The middle part of Satyajit Ray’s coming-of-age trilogy lingers precariously between innocence and responsibility as Apu approaches adolescence, and through Aparajito’s passage between pastoral and city life, grapples with the irrevocable losses that make each small step towards maturity possible.
Within Early Spring’s delicately composed reflection of 1950s Japan, one office worker’s affair becomes a shattering disruption to the status quo, as Yasujirō Ozu’s melancholy meditation navigates the consequences of intimate betrayal and marital breakdown.
All the money and oil in Texas can’t save the Hadley family from its own self-sabotage, and in following their downfall in Written on the Wind, Douglas Sirk crafts an eloquent Southern Gothic tale of bitterness, envy, and impotence, matching its colourful melodrama with an equally affecting visual style.
