THEME EXPLORATION

men's style

9 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Executioners from Shaolin
Executioners from Shaolin
1977 · Kar-leung Lau
Boys at Noon
Boys at Noon
2000 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Savile Row
Savile Row
1976 · Peter Greenaway
The Parisian Lady
The Parisian Lady
1969 · Yannis Dalianidis
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017 · Alek Keshishian & Jonas Åkerlund & Rich Lee
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978 · Frank Miller
The Heisters
The Heisters
1965 · Tobe Hooper
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003 · Michel Gondry
In the Mood for Love 2001
In the Mood for Love 2001
2025 · Wong Kar-Wai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

Explores masculine identity, ambition, and the facades men construct through stylized visuals and complex male protagonists in films like Fight Club and The Social Network.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

Defines modern men's aesthetic through fashion, grooming, and emotional restraint, using visual style as an extension of masculine identity in films like In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express.

 Wes Anderson USA

Examines masculinity in crisis—examining confidence, vulnerability, and reinvention through meticulously crafted male characters and period-specific styling in There Will Be Blood and Inherent Vice.