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Digger (2026)
The world may be doomed through the reckless actions of a single billionaire in Digger, yet Alejandro G. Iñárritu keeps a satirical, Brechtian distance from the apocalyptic reality at hand, irreverently wrapping the catastrophe in immaculate artifice and layers of irony that implicate us all.
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Resident Evil (2026)
It takes a horror craftsman unburdened by convention to recognise Resident Evil’s appeal beyond the game controller, and in the lean construction of Zach Cregger’s adaptation, the barest essentials of survival are enough to sustain such a gruelling, propulsive narrative.
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The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
The China that once seemed governed by community is swallowed up by sprawling bureaucracy in The Story of Qiu Ju, and as one peasant woman seeks legal justice against her village chief, Yimou Zhang laments the loss of its simple, unsullied dignity.
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The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Human ambition may strive for perfection in The Belly of an Architect, yet through Peter Greenaway’s formal orchestration of an obsessive artist’s mortal downfall, the imperfect present is woefully diminished between classical antiquity and a perpetually renewing future.
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Within Zhang Yimou’s political fable of four rival mistresses competing for their Master’s favour, Raise the Red Lantern conceals an insidious, patriarchal terror, casting its manor in the smouldering crimson glow of privilege and peril.
