Cinematic Poetry

Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman

Persona (1966), directed by Ingmar Bergman, screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, cinematography by Sven Nykvist, music by Lars Johan Werle, edit by Ulla Ryghe, and featuring Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson.

Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Stalker (1979), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, screenplay by Andrei Tarkovsky, Arkadiy Strugatskiy, and Boris Strugatskiy, cinematography by Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy, Georgi Rerberg, and Leonid Kalashnikov, music by Eduard Artemev, edit by Lyudmila Feyginova, and featuring Aleksandr Kaydanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, and Alisa Freyndlikh.

The Cloud-Capped Star, directed by Ritwik Ghatak

The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), directed by Ritwik Ghatak, screenplay by Ritwik Ghatak, cinematography by Dinen Gupta, music by Jyotirindra Moitra, edit by Ramesh Joshi, and featuring Supriya Choudhury and Anil Chatterjee.

The Rules of the Game, directed by Jean Renoir

The Rules of the Game (1939), directed by Jean Renoir, screenplay by Jean Renoir and Carl Koch, cinematography by Jean-Paul Alphen, Jean Bachelet, Jacques Lemare, and Alain Renoir, music by Joseph Kosma, edit by Marthe Huguet and Marguerite Renoir, and featuring Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Marcel Dalio, Gaston Modot, Mila Parély, and Julien Carette.

Cléo from 5 to 7, directed by Agnès Varda

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), directed by Agnès Varda, screenplay by Agnès Varda, cinematography by Paul Bonis, Alain Levent, and Jean Rabier, music by Michel Legrand, edit by Pascale Laverrière and Janine Verneau, and featuring Corinne Marchand and Antoine Bourseiller.

Four Nights of a Dreamer, directed by Robert Bresson

Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971), directed by Robert Bresson, screenplay by Robert Bresson, cinematography by Pierre Lhomme, music by F.R. David, Louis Guitar, Chris Hayward, and Michel Magne, edit by Raymond Lamy, and featuring Guillaume des Forêts and Isabelle Weingarten.

Mirror, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Mirror (1975), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, screenplay by Andrei Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin, cinematography by Georgi Rerberg, music by Eduard Artemev, edit by Lyudmila Feyginova, and featuring Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, and Anatoly Solonitsyn.

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese, screenplay by Paul Schrader, cinematography by Michael Chapman, music by Bernard Herrmann, edit by Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro, featuring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks.

The Limits of Control, direct by Jim Jarmusch

The Limits of Control (2009), directed by Jim Jarmusch, screenplay by Jim Jarmusch, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, music by Boris, edit by Jay Rabinowitz, and featuring Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Paz de la Huerta, Tilda Swinton, Kudoh Yuki, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Hiam Abbass, and Bill Murray.

Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Drive (2011), directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, screenplay by Hossein Amini, cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel, music by Cliff Martinez, edit by Matthew Newman, and featuring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, and Christina Hendricks.

12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen

12 Years a Slave (2013), directed by Steve McQueen, screenplay by John Ridley, cinematography by Sean Bobbitt, music by Hans Zimmer, edit by Joe Walker, and featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Brad Pitt.

Black Panthers, directed by Agnès Varda

Black Panthers (1968), directed by Agnès Varda, screenplay by Agnès Varda, cinematography by David Myers, Paul Aratow, John Shofill, and Agnès Varda, edit by Paddy Monk, and featuring Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Kathleen Cleaver.

Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler

Fruitvale Station (2013), directed by Ryan Coogler, screenplay by Ryan Coogler, cinematography by Rachel Morrison, music by Ludwig Göransson, edit by Claudia Castello and Michael P. Shawver, and featuring Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, and Kevin Durand.

There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood (2007), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, cinematography by Robert Elswit, music by Jonny Greenwood, edit by Dylan Tichenor, and featuring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint, directed by Halina Dyrschka

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint (2019), directed by Halina Dyrschka, cinematography by Luana Knipfer and Alicja Pahl, music by Damian Scholl, and edit by Antje Lass and Mario Orías.

Bullitt, directed by Peter Yates

Bullitt (1968), directed by Peter Yates, screenplay by Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner, cinematography by William A. Fraker, music by Lalo Schifrin, edit by Frank P. Keller, and featuring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset.