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Discover the fragmented horrors of this Robert Altman psychodrama

by Anton Bitel

The writer/director’s idio­syn­crat­ic 1972 film Images is ripe for rediscovery.
Two sets of female eyes peering through the darkness.
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Discover Henri-George Clouzot’s psychedelic swansong

by Anton Bitel

The French director’s 1968 La Pris­on­nière aka Woman in Chains is both com­pelling and perverse.
Monochrome portrait of a man with a serious expression, hand on forehead.
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Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin’s forgotten cine revolution

by Little White Lies

Read an exclu­sive extract of a long-lost con­ver­sa­tion between these inno­v­a­tive French filmmakers.
Two people embracing, one gently cradling the other's face.
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The generation-spanning human drama of Hal Hartley’s Henry Fool trilogy

by Anton Bitel

Made over 17 years, this unlike­ly series is among the indie writer/director’s finest achievements.
Two individuals, one wearing a mask, embracing in a garden.
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Discover the grisly drama of this surgery-based Southern gothic

by Anton Bitel

John Grissmer’s Scalpel, about a psy­cho­path­ic plas­tic sur­geon, has been res­cued from VHS obscurity.
A close-up view of a man with dark curly hair and a pensive expression, against a blurred background.
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Discover the proto-giallo pleasures of Dario Argento’s debut feature

by Anton Bitel

A 4K restora­tion of The Bird with the Crys­tal Plumage is being released.
Two women lying on a bed, one asleep, the other awake and looking off-camera. Soft, intimate lighting and bedding create a pensive, moody scene.
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Discover the Psycho-esque thrills of this ’70s serial killer romance

by Anton Bitel

Peter Collinson’s Straight on Till Morn­ing offers a gris­ly vision of Britain in the 1970s.
A black and white image showing a military officer standing amidst debris and fallen soldiers on a battlefield.
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The prescient politics of GW Pabst’s anti-war films

by Patrick Nabarro

In West­front 1918 and Kam­er­ad­schaft, the Aus­tri­an direc­tor inter­ro­gates the slip­pery notion of nationalism.
Two men in suits shaking hands against a stone wall.
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The low, lurid pleasures of Dario Argento’s The Cat O’ Nine Tails

by Anton Bitel

The Ital­ian director’s 1971 gial­lo shows a vision­ary film artist still find­ing his feet.
A smiling woman wearing a crown and surrounded by sparkling lights.
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The horror of coming-of-age in Brian De Palma’s Carrie

by Anton Bitel

Ado­les­cence is key to every­thing in this sem­i­nal Stephen King adap­ta­tion from 1974.