THEME EXPLORATION

ritualistic performance

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Buddy’s Beer Garden
Buddy’s Beer Garden
1933 · Frank Tashlin
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Winter Garden
Winter Garden
1972 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Afternoons of Solitude
Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026 · James Cameron
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
2026
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Ayorou Singing Stones
Ayorou Singing Stones
1968 · Jean Rouch
I clowns
I clowns
1970 · Federico Fellini
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978 · Mai Zetterling
Nightshade Flower
Nightshade Flower
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Oko wykol
Oko wykol
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Riten
Riten
1969 · Ingmar Bergman
The Dream
The Dream
2014 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Singing Lesson
The Singing Lesson
1967 · Lindsay Anderson
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Mikio Naruse
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films transform mundane actions into meditative rituals, using prolonged takes and repetitive movements to create transcendent spiritual ceremonies.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He infuses cinema with religious and mythological rituals, staging elaborate ceremonial sequences that blur sacred and profane experience.