THEME EXPLORATION

artistic obsession

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
La Belle noiseuse: divertimento
La Belle noiseuse: divertimento
1992 · Jacques Rivette
Primavera
Primavera
2026 · Damiano Michieletto
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Billy Wilder
Who Was Edgar Allan?
Who Was Edgar Allan?
1984 · Michael Haneke
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
2002 · Spike Jonze
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent the Dutchman
1972 · Mai Zetterling
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · Peter Greenaway
Sibyl
Sibyl
2019 · Justine Triet
Century of Birthing
Century of Birthing
2011 · Lav Diaz
Daisy
Daisy
2006 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luca Guadagnino Italy

Lush visual storytelling that transforms intimate desire into explorations of power, memory, and human fragility.

 Mary Harron Canada

Harron reclaims infamous female figures through subversive biographical cinema with feminist wit.

 Olivier Assayas France

Assayas crafts formally inventive explorations of desire, memory, and artistic struggle in contemporary life.