THEME EXPLORATION

revisiting the past

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chekhovian Motifs
Chekhovian Motifs
2002 · Kira Muratova
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Black Widow
Black Widow
2021 · Cate Shortland
Fast X
Fast X
2023 · Louis Leterrier
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
2013 · Jan Hřebejk
Undine
Undine
2020 · Christian Petzold
Une vieille maîtresse
Une vieille maîtresse
2007 · Catherine Breillat
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
2024 · Zhou Liya
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Céline Sciamma France · Pontoise

Cinema of glances and silences where female desire lives in the spaces between words.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films like Stalker and Mirror construct meditative, poetic explorations of memory, time, and the human relationship with the past through long takes and philosophical depth.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually sumptuous films such as In the Mood for Love and 2046 obsessively revisit nostalgia, lost love, and memories of bygone eras through dreamlike cinematography and fragmented narratives.