Beyond noir tendencies to position her character within Hollywood notions of death and desire, Lana’s shifting portrayal of “hyper” femininity throughout The Postman Always Rings Twice reveals a hidden psychology that is nothing if not multidimensional

In Burton’s fantasy, static objects animate, the shadow world and the “real” world collide, and the limits between life and death blur

Paul Thomas Anderson’s beautiful and bizarre Phantom Thread tells the story of lovers unable to give and receive as equals in an unstable power dynamic

Jim Jarmusch’s ode to boredom in eternal life, high art, and Bohemia everlasting

On the depths of shallowness

Fritz Lang investigates the perpetual schism between man and machine

What this film lacks in plot it makes up for in pure violence.

The original sci-fi neo-noir

A zombie siege film with high-level aesthetics

A dreamy trip with the clothing to match