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Magellan (2025)

Through Lav Diaz’s rigorously composed tableaux stretching from Portugal to Indonesia, Magellan deconstructs the mythology of its infamous explorer, applying an austere, postcolonial lens to the hubris which underlies such violent acts of conquest.

The Travelling Players (1975)

Against the political turmoil of mid-century Greece in The Travelling Players, Theo Angelopoulos’ theatrical microcosm captures a fragmented nation caught between competing powers, dissolving time through long takes that conjure a swirling, ceaseless nightmare.

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