THEME EXPLORATION

power dynamics in academia

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher
2014 · Bennett Miller
A Certain Kind of Silence
A Certain Kind of Silence
2019 · Michal Hogenauer
Office Romance
Office Romance
2026 · Ol Parker
X-Deal 2
X-Deal 2
2022 · Lawrence Fajardo
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mike Nichols USA

His films like 'The Graduate' and 'Closer' dissect power imbalances in institutional hierarchies and personal relationships with sharp social critique.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His prolific work obsessively explores how power corrupts relationships within systems, including academic and intellectual spaces, through psychologically intense narratives.