THEME EXPLORATION

theatrical storytelling

28 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mysterious Object at Noon
Mysterious Object at Noon
2000 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
L’Enfant de l’hiver
L’Enfant de l’hiver
1989 · Olivier Assayas
Return of the Jungle
Return of the Jungle
2026 · Vaibhav Kumaresh
The Captive
The Captive
2026 · Alejandro Amenábar
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Badye, the Storyteller
Badye, the Storyteller
1977 · Jean Rouch
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Deathtrap
Deathtrap
1982 · Sidney Lumet
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Frank Borzage
Diane
Diane
1975 · Alan Clarke
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
Seances
Seances
2016 · Guy Maddin
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
The Cassandra Cat
The Cassandra Cat
1963 · Vojtěch Jasný
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
All I Desire
All I Desire
1953 · Douglas Sirk
Golden Mouth
Golden Mouth
1963 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Man with the Axe
The Man with the Axe
1979 · Mrinal Sen
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Ernst Lubitsch
Horror Stories
Horror Stories
2012 · Jung Bum-shik & Min Kyu-dong
Mônica e a Sereia do Rio
Mônica e a Sereia do Rio
1987 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Nightbooks
Nightbooks
2021 · David Yarovesky
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker
2023 · Nathan Crooker
No. 10
No. 10
2021 · Alex van Warmerdam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Olivier Assayas United Kingdom

Pioneer of bringing Shakespearean theatrical grandeur directly to film, treating cinema as an extension of stage performance with heightened dramatic presentation.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

Crafts films with operatic emotional intensity and melodramatic storytelling that embrace theatrical artifice, vibrant aesthetics, and performative character expressions.