THEME EXPLORATION

challenging imperial power

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Wicked
Wicked
2024 · Jon M. Chu
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Anthony Mann
Lover of the Last Empress
Lover of the Last Empress
1995 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The Four 3
The Four 3
2014 · Gordon Chan
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

As Africa's pioneering filmmaker, he consistently challenged European colonialism and neo-imperialism in works like 'Black Girl' and 'Camp de Thiaroye'.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema repeatedly critiques British imperial legacy and capitalist power structures in films like 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley'.