THEME EXPLORATION

masculinity in decline

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' present masculinity as absurd, performative, and fundamentally unstable.

 Lynne Ramsay UK

Films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' explore toxic and fractured masculinity through psychological and formal innovation.