Identity
12 chains · 10 films
Chains
Journeys in this topic
Growing Up Is No Picnic
8 films
unsentimental · raw · awkward · naturalistic
From the Yorkshire coalfields to the banlieues of Paris, these films capture adolescence as it truly is: messy, unglamorous, and achingly real.
Fractured Fables
8 films
melancholy · mythic · tender
From Grimm to the modern screen, a journey through films that twist the familiar into the unsettling, the erotic, and the profoundly human.
When a Mother's Love Turns Stranger
8 films
unsettling · claustrophobic · tender · uncanny
A chain of horror films that treat the family home as a stage for maternal dread, from Polanski's Dakota to the doubles of Jordan Peele and the uncanny Other Mommy.
The Show Must Go On
8 films
defiant · glittering · tender · rebellious
From Freddie Mercury's operatic excess to the raw defiance of punk, this chain traces how cinema captures the transformative power of self-expression.
The prestige is the trick you never see coming
8 films
theatrical · deceptive · obsessive · uncanny
A chain of films about magicians, mediums and con artists, tracing the moment cinema learned to lie to us and we learned to love it.
Girlhood Reclaimed
8 films
rebellious · tender · fierce · wry
From institutionalised rebellion to the raucous freedom of the last day of school, a chain of films that lets young women be messy, angry, and gloriously themselves.
The Body's Unmaking
8 films
visceral · unsettling · transformative
From Cronenberg's flesh to Claire Denis's restless bodies, these eight films chart a cinema of transformation that questions where the self ends and the body begins.
The Art of the Unresolved
8 films
unsettling · atmospheric · melancholic
From the sun-bleached streets of Los Angeles to the fog-bound docks of Hamburg, these eight films turn the detective story inside out, leaving questions hanging like smoke. A global tradition of anti-mysteries that prize mood over solution.
Small Craft Warnings
8 films
introspective · salt-crusted · harrowing
From the open sea to a leaky skiff, these eight films use small boats as vessels for self-discovery, each one a different kind of voyage.
The Art of the Fall
8 films
provocative · uncomfortable · redemptive
From viral infamy to quiet vindication: a chain of films about bold artists whose audacity is mistaken for failure, tracing the same arc that turned Raygun from a punchline into a conversation.
Ghosts in the Machine
8 films
elegiac · uncanny · grief-stricken
From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.
The Long Way Home, and Who Pays For It
8 films
tender · unflinching · nocturnal · defiant
A chain about sex work, disability and survival that keeps its camera on the worker's face rather than the client's wallet. It begins with a lift shared between strangers and ends somewhere far less comfortable.
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