The Exterminating Angel (1962): The inherent chaos comes to the surface when the bourgeoisie, overwhelmed by the current circumstance, can no longer maintain the facade of normalcy. Luis Buñuel started his career in cinema with Un Chien Andalou (1929), a short movie that redefined the boundaries of filmmaking at the time. However, he had to abandon the style as he began making movies that had to be successful at the box office. The Exterminating Angel (196

Minnelli presents the dysfunctional family by separating its members into three distinct planes, with no eye contact or emotional connection between them.  Based on Henry Jones’ novel of the same title, Some Came Running explores the struggles of a small Midwest town to find meaning in life as they realize the war has shattered the values they once believed to be flawless. Overwhelmed by the new world, they would rather cling to the illusory ideals of prewar conformity. The n

The last major western of Anthony Mann, possibly his best. The leading character, Link Jones, follows the archetypal revenge path of Mann’s protagonist, though in this movie, the revenge, unlike his movies with Jimmy Stewart, is initially not self-conscious. On his arrival at the shack where his ex-gang members live, in response to one of them asking how he found the place, he states, “I stumbled into it.” Mann returns to the theme of violence as the undercurrent of relations

The Earrings of Madame de (1953) The Earrings of Madame de:  The  film opens with the husband sending away his mistress—an act motivated partly by a sense of loyalty to his wife, partly by a desire to assert control over his domestic life and his identity as a high-ranking military figure. However, the illusion of control with its underlying violence unravels when, in a brutal act, he kills the man his wife loves, causing the death of his wife at the same time. Louise undergo