost disappears as if she’s one of the goods in the store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f21a6dd8-fcc8-4892-8d26-f86dc7eb0471/95FN1LLW.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out The kinetic swish of running through the city at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/63497018-ae06-4f03-8d69-206d38e5dd53/H96P61QK.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Indians, Europeans, Chinese all collide in this little universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/44414588-5272-4145-8a84-7d2208d58037/J1I2W5JO.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out The neighborhood is more than just a place in Do the Right Thing (1989). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/139fc34c-cc56-407f-9e78-bc9f9972e20d/A8GM732D.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) in Taxi Driver (1976), the red lights of the city illuminating him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d33a7b1d-1088-4a1d-bafe-d652edc2fa44/JETOKJ54.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Woman in the Blonde Wig and He Zhiwu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) illuminated by red light in the city tavern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fee3f025-8927-4ab4-945c-9bfd65a7c803/ZBOABDIM.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9eb8c7dd-a448-4379-94fe-0ee351e597b2/9GI2U19J.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8dc41380-6637-42d7-be55-b3d246888210/GVHIDVA0.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/85fced0c-a190-4ec2-a64a-7bca3db5d01f/VEKTFHVM.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out The Woman in the Blonde Wig inadvertently extracts He Zhiwu from his melancholy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fc3a8313-f6c7-4f90-a874-1b41d1099572/0TWHGVTA.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Cop 663 tries to inspire the inanimate objects around him or shares his disappointment in their recent performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e0cff76f-9c56-45b9-95fb-1831f2839c9a/MFBQRKEQ.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Faye on her secret mission in Cop 663’s apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7220dd4c-f4dd-444e-a4b3-3981b71037fa/FXIPMBKS.jpg The Films - Chungking Express (1994) - Make it stand out Cop 663 now knows Faye’s been in his apartment and confronts her at her food stall. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/umbrellas-of-cherbourg monthly 0.5 2025-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1736362842915-SDG63W55WDYEZM8LSKGX/1X580GBJ.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Directed by Jacques Demy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/26dfdbe0-2040-478a-a91d-6e9c59d4a8d1/NH27R05P.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Guy’s (Nino Catelnuovo) co-workers prefer movies to operas. We’ve got news for you… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dfabad72-9ccf-42b9-b02a-a18fea4aebb4/CWE549VW.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Everyone is singing in Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but it’s their language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/88fb554f-4b28-4124-95e9-2547430cdc56/MVNT7WIS.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9477574e-db62-42a0-948b-9f9d832c98a2/NANOGV9E.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ddbfe60c-6d02-4d58-8cde-6132bfc17771/UF6O9NXE.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a6be2bb0-b171-4cd3-a3d8-bf183a747254/5J0ACR0C.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f1e88abb-ab14-40be-8a99-20d22ac6687f/9CZOH9EG.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Roland (Marc Michel) and Genevieve get married in haste, and the montage enhances the rapid nature of the relationship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f9c288f4-b4f3-495e-846d-20a87ba3bd9e/2MXHGDWJ.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out A stunningly emotional scene of Guy’s perspective of his train pulling away from Genevieve (Catherine Deneuve) as he goes off to war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/96428520-e261-4f35-bc44-72c4507359ae/M1SD4KIM.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Colors awash in Barbie (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b6bf5da6-c303-4cf6-83d0-b75eddc842c7/OS4T314H.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Bold colors in La La Land (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e7265987-e2d4-44c5-a6d9-6ac789932437/B5UKMA86.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Guy and Genevieve on a platform with a camera, the world moving behind them as they “float.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8f562588-aee4-4fca-8023-efb2dc2b8c01/SIMWFLIR.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out BlackKklansman (2018, QFS No. 83) using the platform shot to bridge into the final sequence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b8856e4b-5e9b-43d6-b97d-4d848121a45a/CZG6KC2A.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Do the Right Thing (1989) uses bold colors to accentuate the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/85d2c2f1-c548-4e94-bf9c-27095c4b36da/NW1S17QZ.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Genevieve’s mother (Anne Vernon) against bold pink in the umbrella shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/97d690a5-5639-4315-8e08-304e21da2be4/YANVDKEN.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Coconut Sid (Frankie Faison) against red on his street in Brooklyn in Do the Right Thing (1989). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f369766a-6049-4ba8-b56f-8e7c3f721bde/4T1CDUB9.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out Genevieve and Guy and their chance encounter at Guy’s new service station at Christmas time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/76c364b0-3e00-4a88-ba70-6913b787f35b/326KVI76.jpg The Films - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - Make it stand out The final crane shot above the service station - a unique way to conclude a unique movie musical. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/touch-of-evil monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/abe22491-8783-450d-8d26-4f86cc418744/S69ZXMTJ.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out Touch of Evil (1958) Directed by Orson Welles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ee34d59a-049e-4cec-a72b-5f471e5b67be/JLAC6TGL.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out Early on in Touch of Evil, we see Ramon Vargas (Charleton Heston) and Susan (Janet Leigh) cross from Mexico into the United States. But after that, at times their location as it pertains to the border is murky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d60e32f3-4460-4c64-9a18-3779c24a333e/MZPZWBY0.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out The “good cop” is Mexican. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f5745e12-45c5-42e2-9baa-5e2daad2f9ea/MZ40YZPV.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out The “bad cop” Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) is the American. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f9b83bb9-fe79-4716-a9c0-39e1e5b27aff/SH4DROS8.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out Quinlan takes up drinking and reminisces about his departed wife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/65c4083a-cd92-4746-9445-eda7e96c1543/V1Z6IMSB.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out The most surprising turn is Pete Menzies (Joseph Calleia) who starts off as a sycophant but realizes the error and illegality of his partner Quinlan’s ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f646f2b9-2536-4623-b0bb-5f4d9c71870a/7X84C72Y.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out Quinlan’s final moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7c8839ab-5782-4654-9ef0-9ba72c4cc6b3/WGDITVA1.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out In Sicario (2015, QFS No. 153) the border is a war zone, not an in-between ambiguity as it is in Touch of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8c37075b-ab52-45a0-b5e5-17a9db9b4966/K0H8WB13.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out The interracial newlyweds in Touch of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/75ae8731-a9de-4d16-bad0-931cc2ba6589/70QJAR8J.jpg The Films - Touch of Evil (1958) - Make it stand out From the film’s opening after the car explodes in the United States with explosives from Mexico. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/city-lights monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6c2adc65-1bed-4f35-844e-cb1b35a08076/9WDBHC9F.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out City Lights (1931) Directed by Charles Chaplin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4770b9f4-7e00-48d1-8842-41792c5be5b9/VY6PS2X6.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin), with the prefect place to sleep overnight in City Lights (1931). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9c148321-b3e7-4892-b6e6-72233bdb4f06/6GPNH4VF.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out This man only speaks kazoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ddfbb0e2-035b-4eef-873b-49b21802ca98/JWNH9TLW.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out This man (Harry Myers) should probably not be driving. “Am I driving?” he even says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2f4e1957-c6de-4c9f-ad2a-8e55ad6674ff/X7GUW6GP.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out The Tramp with the Blind Girl (Virginia Cherrill) who has no reason to believe he’s anything other than a wealthy elite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6b2c2e9e-e406-49ac-8a46-48c3c47a4d9e/MT4Q0FD9.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out It’s touch not speech, not sound, that let’s the Blind Girl know that this is the man she fell in love with before she could see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1cd73982-65ff-4386-856d-18bc3b2a4b48/1_16Mf98E36FPSmGDglKZLZg.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out The very final, masterful shot of the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f697dad0-4ad6-4dce-b6b3-20488f3752ec/GJL6JWJW.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out When you eat soap, you talk in soap bubbles - that’s just science! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5d181233-e090-4bba-bd47-67ba04aee6d1/25RZ7BRD.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out Bugs Bunny was likely in the audience of this fight, taking notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/950554ec-ba3d-4ca6-910a-dab64e6443d3/NKDJ5GXV.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out The Tramp launching himself at his opponent is a spectacular feat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/04591fc5-92df-493e-ba66-5ea1e56d118f/UY34PIIW.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) - Make it stand out The drunk Millionaire, social and class boundaries dissolved by alcohol, permit him to see the Tramp as a human, a friend, and, apparently, worthy of a smooch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030748954-7EVXUFB6DS38JY6NNDZJ/3YZYWRSP.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030749542-ILJ3C4S2WNL6PVKB0R7L/6Y384HMW.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030751455-CT8NAM2P96HTDQM85ZXU/9V5F63NT.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030753787-DDYR15NL8CEKNICUAA8X/KHQEYGHM.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030755183-0FS9GN8H5ODNA6F6H45F/STLCCDDJ.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734031105384-CHR4H1QMFSMKNOVLLHIW/LV6G09MA.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1734030812537-FG2UNG0OE0GRFRYMYV3G/1_16Mf98E36FPSmGDglKZLZg.jpg The Films - City Lights (1931) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/brazil monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1732660709977-ZWA1TU3ZGDI1NI6Z1SN5/JZLGWC0W.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Brazil (1985) Directed by Terry Gilliam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/47ca3594-08a8-4f96-a7fd-4cc9855921c2/REQUXZ9E.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Sam driving in his miniscule car in his futuristic city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a531c903-2011-424f-9581-eb550aa084f3/XDCF72TT.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Oh what a nice looking city they’ve got in Brazil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a7b4f2ac-4c3e-4b6e-a1ee-df7393ddf93a/8S3RNM07.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Wait, what’s going on? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/67b8ddd2-28d3-4372-9695-e6342fcdebc9/N9X9RP35.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out It was just a model! 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The paperwork said it was Buttle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a5f113ee-d48c-4be8-a261-7746c149cb6d/LXOM86G2.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Will Sam take down the system? If this was a simple film subject to studio tinkering, then yes. If it’s a complex film about our real contemporary world, then no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6e6c1648-2465-4d95-afc8-3bf2483dc11c/IFOMY8Z0.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Winged hero Sam Lowry, in flight during a dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4dd7ce3c-f866-47f4-b91f-4ccc5ce2ed6d/NP7QPFCL.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Consumers For Christ banner parades through the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0dde08d6-5c58-44e4-956f-6356433b7875/4GVIPPH2.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Perhaps this is a happy ending? Sam smiling, lost in a fantasy for good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a80c795a-8eb9-4d65-badf-c063cd86f36e/OG1DA9ME.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Sam enters Information Retreival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/70eda253-b1ae-4512-b1b3-d5e507ee5679/JI74LD5C.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7afe87cd-c00e-4423-acbe-f9df025946a4/TJOYXPI1.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out This set is both excellent in its design but also photographed nearly perfectly by Terry Gilliam and cinematographer Roger Pratt with one of the all time great camera dolly movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ab3dfffe-e453-4bcb-a64d-167359c5a38c/LDQR6G90.jpg The Films - Brazil (1985) - Make it stand out Paperwork reigns down after Sam disrupts the tube system in Information Retrieval. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/princess-mononoke monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1732150805023-PKUJHVKB3HYQTMIHSD5G/9CH5KT8U.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out Princess Mononoke (1997) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0dd144e7-d84b-4c51-bfad-e9339a5ec595/41LH8JC0.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out Nature has reclaimed Iron Town, now a grassy hill, near the conclusion of Princess Mononoke (1997). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b7b61ae0-2267-4443-82cf-196a4383f4ad/VQQLTPFE.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out Iron Town busy extracting resources from the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/95da0a92-5de9-41f2-a222-47e1e3c5c259/04QHPTN0.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out And using fire-laden rifles to attack the wolf spirts and wipe out the countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d4092cc6-e4c9-4318-8cb1-14a4d8169726/HDCEY020.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out Lady Eboshi has empowered the women of Iron Town, rescuing them from brothels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b93bdf4f-95c6-4a6f-a3b7-9377a52f539c/G78TUC13.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out But also employing them in the ironworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/13e3a958-4d63-46fa-b068-f7fe4e96ee64/L80ILF7P.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out Look how happy we all are living in Iron Town - how could a place this joyful also be causing grave harm to the world? Miyazaki’s juxtaposing these two realities in fantasy medieval Japan reflects our current reality today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ea411c74-c158-4de8-a3a0-fe170c01b210/CVYMTVK7.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out I found the apes the most unsettling of the forest creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/15a4a7e5-804a-41dc-b059-fcf5f74ba460/RUCQXCUE.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out The boars - just listen to reason, please! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0846ac2b-e569-4a56-b8bb-2d11d5187ec2/1IM0T7LB.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out The Forest Spirit, whose head is valuable - all of this is allegory that is up for analysis and discussion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4ce9c29a-4c73-4a13-877e-0976f8afcb68/IAU9KTBI.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out San (Princess Mononoke) and Moro - not all good, not all evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2eec24e3-1032-4895-9cfe-2f7b42ff2ab5/XFNF65WD.jpg The Films - Princess Mononoke (1997) - Make it stand out “It’s time for us both to live.” https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/shaun-of-the-dead monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1731131233258-YZKQFG6F38F0C69XB2I5/BYE877Y3.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Shaun of the Dead (2004) Directed by Edgar Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cbb1579c-ef10-4b9c-97bb-2f7e5a5fcb18/1DUDAVQ7.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Zombies or people? Or can we even tell the difference? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f20575db-d729-4e1b-914f-cd939f2eccfc/EHP2QXG7.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out In Shaun of the Dead (2004), Edgar Wright asks the question if we’d even notice a zombie apocalypse at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/75c33443-a18a-4389-b2b0-3de4ea1bd84e/N949N7IN.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Shaun, moving zombie-like through the world already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9fca8937-9741-46be-a483-4148f319dc5a/80WR5VKE.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Shaun still doesn’t quite get that there are zombies now in the world, even when one is literally on top of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0bfd27aa-70af-4026-ae8e-3db40e9a40df/UE1WK47P.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out He finally finally gets it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/abb08e67-df8c-4fb3-a544-6f2faf3248dd/JIXH15R1.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out This tactic of smearing zombie guts on your body to move among the zombies will be used later in The Walking Dead series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3c7c85b4-ca5b-43e9-971a-320f5124cfe6/Q7BCGWRZ.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out The flowers for Shaun’s mother Barbara are an example of a simple gag set up and paid off much later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/785f4ede-d113-45be-a396-ab49dcc81934/XASO77S9.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Watching useful zombies on television in the aftermath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6496b3a8-7ad9-455a-88f1-9928d545c800/ZZ9EB6TD.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out Shaun and Ed, living on the couch in front of a video game console. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3d6eacf5-b342-4473-8387-1532ae681e2c/N6JA1MA4.jpg The Films - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Make it stand out As Ed was in the beginning - on the couch, playing video games with his friend Shaun. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/carnival-of-souls monthly 0.5 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b4c748f2-aefb-4fe5-9937-e871cee638a7/MPYEBP0O.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Carnival of Souls (1962) Directed by Herk Harvey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c7290665-2f80-4289-afb7-0e2af1f08eb5/EXBIMCS6.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Mary (Candace Hilligoss) emerges from the river after the car she was in plummeted off of a bridge in Carnival of Souls (1962). Or did she?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3569dc1f-5914-4a92-a42b-2a3140a96b09/3G30KANC.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Mary surrounded by massive pipes from pipe organs at the factory where they’re made, early in the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6cff0725-3192-44b8-ba74-1910e0cda4fa/17X0I1MN.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Candace Hilligoss as Mary, the only professional actor in Carnival of Souls - something that director Herk Harvey turns to his advantage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f5041b0a-55cc-42b8-956a-886c4e4cbf11/6VV9WQ6O.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out The abandoned (is it?) bathhouse occupies Mary’s mind and her nightmares for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e1a509a5-b29e-408f-9bf6-bd4cf748230c/9VA1HIB5.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Mary exploring the abandoned bathhouse complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/55784d12-4399-4748-8e7e-97cbce80c21c/419S4824.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out This image was incredibly effective in creating an unsettling feeling as Mary drives to her new town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2f1bcf44-c872-40bc-8429-8c2ccb833b48/DC399TUK.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out This image, with a fast car-POV push in, punctuates the driving scene and is really effective in creating horror and suspense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/df4b0d6f-86e5-49b6-881c-d09e6e8ae799/K2GKGBZO.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Harvey uses high angles very effectively to make Mary small and lost in the strange world she’s found herself in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/38d6bd22-72bc-4dbb-9e71-85111bfc8ae2/EZ48T8U2.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Mary’s final moments, chased down by the undead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fb789e94-47df-4ba1-a365-741789a17679/GHN75BFH.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out The undead, but … why are they here? What happened? Or does it not matter? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/efa712ed-8486-4084-9ba1-c0c61eb4862b/3P8IVZOC.jpg The Films - Carnival of Souls (1962) - Make it stand out Low-fi scares through simple imagery abound in Carnival of Souls (1962). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/ali-fear-eats-the-soul monthly 0.5 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c48f67a7-c100-4008-a2b9-047fbdf6b75d/MHZCYS79.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Directed by Ranier Werner Fassbinder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b8765be0-3a10-4f0b-9098-18e60b547984/7XGASER9.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) and Emmi (Brigitte Mira) hold hands in a sea of emptiness. The scene feels like the fulcrum of Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) directed by Ranier Werner Fassbinder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6cdb682d-eda8-4a61-97db-dece70b558a4/XJFGESWM.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Emmi lashes out at the staff, but also the world, finally cracking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2cf52783-7517-469a-a18f-a2a478aee3c7/PAS5Q2JG.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out The staff looks on with apparent disdain at Ali and Emmi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/19a2127b-23a6-4eb6-809b-7fd0002192fd/7RC88D6L.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Ali consoles Emmi, displaying a tenderness that sometimes is elusive from the stoic husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4d18bf89-ea5a-43b1-82b4-99d99e2ad6c0/94TCX7OG.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Emmi’s daughter is in what is clearly a toxic relationship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6dbd119b-67c3-47b1-8842-65a2f9d5c22c/WEUA7WKD.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Which is directly juxtaposed with the preceding scene - a relationship that people don’t approve of but is clearly more loving than the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fbaf2019-f57a-44c5-8559-ef1fc25c5174/CK7Q2IJA.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out The striking, mysterious wide shot - from Emmi’s point of view - of the bar she’s entered, lured in by the unique Arabic-language music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b96d5929-b165-4507-bf53-6636615baf3d/8B5PBZMU.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out But Emmi, as the older woman, is the oddity here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d3224fe3-e302-4f33-bb2c-f8ae99efefcd/E30KYX9T.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out This frame is the end result of a very deliberate push in by Fassbinder, drawing attention to Ali. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1ca34dcc-82fb-49c4-89ef-549d9f59ff5c/UWWDWALP.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out The cold, distant, empty space utilized by Fassbinder in the Italian restaurant where the claim to fame - among other things - is that Hitler used to dine there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fbf93a3e-458d-4361-a585-b05665086ca2/8MGO998W.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman play an older woman and younger man couple in Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows (1955) - an inspiration to Fassbinder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8cbecee0-0ef9-4fa4-acbf-af6af69c69b8/ZYPV5E2W.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Ali confesses his wrongdoings and returns to Emmi’s accepting embrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/af25b688-3d73-4422-ac8d-7de298f77d18/HL12QLNT.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Emmi’s friends marvel at Ali’s physical attributes - youth and muscles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/11de0751-ca7b-4618-97c0-8f3815eb28db/Z3OJWKJM.jpg The Films - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - Make it stand out Fassbinder uses the set to block parts of his frame in deliberate ways, making our subjects harder to see. He’s a master of the use of distance to convey a feeling - in this case, loneliness and detachment. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/sicario monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/78c55ce6-186f-461e-a28f-5513b974e3b6/J7MQGR73.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Sicario (2015) Directed by Dennis Villeneuve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7c8839ab-5782-4654-9ef0-9ba72c4cc6b3/WGDITVA1.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Classic soldiers-at-dusk shot in a war movie, which is how Sicario (2015) portrays border of Mexico and the US - as a war zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4f1db1e1-68c3-4333-8371-53f0aa2a4268/56PX4ACI.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Not a shot from Sicario but from another Roger Deakins shot film, Jarhead (2005) - another film about war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1ff2325e-6c3e-4f6c-8644-b5954508cb8f/FMQ8S8QQ.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Kate Mercer (Emily Blunt) stands in as a proxy of the ordinary American - kept in the dark, just as she is as they cross the border here in Sicario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/484772f8-a778-4c83-81d7-f8d236fb0799/LH7QHFDI.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Reggie Wayne (Daniel Kaluuya) and Kate are the only two people standing up for American ideals of justice. Is it a coincidence that they are also the only Black character and woman character in Sicario? There's a cynical way and a more gracious way to interpret this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2fd55d20-d73b-46fe-9557-0c001f359dbb/JCZF36BV.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Matt Barnes (Josh Brolin) has mastered the condescending look that "tough guys" give to people who want to follow quaint and outdated "rules" and "the law." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1f56abc0-4804-4195-b484-19cc999242f6/9COC4JLX.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Alejandro (Benecio del Toro) says here "You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now." This is as close to a thesis statement as you can find in a film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c2e94137-91a9-457b-a003-69398e7eca87/XH5PKXFJ.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out The final sequence is open to a lot of fascinating interpretation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/eeee67f8-714b-4273-8187-c18af406d49e/69TOF37U.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e6e323b9-4098-4135-a5e1-331f5053c623/RH7AE70Q.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out Kate, small and insignificant at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/451aed60-7ad5-462e-8138-fa42c8e82b57/PW0EMVLG.jpg The Films - Sicario (2015) - Make it stand out One of the few acknowledgements of the real victims in Sicario, somewhat tacked, here near the border wall. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/imitation-of-life monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a9494834-029c-4a33-a2c0-131cdbafeac7/GL4HHH3H.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Imitation of Life (1959) Directed by Douglas Sirk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0667b9ed-d330-482e-b005-ace8582d607b/EIVE4BKT.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Embrace the wonderous theatricality of the stage lighting in Imitation of Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f0d41a5a-ae53-4b33-9d54-9003f657e459/1TU38NZD.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Lora (Lana Turner) and Annie (Juanita Moore) clearly on a stage, but it's all an "imitation" of life, you see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/29805953-dfa1-48e0-a5e4-22c376498ad1/0MF1UARI.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Breaking into song and dance on top of a moving train in Dil Se.. (1998). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/85783e2f-7a48-4b3e-bdcf-e826a3b666fa/7XYGO22B.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out All About My Mother (1999) is rife with melodramatic twists, but somehow is rooted in reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/74636c42-44a0-4ca5-ae74-fca019a2be94/KR9FIKBZ.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Lora has a chance to flourish while Annie supports her in the background, out of focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d190868d-c047-4c29-93d4-a8886df98454/6HOYCX6C.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Annie spends the entire film attempting to help Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) that she shouldn't be ashamed of the reality of who she is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4db4b115-74be-4081-a739-7a03665159d4/I4QG3YLB.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Susie (Sandra Dee) feel neglected, which is valid but perhaps less existential than Sarah Jane's struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8dd718ac-ad44-4570-8242-72a060f4318b/C6MFMVVR.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out This extraordinary scene also is worth watching Imitation of Life. The performance, the writing, the staging - superior work by Douglas Sirk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/86cbcfcb-3b43-4bc6-97bf-2ed1cd0e604a/2US5KEFF.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Annie, telling Sarah Jane that she will leave her alone but is there if she needs her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7cbcda52-2d4d-479e-b6f2-5c3063376be5/YLPD6CNY.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Annie, relentlessly mothering, gives Sarah Jane her final act of love - the freedom Sarah Jane thinks she wants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/80ba324a-5552-42fb-bb10-3e694d2528c0/46YNAIKK.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out Sarah Jane collapses against the door in a way that I was prepared to do by the end of this scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d2194700-df69-4f8c-a88e-ca2a744448b4/FLSGFT5N.jpg The Films - Imitation of Life (1959) - Make it stand out How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt? Juanita Moore shoulders the emotional load in Imitation of Life. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/godzilla-minus-one monthly 0.5 2024-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1725478119968-DZ7NUB6A6EG12MUJONKL/LPZVNMFW.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Godzilla Minus One (2023) Directed by Takashi Yamazaki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/aeebcf5d-2a1c-43d6-9fa0-e1cf29c0a242/MCC5MS6O.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Is Godzilla an avenging god, a force of nature, or something of both in Godzilla Minus One (2023)? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5e5bd213-4831-473b-94e4-e1fbe29e6324/OOQXFM1W.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Haven't the Japanese people gone through enough in World War II? And now a giant lizard monster?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a48dd7a0-9041-40de-8b00-9a5efd532fdf/28BN1ZRK.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Don't do it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7b274676-0d20-42f2-9f58-2ebbe69590ff/QLQKKCLM.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Don't do it!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7d68f65c-1462-4f0b-8159-054a26772ecd/2Y7Z9O5P.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Ohhhhh.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d6c69d24-4506-4ac9-964c-18c8c8d1625d/8BJCB0OQ.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out The violent conclusion of RRR (2022) reimagines Indian independence from the British through force and might. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2dbea725-94c2-4c21-8882-003635bad962/KKC98K2M.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out As seen here in blood splattered across an icon of the British crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/05919a3b-6b70-406a-a811-0f16f8cf537b/3TOVQQSO.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out The civilian feel comes together in Godzilla Minus One and can defeat monsters (which might include China?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6b3be4e3-a70b-40ce-9a57-f5a9042acd7e/4LY0PR03.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Saluting Godzilla's demise, having done their patriotic duty to save Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2855d210-bbb1-4fd3-a521-c001666bce82/20Y5ULD8.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out "Is that ... Godzilla?" is unintentionally hilarious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b4562a92-ac90-4cdf-85ae-67b50ff07174/92AFYKGC.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Many of the action scenes are excellent, but the flying sequences featuring Shikishima zooming past Godzilla are exhilarating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bec3d88c-73ce-49b0-9fcd-d066279c2057/WVELH5NF.jpg The Films - Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Make it stand out Godzilla gonna Godzilla. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/la-confidential monthly 0.5 2024-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e46a8108-006f-4203-895c-d27a2c635357/JU6AIAUJ.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out L.A. Confidential (1997) Directed by Curtis Hanson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5261d3f8-e700-4fa1-95e7-8aa0322c8591/RDMOO6ID.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out The press conference about Jack Vincennes death from L.A. Confidential (1997). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/efece727-9521-4777-8f79-391b1c8d5bf0/FRX7E6T3.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out Captain Smith (James Cromwell) asks about "Rollo Tomasi." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9f05913a-49fc-4ae4-aa98-3c433401d052/J633HCJD.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) knows. Director Curtis Hanson and cinematographer Dante Spinotti capture it in a simple, tight close up that holds long enough to register. A confluence of performance, writing, directing, and cinematography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d29d9692-cf93-4119-9118-c685c0dc62cd/9OLZA6MN.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out Bud White (Russell Crowe) is the only character not playing an angle in L.A. Confidential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7da02e53-c6c1-4d8c-802d-3e76bcbbfdc5/WXFVY8RM.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out Moments before does what Dudley asked Exley asked him he's capable of doing - shoot a suspect in the back to prevent him from causing more harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d10c3722-1a6a-402c-8c2c-cf2ea8c9e167/NGZJ1RPD.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out White doesn't kill Exley. This is the moment, the fulcrum of the film. It's this moment when he uses his mind and not his muscles that allows them both to team up and find the real villain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dc902fe0-3d76-4316-80e0-9ebd99240e9d/23CRF6H4.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out The Arizona pillow, a symbol of the real Lynn Bracken, deep in the recesses of her home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7847c507-d9db-4341-a574-68333de34e1c/L3PDY6WB.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out The details in Lynn Bracken's home and throughout L.A. Confidential are in the background and service to the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/01c7ea3c-1e9e-4d8c-9315-75084bc007a8/0S28DAO1.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out This use of foreground and background, enhanced by the strong horizontals and angles of the Pierce Patchett's (David Strathairn) Neutra home, is the masterwork of filmmaking - the combination of production design, cinematography and directing. And one of the many great character introductions Curtis Hanson pulls off throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/25f32e6c-ddca-433b-b592-f73c30114576/51AI3DU5.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) - Make it stand out Dante Spinotti and Curtis Hanson's stunning close up of Lynn Bracken as she snaps her head towards camera and Bud White - their fates eventually will intertwine. A classic frame evocative of early Hollywood glamour headshots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1725070549258-IZWW0NYIKZUIFEGFE5G0/0OEQZVGY.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1725070549038-LLQQ3BHJVNXQIF7RF6XM/V50EDP4E.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1725070549938-D0ZLKQL8CA8VR44IPSTL/Y1E329B9.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1725070550274-HG4WP84X8DJ302PB0C8V/YRX8ZSP6.jpg The Films - L.A. Confidential (1997) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/scarface monthly 0.5 2024-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6a4133d1-bda2-49fb-8639-a1483e4300da/scarface-1932-behind-the-scenes-making-film-01.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out Scarface (1932) Directed by Howard Hawks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/526b2546-c1e8-421f-af8a-cf60bd7affcf/19711_5.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out The World Is Yours according to this advertisement outside of Tony Camonte's window in Scarface (1932). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/495854fd-74a8-4b6a-b130-da345f294122/MV5BZGRmNTEzNjAtZGUxNy00ZWE1LTgwYzMtOTI4NDdiZGJkNjQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzk5MDQ0NA%40%40._V1_FMjpg_UX907_.jpeg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) is charismatic, but it's clear that Johnny Lovo's hiring of a maniac like Tony is short-sighted at best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6f37d7e1-e644-4980-a888-f9a7711b8a2e/f9fae709a230ba214a61a8abe9d7c1a1e1e45053256963e3b3b6235eddf3a7d8._SX1080_FMpng_.png The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out In 1932, Tony Comante dies sniveling and begging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/31bac0d5-4994-489d-b554-17c10e4444a6/OB6F7Z9U.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out In 1983, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) goes out in a more "heroic" or honorable blaze of glory in Brian De Palma's Scarface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/32b3fa22-b80b-4183-85f7-3e5bd002b8c5/scarface21.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out Look how similar these two images are! And the joy in Tony Comante's face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7d7be3ca-83d1-4535-998f-9bf2c83aab1e/HY209NAL.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out Both the 1932 and 1983 version feature weapons capable of doing maximum harm and serve no appropriate civilian purpose - more explicitly addressed in Howard Hawks' film than in De Palma's. And here, in this photo, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) has a little friend. You must say hello to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3cf61cd1-e1a2-4d97-8ce2-6e8d4a2bf75d/MV5BMzQzYTk1MTEtMDBjMi00ZGQyLWEwYzAtZWY5NzlmMzI0YTA2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzk5MDQ0NA%40%40._V1_FMjpg_UX907_.jpeg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out If you're a gangster, just don't down sit near windows during a gang war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d6fa39e6-623e-4680-bb95-4d34c3e688eb/ICQMZRXF.jpg The Films - Scarface (1932) - Make it stand out End credits of the 1983 version pay homage to filmmakers of the 1932 original. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/blow-out monthly 0.5 2024-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1723851268091-JD8RX2CSUN1I8BIX3LDD/Y2II7M2G.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Blow Out (1981) Directed by Brian De Palma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1723671772420-EBX89NMZRD2876DKZPFU/4CBTQ4KI.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack (John Travlota) listening in on a couple while out field recording for his day job, from Blow Out (1981). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c5f0842a-f1b9-4e8b-a58f-4cbee2063f9d/2IB7O0OS.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack hears the owl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/748c2d71-0660-40d9-8e8a-034ad2de76e0/C9MDXN6E.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Hears something else, and a car approaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/49cde9fe-0c9b-4eac-84fa-3ec60885774c/PGL7GEJ4.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack sees the car, then hears the blow out - or is it a gunshot? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7cc1c327-c4f2-44e7-8bb2-5b0fba1d1e0a/GG629GI0.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack sees the car launch from the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/667d83c5-b2c5-44cb-b131-1d9b88868db2/BNXBNGQS.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack "hearing" the gunshot and hitting the tire while we see it - the shot is one of De Palma's masterstrokes in Blow Out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f485ae1f-73f2-4153-b738-0f6d4d5c8d99/FFWVSGZZ.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/37667d64-7502-4415-889b-3df001155814/TLO7R1N3.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/133d952d-d196-449b-ad77-1898e94c636f/3M3R4SXT.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1f1fbec7-bbca-4694-902a-bb0c6a84bbe6/HC26WDMC.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Film-within-a-film opening sequence ends in the mixing room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/efcf239f-4588-405c-9ea8-c59e4c0f96d2/K8NJPN1C.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Introduction to Jack and his line of work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8d44d401-0c07-438d-80b2-bd407a6ee5bd/IYWLU31I.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out The tools of sound and filmmaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/47dbb85d-ae41-4536-874c-13788dfab76a/I2BN6TTW.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack studies the stills of the car crash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d14e30cb-d57c-4890-a846-d69458b447cd/SPC7ABJ0.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack cuts sound the old fashioned way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/271e8a73-6569-4152-bfff-f94d0ddfdfae/YAV2VML9.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Sally dies before Jack can arrive with fireworks from Liberty Day igniting above them. The conspiracy wins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d2912a9f-f979-464f-9c0d-35ad0d5c6ffe/Q31LK5UG.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out Jack's "superpower" is his attention to detail and sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/da5dcff5-c0f3-48cf-a46b-b40831fd68e7/4NP740EL.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out The shot after the continually panning shot is this overhead that shows all the mess left after Jack's frantic attempt to see if any of his tapes still work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4caf3f47-eb78-4d1c-a269-22a03b54b005/PJC2NDPD.jpg The Films - Blow Out (1981) - Make it stand out One of Sally's (Nancy Allen) final screams, eventually used in the trashy film Jack is working on. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/kaagaz-ke-phool monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1719802635822-XLP4R37489TW4YESJ9GD/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-3253.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) Directed by Guru Dutt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ef9b2b49-0f85-4c83-af88-5776cbc33fa1/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-13205.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Suresh (Guru Dutt), slumps into the director’s chair, now a broken old man left only with memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ccf02465-a1a9-48f5-9b81-d36f407d7ff5/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-13327.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out And the crew enters the soundstage to start the day, Suresh’s lifeless body callously removed as the production marches on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7f47a014-0d03-4610-a7f8-cce75a944bc8/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-6227.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Beams of light, shadows, darkness - all part of the language Dutt uses to portray loneliness and distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/26450239-59ae-4b6f-b034-a9a9a5f013a7/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-7240.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Dutt’s use of framing foregrounds versus background evoked the work of Orson Welles, another actor-director prodigy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/415bdd8e-ee3a-4503-911e-9f04a445668a/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-6311.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Dutt uses special effects to convey an imagined connection instead of a physical one, the characters in love but never able to be together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/23413986-3150-492f-844b-d2936e253600/Kaagaz+Ke+Phool%281959%29%5BGuru+Gutt%5DHindi-DvdRip-Xvid+%7E+Smeet.avi_002986644.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Shanthi (Waheeda Rehman) beautifully photographed in a musical number, riding in a car. The scene is quintessential Golden Age filmmaking - music used to convey the inner emotions of the characters as we see them falling in love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/72d53cce-de87-41ee-a6c9-f61fa1ff5b1a/kaagaz-ke-phool-1959-001-guru-dutt-press-pack.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out Dutt (here, as Suresh) and his filmmaking style feels modern - a movie about movies and the movie industry - or at the very least reminded us of timeless American cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/32118d2a-5b1c-4e62-a128-a27c25c22e1a/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-616.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out At the beginning of the film, Suresh reminisces about being swarmed by adoring fans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cd07cc3f-b6b5-4fe4-8de1-88c5c7ca6919/videoscreenshot-amazon-kaagazkephool-13004.jpg The Films - Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) - Make it stand out At the end of the film, Shanthi is swarmed by adoring fans and cannot chase down the old, broken down Suresh. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/death-race-2000 monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ac080aa8-2f06-41b9-8a09-47eed4751b32/Action-spinout-760x421.jpg The Films - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Make it stand out Death Race 2000 (1975) Directed by Paul Bartel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7dea422a-5449-461f-abd4-44c875c54d7d/MV5BODM2NjM2OTQ4OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzY5MTI3MzI%40._V1_.jpg The Films - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Make it stand out The future! New York City in the year 2000 as depicted in Death Race 2000 (1975) in what is in the running for the worst matte painting in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/224db533-b5b2-4fb7-abf5-f36940ed955e/287189846_2266103420218577_7414365985036063092_n.jpg The Films - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Make it stand out Violence and gratuitious nudity. Target audience: American males, 16-30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0a794dcc-33e0-4fb6-903c-72957d866c2f/4acdb21e-e2ff-4d3c-9742-bc8a283a2568_2880x1617.jpg The Films - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Make it stand out Frankenstein (David Carradine) and Annie (Simone Griffeth) both want to take down the president and restore order. Or something like that. He also continues to kill people in the car so it’s a muddled message at best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d4e4a675-51b6-473f-a3b6-9df0f5899a07/death-race-2000-frankenstein-hand-grenade.jpg The Films - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Make it stand out Obligatory image of the literal hand grenade. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/a-woman-under-the-influence monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1718478222438-OE73XWHWLL7TL4V94STW/7E6HGY6U.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Directed by John Cassavetes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f4013324-31e3-48ad-b2b4-30223d331c09/3BC28UTG.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out This scene halfway through A Woman Under the Influence (1974) continues on for a longer time than it seems like it ought. John Cassavetes gives you no way out, just as the characters are trapped in their circumstances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b2113a6a-9a26-4416-a6b0-d23c25b250e4/JQ24IVW2.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Nick (Peter Falk) is unable to answer Mabel at the end when she asks him if he loves her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/10c3fffc-359c-42b8-8a93-05dffe3989aa/9E8UZNJB.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Nick seems caring at the beginning, and he mostly is. But also prone to unreasonable overreactions and violence. Or has he been driven to that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e3096131-c477-4b11-a989-e54ef169edf6/160WIOOY.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Mable (Gena Rowlands) in the Top 10 most awkward dinner scenes of all time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/901cee22-a309-4403-8492-c498b05198f8/5C5AHAVS.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Because she starts caressing this pretty face and insists on dancing, leading to Nick;s first outburst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bb64a3e3-0c17-41e4-b89f-465eceb24fce/JZE9ZJAZ.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Everything’s fine. We’re all fine here. So she’s got a couple of screws lose and is in the nuthouse, so what? (Paraphrasing Nick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/fb5c1fcf-a4bf-4e0b-8b6f-55dcfc636d40/HJCY227H.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Great sequence that is pure 1970s - a smoking Peter Falk riding in the back of a pickup with children who’ve been taking big swigs of Hamm’s beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7873ce88-45f8-41a7-874e-3723337b9554/X3M63ZE2.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out Mabel returns home after her time at the institution and goes to see their children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3c185d9b-f669-4bd4-b3e3-6cd205dd04f3/WUJRE0X6.jpg The Films - A Woman Under the Influence (1974) - Make it stand out When she sees them, it’s played in tight disorienting closeups, evoking how Mabel feels. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/superbad monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ec69c71f-80b9-4df1-a530-8ac5b50dea4d/5NED962T.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Superbad (2007) Directed by Greg Mottola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d0780027-0348-470f-aa3d-402ee1fcc194/40KUXBAB.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Superbad is, among other things, a love story between Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/70c88a7e-f9bd-4aff-91b8-bc1d5381a21a/AYRBACM7.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Finally, Seth reveals he’s upset with Evan and feels he’s being abandoned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b5c5299c-04e8-447d-ad98-3e7bf0a5c72f/EKGU6DM9.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Later, when they’re both exhausted and have their guards down, they’re able to say they love each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/34d0caf7-8f66-4357-9190-a9fd6d7447fd/82TS1WQT.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Evan brags to Becca (Martha MacIsaac) about how much the guys party together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/075109c2-781d-48f1-a105-736c64cff8a7/UV0IPPW5.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out But the night actually entails watching porn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e62fb860-a3b6-4341-bf4b-627a747be093/R2PKB3UJ.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out And drinking beer in a basement, followed by not getting into a strip club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/de3e6c8d-c8d0-4478-ad8a-dafafc3e65fe/DEU7KC0H.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out Seth looks back up at Evan from the escalator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/81a752db-a4c4-481e-9f85-e20ca5791808/WBIBWN58.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out And Evan keeps his gaze on Seth, the two platonic lovers separated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8cc27f1b-013c-40ee-9a39-443479045dcf/JYTKF29J.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out In Eight Grade (2018, QFS No. 19), Kayla (Elsie Fisher) tries to be something she’s not, as we watch her final week of eighth grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/dcbdf27e-e3e1-4247-bbab-28e02e09fd58/mclovin.jpg The Films - Superbad (2007) - Make it stand out And the kids in Superbad all are attempting to be something they’re not, as we watch in their final few weeks of high school. (Obligatory shot of the famous McLovin’ fake ID.) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/uncle-boonmee-who-can-recall-his-past-lives monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bcb239a6-9d5f-469c-abdd-aea510caa361/POAXQYGC.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/169e036b-7f35-4f07-bd8b-0bd3edca27df/O0HIFNAD.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out Just your regular dinner but with a ghost in Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/79836482-525e-4f02-a1f4-adcf4394106f/J8Z6Y5UL.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out But then, another mysterious figure appears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/68f6607f-5622-4ccc-882c-f17a495e0604/R5MYEWF0.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out Boonsong (Geerasak Kulhong), the long-lost son, has returned. And there have been changes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2aae0284-ec2e-4e92-a7f3-6498ab13729e/QBIU6ZRJ.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out The princess storyline tangent was fable-like but unclear to a lot of us its narrative purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/715ef700-8fdd-4acf-bd23-3db5c34ea7cb/COGS04HZ.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out Some of the really evocative imagery of the film appears in the penultimate chapter, as they trek through the night and ultimately to Boonmee’s end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c416c407-f44a-4ec1-a18b-fe4d4cd3690f/POAXQYGC.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out The glittering caves give the appearance of the infinite celestial heavens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1653374d-f2cb-48f9-98b1-fc109cc417a7/68EXQMKI.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out The creatures - or ghosts - come to witness Boonmee’s final moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d91f6de2-e2c8-48c7-beb2-bd7f37b59de9/OSTZV5WK.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out Perhaps the most mundane out-of-body experience depicted in cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e6c3f576-9fed-4d56-a6c2-cd3403d5b1ac/0EI8J2F5.png The Films - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Make it stand out In which they end up at dinner with karaoke, but don’t do karaoke and we never see karaoke. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-philadelphia-story monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1716856014932-1E1OHMQI7T1U7M7PRAXF/f06afde4-331c-4de6-a443-30892d1999ba.jpg The Films - The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Make it stand out The Philadelphia Story (1940) Directed by George Cukor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2b28cc3b-7d94-4bf4-9422-5555349ed481/MV5BMTYzNTI4NjUwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjQ5MTUyNw%40%40._V1_.jpg The Films - The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Make it stand out What do we hope happens in this story? That’s one of the main questions we had about The Philadelphia Story (1940). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c74d386e-684b-4375-bd9f-b44ae5342a4e/philadelphiastory4.png The Films - The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Make it stand out George has difficulty mounting a horse, presumably because he didn’t spend his youth riding them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f48c419d-c4a9-417d-9acf-b2be2a11a9a0/the-philadelphia-story-still-2.jpg The Films - The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Make it stand out Mike also is an outsider and appears to maybe connect with Tracy but in the end returns to a women more in line with in his class category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3844d584-acc7-4e6e-bf26-031f67613996/phillystory3-1600x900-c-default.jpg The Films - The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Make it stand out Watching Jimmy Stewart (Mike) and Katharine Hepburn (Tracy) stone cold drunk is, if nothing else, reason enough to see The Philadelphia Story (1940). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/black-girl monthly 0.5 2024-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2f098270-e1d5-4795-8768-482400d998a1/N3MIVKHW.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out Black Girl (1966) Directed by Ousmane Semebene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4d1a1618-edca-41ec-9234-fd413a9c585f/8VFXHKJ2.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out Diouana (Mbissine Therese Diop) didn’t sign up to be treated as a maid. But then… what did she expect? Perhaps a well delineated contracted could’ve gotten them all out of trouble in Black Girl (1966). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e57c640e-2331-45fa-b717-d75bb36637b6/I35ZUOJF.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out That’s the face of an irate employer prone to violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/722e6bfd-cafd-467e-97cd-779fc4523c71/VAUHWW36.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out Dehumanizing dinner featuring a creepiest of the creepy guys who just wants to kiss a black girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c4757691-2759-4d55-aebd-47233bddde76/2KC4VCB6.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out Dehumanize human marketplace for a maid/nanny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/222f55f2-59f8-4e5d-a771-911cc14ae956/XQ45QWBB.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out The mask’s origin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/20ce6ef1-fb7b-4701-a32b-ebebca61c090/R3ENEYQJ.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out The mask on the wall in France. a gift from Diouana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/818c6b28-e261-427d-a154-62f337a075b0/SJQUMKOG.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out The mask “chasing” Monsiur (Robert Fontaine) away in Dakar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/58515d97-a712-4b78-827c-ccba730f94a8/VQ76D3BF.jpg The Films - Black Girl (1966) - Make it stand out Diouna arriving in France, wide eyed, but it will all go awry. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/hard-eight monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c004ffdf-d042-4460-8985-2ea8f52fc07b/9XCSYC9A.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Hard Eight (1996) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0d1759c6-7c33-44a5-8db3-6c1e25083a43/MDYIMP7J.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Sydney picks up a “stranger” kicking off the question why in Hard Eight (1996). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/617835de-9cf2-417e-aef0-fbccaa7d9496/1APHXHGW.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out And Sydney seems like he knows about John. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/211d21b3-bd19-436b-82a3-59826b371282/N9GC49B7.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out This sets off a really strange road trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c6e593e1-a2a6-414c-ab1a-e78c831fdbd6/MFIN9ML1.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Sydney teaches John how to get a room through Players Card scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d28c8d57-9b6c-42fc-a5be-3400d5987a55/EYX3F0EL.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Ohhhhh… that’s why. Samuel L Jackson (as “Jimmy”) tell us. But is it too late in the story to reveal that? Several us felt that yes, it’s too late. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/31feb143-031f-4f29-8825-9cc841a1c5db/1RF2P80B.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out You threatened a former gangster with blackmail - what did you expect would happen? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a5e797be-ee4d-492b-814a-7293d0facb10/LSL35G6Z.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out The first really dramatic thing in Hard Eight happens about an hour into the movie and introduces a lot of questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2cea9c8b-ea46-4970-a7c3-f445c8b2483a/Q4ETMSKZ.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Questions include - how doomed is this marriage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0da882a9-d768-476b-aaef-85d3bda080dc/SP8KAOBW.jpg The Films - Hard Eight (1996) - Make it stand out Opening image of Hard Eight mirrors one of the final images. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/high-and-low monthly 0.5 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/76804e94-a575-4ec0-a601-539445e75cb6/PCG4WHZO.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out High and Low (1963) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9641e5c5-8366-4e22-a776-ee549dc0ce1f/XNO7B8PI.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out The first half of High and Low (1963) showcases director Akira Kurosawa’s mastery of staging - wide frames and compositions with deliberate camera moves when necessary, and takes place entirely in the Gondos’ home. Body language becomes an important aspect of the storytelling when using wide frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7a9c695b-eedd-4f9a-a86a-c67f7c5acfb6/6V66Q7LM.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Kurosawa throws the camera into the world as the hunt for the kidnappers unfolds. The camera, too, is free - some handheld, moving camera that hand off from one detective to another in pursuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6c524b23-fd36-4640-8798-fc227163f16c/H6PAORXA.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out High and Low becomes an elevated police procedural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/033ba1c6-486b-4a0e-a32e-a8e10a260741/XRVVBYCB.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Detectives stuck watching from the car as the suspect encounters Mr. Gondo in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/32dcfbbc-3375-4b5e-a88c-2b3f3d5c63b7/Z1A0G9RB.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Following the suspect through the seedy underbelly of Yokohama. The heroin den sequence evokes the imagery now found in modern post-apocalyptic movies and dramas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cb28b02d-5b39-4841-9a73-9975ea8c6f3d/AEEAHNJG.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Reiko pleads with Gondo, and she’s ultimately proved right - even though it costs them both in the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6dea2415-0065-4fc7-889e-b884dc3ceb2f/6PZ64LTW.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Gondo, tormented, only his face is in darkness in this shot - a way to use light to tell the story of an internal struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4c05dc63-96cf-4410-87bd-c24ee510fbe3/9QMKM2WW.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Gondo deciding not to pay the ransom. Body language, choice of staging, attention still brought to the center. Mastery in blocking for the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/cc76055c-6ce2-4369-bd0f-556597447e34/R163NTGX.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Father and son reunited and moments before Detective Tokura says “For Mr. Gondo’s sake, be bloodhounds!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e04e8b52-9292-4bbc-87f3-8785525730ae/S1RXUA0P.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out He must be the kidnapper! Who else would wear mirrored glasses indoors?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1eb3f644-2117-49f7-8569-88b42030abb3/V34SP7C9.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out Gondo meets the kidnapper face-to-face a second time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4d876303-b330-404e-bc0f-5095288e2d9b/QAOP0H07.jpg The Films - High and Low (1963) - Make it stand out The final image in the movie in a scene that arguably did not have to be in the film. Up for debate! https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/wanda monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7ccdb2ef-f2f9-4355-b76e-713431f5babb/KR8NOYXD.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out Wanda (1971) Directed by Barbara Loden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6a7b8196-d42d-40ac-bf27-d33e5edc609c/8PT0RZTG.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out Barbara Loden in Wanda (1970) directed by Barbara Loden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/47161261-6abb-4475-8980-263fd58dacfc/TP5BXZ9H.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out Wanda in court, not interested in her children and they feel the same - at least in this scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/12301846-2fbc-40aa-a869-2c9b3dab6ba2/OGYU5TQJ.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out The one earnest compliment and the one actual smile from Wanda in Wanda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3ffa494c-6754-4542-bf2f-2a897928cb83/BW2G7AFP.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out One of the early shots of Wanda - very long take of Wanda, in mostly white, against a start black landscape with piles of coal and the bleak world around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714782806555-HUORQIDY28C0C2GI3E3N/F46EX6FE.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714782811648-IN9MW82BCYUTEYKSQP56/INOTU8KT.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714782816315-BHZ65JFAS074S7Q125ZU/TOZ3NHWK.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714782831999-S4W31GQ76181WPIM13F1/902XOBB1.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714783470382-F0FUY5IGC4UH8QQGQW44/XTQVYA4B.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714783517977-UD0XW5I9Q3EAFAUFEMV3/4XTB8JWV.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714783166622-4J1PQLAILGYTG9NAZ41M/55JGO185.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1714783171896-8BGTRMLPVCEEZWLQJF7I/GLIW2EBR.png The Films - Wanda (1971) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a9d018a6-2904-4606-a39f-79c182988027/FBSJCJ9U.jpg The Films - Wanda (1971) - Make it stand out The final shot, a still frame, in Wanda. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-bridge-one-the-river-kwai monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1713073211805-FSCR29OGFJAAZBP2WBKE/T1361SFJ.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Directed by David Lean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/187a66ea-ba52-45bb-938c-12c456c3b9bd/OGYVC21N.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out Is Colonel Nicholson (Alex Guinness) the antagonist of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/ff7a1389-f4a6-49e9-9368-0089e7d0003c/Hrishikesh1-e1453639451530-1-1024x389.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out Sacred duty, or dharma, is best understood through Krishna’s explanation of the concept to Prince Arjuna on the eve of battle against his relatives in the Bhagavad Gita - depicted here in this artist’s rendition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a0135982-0439-48ab-8e44-3d0b99c76340/7RTDQ5R0.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out If you’re going to have a metaphor, might as well be a big one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/deb42d7a-b9f2-4abf-a33c-053836c1ca2f/CWWG5Z6C.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out “Madness!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f3efe550-f7b7-4dc6-b992-5e0b17fdabd7/X6CGD7FU.jpg The Films - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Make it stand out Colonel Nicholson sees Sears (William Holden), the moment before his realization. “What have I done?” https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/ace-in-the-hole monthly 0.5 2024-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1711411245228-DGI2KKX73LG3H4HUM87D/GMASU7P3.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) - Make it stand out Ace in the Hole (1951) Directed by Billy Wilder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/50ad7244-70e3-424d-88f3-e03fe9cdc8ad/E1YOOC1X.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) - Make it stand out The crowds have vanished near the conclusion of Ace in the Hole (1951). Of note - the “re-elect Sheriff Kretzer” sign written directly on the cliffside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f9c71d7f-6125-4840-a93d-055a1e83c5d4/NVTMMM8X.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) - Make it stand out Leo, trying to hang on and trusting Tatum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1713071649015-I0I18TJ9PJ4AW8UUVLQJ/GK448Q6V.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1713071649022-QN7GDHELYLEEZWTCM1Z1/XPFQ45ZR.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1713071650637-GK3OVAMWREM6F0B9VGHI/XQPQ4ZUI.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/eed71742-5e26-483f-a266-f267c7d4480a/N1JY2FLI.jpg The Films - Ace in the Hole (1951) - Make it stand out The final confession, near the end for Tatum. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/20-days-in-mariupol monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1710039223295-7VHHA79I7GODTZG3I0XO/IVETVUVXIDL42NQVWLJTZJKJPU.jpg The Films - 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) - Make it stand out 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) directed by Mstyslav Chernov https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/past-lives monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1708667109273-YA8JG4XJEU72GGOF2FD2/KIPZI4ZH.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) - Make it stand out Past Lives (2023) Directed by Celine Song https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f5ebcf39-b5c7-4cd5-9e3d-ad6b877f7603/D0INIJOY.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) - Make it stand out The point from which their lives split in Past Lives (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e10be3d0-cd22-48cd-9d21-7ed8724e6a30/E83QZPK8.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) - Make it stand out After going on their “date.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1709436397977-MKFWQJGLLEQEAIAWI2E6/UHMMSDOF.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1709436411953-WLI5MS46MGADKGEB5820/DSYBFSTE.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/64dc471e-d5a6-4c0f-8706-12b9a1e7d1f7/LLSLAVUC.jpg The Films - Past Lives (2023) - Make it stand out Hae Sung and Nora on their non-date date in New York City. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-holdovers monthly 0.5 2024-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5d1cd4b7-f733-4476-8dff-d54c6d56161d/I1N83CKT.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) - Make it stand out The Holdovers (2023) Directed by Alexander Payne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3eef3433-6cfe-43be-a2a7-fe8dcd07dd36/8K33TZOB.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) - Make it stand out Paul (Paul Giamatti) and Angus (Dominic Sessa) are stuck with each other from this point forward in The Holdovers (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e90acd18-5358-4942-81b6-81f64ba5cad8/SH5PPZGW.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) - Make it stand out Perhaps the most meaningful handshake in recent movie history. And then Angus is gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/47061e9e-cefc-447d-8d97-03d9d61bcd3c/4XUXJ6Q1.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) - Make it stand out Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) in her sister’s simple room. She gives her son’s baby shoes and other baby clothes in a exquisitely moving scene. Even the set dressing and set here is a depiction of class - a Black middle class home set against the wealth privilege of Dalton from the rest of the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1708669285631-RW4DCS4PEQODPRUVNOR4/QHTKLYK1.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1708669296336-93I7VO9X8YTG6K8Q3BFG/SJM24VKN.jpg The Films - The Holdovers (2023) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/a-night-at-the-opera monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6fd2a31a-3e61-4ae1-aed1-6cafd0300491/marx-brothers-a-night-at-the-opera-2.jpg The Films - A Night at the Opera (1935) - Make it stand out A Night at the Opera (1935) Directed by Sam Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/43b4dff9-8191-4fda-be1f-916ef9d7d8c5/BlindspotANightAtTheOpera4.png The Films - A Night at the Opera (1935) - Make it stand out The cabin-filling sequence in A Night at the Opera (1933) is peak Marx Brothers. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/black-narcissus monthly 0.5 2023-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bdc5741a-0b6d-4a7d-baf2-c8087de30eb9/PZ2JXZ69.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) - Make it stand out Black Narcisscus (1947) Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9a758329-fab3-4c1e-a0d5-516ba70c67a1/EYNSLQTQ.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) - Make it stand out From Black Narcissus (1947) where you can see branches pushed back and the nun’s habit fluttering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a17e9403-639b-45de-ad62-fc5a0f6c80aa/K5LQ4DZV.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) - Make it stand out Epic matte paintings throughout Black Narcicuss of the vast vistas and grandeur around them, giving the film a painterly quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/edee635d-3cd5-48d7-a5ae-9dcd5ce38370/Y8XFQNKJ.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) - Make it stand out This is perhaps my favorite shot of the Black Narcissus, just from the sheer (pun intended) complex planning this required to ensure there was a matte painting created for this perspective. It also enhances the distance of the characters from the village, introduces an element of danger, and symbolically shows the nuns living on the egde - literally and metaphorically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8ab11a08-3e30-4e1d-a102-6afa60d6bbef/maxresdefault.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) - Make it stand out Vermeer has been cited by cinematographer Jack Cardiff as a reference for the vast lanscapes of Black Narcisuss, but we could see also detect similarities to Caravaggio, as depected here in The Calling of St. Matthew (1600). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702584753741-6WUSCITDZJ3TT5320R3I/14107260909_4c2fec446d_b.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702584407092-XFEUECN6VD4DCXLU5WF4/WWEN8Q3N.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702584435204-O3G0FCVYROGOUJ7M0BUB/8VGEY0WM.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702590803716-JK65D07BP7MU20RAIWTT/Shiva.png The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702583626027-WQRFDA9E53XUC4T9ZUC7/X0IIN5C4.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702583641571-N6T2GVQ6ZDK2FZXAIFP5/KFNTE7BQ.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702583648088-CMK29KPFJW908G8DTQKQ/UQYEXA3H.jpg The Films - Black Narcissus (1947) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-color-of-pomegranates monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/483a2138-0948-49ba-a592-f7037bc08190/H52DH4MB.jpg The Films - The Color of Pomegranates (1969) - Make it stand out The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Directed by Sergei Parajanov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9384628e-acc8-4616-9454-f0899097d0e9/KKHWNI93.jpg The Films - The Color of Pomegranates (1969) - Make it stand out Scene from The Color of Pomegranates (1969) directed by Sergei Parajanov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1701976366460-3017PIQ5E6WPZJU90YT3/E46JTQQE.jpg The Films - The Color of Pomegranates (1969) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1701976373286-91RI7VO2K8LGBS2J6UG7/A599N66D.jpg The Films - The Color of Pomegranates (1969) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/planes-trains-and-automobiles monthly 0.5 2024-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e66944e8-6b64-48f6-bf39-d6f885f44fed/O1FHIPZR.jpg The Films - Planes, Trains and Automobies (1987) - Make it stand out Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Directed by John Hughes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/31e54cf3-5515-42f6-adf2-7848cb9a9f40/4FTZYSJL.jpg The Films - Planes, Trains and Automobies (1987) - Make it stand out Neal and Del in Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Directed by John Hughes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/64123c69-1aba-405f-8e76-4350cfb99450/J2I2Q01J.jpg The Films - Planes, Trains and Automobies (1987) - Make it stand out From Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Directed by John Hughes. I’m required by Chicagoan law to tell you that this skyline is fiction. There’s no view of the Chicago skyline like this off of that expressway in Chicago. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/klute monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/183ae489-302a-4c0f-b214-7139a99a7807/YNIGJI3E.jpg The Films - Klute (1971) - Make it stand out Klute (1971) Directed by Alan J. Pakula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/e893898c-1d39-484e-b3d6-ba457de1fd00/FUQ2YIA0.jpg The Films - Klute (1971) - Make it stand out Bree (Jane Fonda) treated as a commodity in Klute (1971) Directed by Alan J. Pakula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/04435c13-3f9a-4b96-966b-62268ae3ab64/26QGNK8N.jpg The Films - Klute (1971) - Make it stand out Basement chase scene, illuminated by only a flashlight (more or less) by the great Gordon Willis in Klute (1971). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1cb7da1b-2d9e-4ea2-a541-067e10be6388/BU5SLRKX.jpg The Films - Klute (1971) - Make it stand out Long shots from afar enhance the sense of being spied on or surveilled in Klute (1971). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-seventh-seal monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a552737a-45bf-4380-b451-0f60a960e007/PBUKY2GH.jpg The Films - The Seventh Seal (1957) - Make it stand out The Seventh Seal (1957) Directed by Ingmar Bergman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/7495319a-f009-4986-927e-aea39a798ad3/QBJU9Q7C.jpg The Films - The Seventh Seal (1957) - Make it stand out The knight played by Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal (1957), showing reverence towards Death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9728ff69-36f7-4eb5-900b-e74b9e8ab726/1YE61SA3.jpg The Films - The Seventh Seal (1957) - Make it stand out Parade of the flagellants from The Seventh Seal (1957) Directed by Ingmar Bergman. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/killers-of-the-flower-moon monthly 0.5 2024-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/5bb6bc8c-9339-4541-a95e-97257707df56/MV5BNjQwOGM2YTItMGYwNC00YTM4LWI0Y2QtZjQ2ZDcyMmRjMTFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDM2NDM2MQ%40%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg The Films - Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - Make it stand out Killes of the Flower Moon (2023) Directed by Martin Scorsese https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/beetlejuice monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/056caf61-b34b-494f-a951-df71f02791ea/5BD17NKP.jpg The Films - Beetlejuice (1988) - Make it stand out Beetlejuice (1988) Directed by Tim Burton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/c0da9fd7-8fde-4a3d-a9a7-baad456579b2/ZH3SHQFQ.jpg The Films - Beetlejuice (1988) - Make it stand out The post-mortem processing center, as envisioned by director Tim Burton in Beetlejuice (1988). Those who committed suicide are condemned to work in the civil service - Burton’s trademark grim humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/eeec51d1-99a3-4ad5-9550-2881fb38d54b/33YQXJH9.jpg The Films - Beetlejuice (1988) - Make it stand out Opening shot of Beetlejuice (1988) is not a helicopter shot over a small town, it turns out. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/this-is-not-a-burial-its-a-resurrection monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a248e488-85d7-47b3-bbb2-11d5962e5b01/VFL1IVOJ.jpg The Films - This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) - Make it stand out This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/2609c4b6-879b-4f33-8e40-e24d6f369144/WKKNG5BP.jpg The Films - This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) - Make it stand out The unforgettable face of the late Mary Twala as “Mantoa” in This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) does much of the heavy lifting in a languidly paced film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b2f5f7eb-e0a5-4bdf-af31-dc0766b4fa90/QFMS3H0X.jpg The Films - This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) - Make it stand out Mantoa (Mary Twala), digging her own grave (literally, not figuratively). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-player monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d959cc72-c0d6-4d56-88a4-788c1b7f3b60/4WXCJP9X.jpg The Films - The Player (1992) - Make it stand out The Player (1992) Directed by Robert Altman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3a58686d-c04e-4e64-b82d-c939f23de87d/VKNZP77W.jpg The Films - The Player (1992) - Make it stand out Part of the nearly eight-minute long opening shot from The Player (1992) Directed by Robert Altman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/efa1797e-1099-4c08-b564-0b9f4225e9bc/OIY9WNAR.jpg The Films - The Player (1992) - Make it stand out Flowers and the perfect life crowd the frame in the final shot of The Player (1992), a parody of Hollywood’s desire for happy endings. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/rocco-and-his-brothers monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f4e08fbd-88a9-4b0c-b056-f19a7286225c/MV5BNmE0NzFhNTAtOWYzMi00NTNkLWIwZTEtMTVlZjBkOTc1YWEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw%40%40._V1_.jpg The Films - Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Make it stand out Rocco and his Brothers (1960) Directed by Luchino Visconti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/0bc8d599-0a6e-4e70-a937-68afe2358914/Rocco_and_His_Brothers-992444363-large.jpg The Films - Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Make it stand out Boxing sequences in Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Directed by Luchino Visconti. Twenty years later, Martin Scorsese makes Raging Bull (1980), influenced by Visconti’s work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/00a899cf-89a7-42cd-b022-cdf7757847d2/History-3-1.jpg The Films - Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Make it stand out Close up of Alain Delon (“Rocco”) in Rocco and His Brothers (1960). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/how-green-was-my-valley monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/bb4e5ef3-3118-4b8a-ae10-fe5895895f34/XOXCJXKP.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Make it stand out How Green Was My Valley (1941) Directed by John Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/51625cad-0947-428f-a37e-121902a7f620/ES5PNTJT.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Make it stand out The steel mill looms over everything in How Green Was My Valley (1941) Directed by John Ford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/8ee039db-724c-4bcd-b0be-29a571dd7b4a/71C6PVIY.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Make it stand out Coal miners hoping for work in How Green Was My Valley (1941). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702280881078-E46JO8VJKVRLLJ5LZUOI/G2PQMOXL.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702280937995-1ZYG80TV78ML0T3M3OKW/J9AEWWNX.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702280993361-6TDGRFDPF684Z4HJR8RU/XKC5T5HP.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1702281826340-NK2O4N6DSM538KD4OFJI/8G3ZKQZR.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3115a099-1710-4086-9785-0e8740dc2110/FL7BJYMZ.jpg The Films - How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Make it stand out Strike stretches into the winter?! This hits a little too close to home - from How Green Was My Valley (1941). https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/rushmore monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/29589406-1843-4717-89e3-f4d993d9ee86/ELQKFXOV.jpg The Films - Rushmore (1998) - Make it stand out Rushmore (1998) Directed by Wes Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/848cc58a-bf7b-4e06-8653-15912a99449a/Q0B3FA7Z.jfif The Films - Rushmore (1998) - Make it stand out Perhaps Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) was under-appreciated at Rushmore Academy? From Rushmore (1998) Directed by Wes Anderson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/08428f2a-c496-48c6-98aa-afb09b7965f7/TCTMLQFS.jpg The Films - Rushmore (1998) - Make it stand out Max and Blume (Bill Murray) watching wrestling at Rushmore Academy. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/forbidden-planet monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9861b20a-26a1-46f6-892a-43467e06a1fb/204b2-image-asset.jpeg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Forbidden Planet (1956) Directed Fred M. Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/05e71523-9b2e-465c-b5c0-15bfafbdf7d3/FP-01.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Pastels of the landscapes contrast with the greys of the human spaceship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/1c0d0e3c-43e5-40ef-9162-f8ccbee3901e/FP-04.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Altaira (Anne Frances) at home, surrounded by greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b6b4a374-f826-4803-889c-971469f29ee2/forbidden-planet-krell-machine.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Muted greens with spots of red along with the use of depth to enhance the scale of Krell technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/6d2d4e93-4c77-4e89-a382-2406a629ed35/monster-from-the-id.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out The id monster, red and ferocious when it’s finally seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/49d5f1b5-e2a2-4997-a3e8-826ac91640b6/fp-morbius-and-adams.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen) tries to convince Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) that the creature is actually a manifestation of his own id. A concept that is probably hard to grasp when the creature is about to melt steel and enter your laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/04a51057-da38-4f81-8f09-e696f769c58f/1041466-robby-robot-sells-record-53m-bonhams-new-york-auction.jpg The Films - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Make it stand out Robby the Robot (as himself in Forbidden Planet) is a frat brother’s dream come true. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/honeyland monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d95185d5-635c-42b2-8618-9fda86486baf/B15YXMKM.jpg The Films - Honeyland (2019) - Make it stand out Honeyland (2019) Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/4ed10d0e-ced5-46e9-9566-747e7dc86949/92LJRODE.jpg The Films - Honeyland (2019) - Make it stand out Some of the stunning cinematography and landscape of Honeyland (2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/17b1e388-2169-4db1-85eb-4b44c7d3b0fd/TB7MX7IS.jpg The Films - Honeyland (2019) - Make it stand out “Half for you, half for me.” (From Honeyland, 2019) https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/blood-simple monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/51c44c68-7c8e-4784-ac49-23f6668d694d/IB9CZSC9.jpg The Films - Blood Simple (1984) - Make it stand out Blood Simple (1984) Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/3ee0cd7f-93df-4250-b44c-706b7fb93503/B6YE50D1.jpg The Films - Blood Simple (1984) - Make it stand out Opening sequence from Blood Simple (1984) sets up story, conflict, character, mood - and is done on the cheap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/15ea086a-1cad-4161-b0ed-fe63537dd443/31SYOVT9.jpg The Films - Blood Simple (1984) - Make it stand out “How could he have survived that long” is a reasonable question. But it leads to a pretty fantastic sequence in Blood Simple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/a2c2e160-942b-4d2e-b786-f2a5c6ff1d29/4SBLUKUN.jpg The Films - Blood Simple (1984) - Make it stand out Final shot from Blood Simple from the dying Private Detective Visser’s point of view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b4c2face-563b-4ecd-905d-5030050e6444/GIHDBVVN.jpg The Films - Blood Simple (1984) - Make it stand out Ray drives away in the morning mist after burying Julian in Blood Simple. The location feels real, like we’re in small-town Texas complete with sweat and airborne bugs landing on faces. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b2f210d5-27d0-487d-b5c2-4b4937fc4be5/Morgans-Creek-HERO-II.png The Films - The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943) - Make it stand out The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943) Directed by Preston Sturges https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b20c1dad-28ef-4c9b-a17d-7b6b7d8bb67c/98UX9DZJ.jpg The Films - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Make it stand out Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d2fff241-4cdb-43b2-a779-9a9b74c7e6de/T9ATJTXF.jpg The Films - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Make it stand out Mad Max (Mel Gibson) swinging through Thunderdome in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) directed by George Miller. The sheer inventiveness of the Thunderdome concept is pretty astonishing and worth examining for its art direction, costume design, special effects and stunt work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/f14664a0-e72e-4886-8b63-5c19b59ea631/10NVPVDJ.jpg The Films - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Make it stand out Aunty (Tina Turner) and Max in the Thunderdome. Just give us more Thunderdome, that’s all we want. https://www.quarantinefilmsociety.com/the-archive/1crouchingtigerhiddendragon monthly 0.5 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/9423ea4c-6bca-4c5b-ad52-d42d59a3291f/G78BUVOB.jpg The Films - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Make it stand out Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Directed by Ang Lee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/d1daaba6-d3f6-44e9-9de2-5e6949f09dd1/L5SGWDJL.jpg The Films - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Make it stand out Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Directed by Ang Lee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65374230a643936d9ea164c9/b0394a96-5539-46f3-8464-3e81b58e1c24/97UWRL8L.jpg The Films - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Make it stand out Jen’s (Zhang Ziyi) leap in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000). 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