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The Zone of Interest (2023)
It takes a special sort of inhuman cruelty to live in such close proximity to largescale genocide, profit off its spoils, and continue each day with no remorse, so the vast wall that divides Auschwitz from the camp commandant’s country house makes for a chilling visual metaphor of this in The Zone of Interest, as…
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2024 Oscar Predictions and Snubs
Christopher Nolan looks set for a sweep at this year’s Oscars, but still we are left wondering – where is Wes Anderson?
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The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The pursuit of knowledge is nothing more than a path to existential insecurity in The Andromeda Strain, sending a team of scientists deep underground to investigate the terrestrial arrival of a deadly alien organism, and developing a terrifying allegory for widespread nuclear warfare that Robert Wise delineates with methodical, formal precision.
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Vampyr (1932)
Whether Carl Theodor Dreyer’s horror film is to be interpreted as a political allegory, a spiritual fable, or a cryptic, expressionistic nightmare, Vampyr’s supernatural conspiracy is designed to lull us into the same impressionable state as its hypnotised victims, calling upon our subconscious desire to submit to the psychological darkness.
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Fair Play (2023)
The struggle up the corporate ladder has a long list of casualties in Fair Play, so when a promotion comes between secret lovers Luke and Emily, personal relationships and fragile egos are the first to be sacrificed to the vicious battles of sexes in the white-collar workplace.
