Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell
A genre as popular as Comedy, but what are some of the great scenes in Melodrama? Sharmila Tagore narrates a story that takes us from the silent American film SHOES, to Kira Muratova's brilliant CHEKOV'S MOTIFS, to Binka Zhelyazkova's visually remarkable WE WERE YOUNG.Kathryn Bigelow, the Wachowski siblings, Patty Jenkins' WONDER WOMAN, Lori Petty's TANK GIRL, the TV version of Margaret Atwood's HANDMAID'S TALE. Our look at sci-fi takes us to unusual places, other realms. Literal, figurative, political, in Deepa Mehta's EARTH, Samira Makhmalbaf's BLACKBOARDS, Jennifer Kent's horror masterpiece THE BABADOOK, Joanna Hogg's squirm-making Archipelago, the Tunisian film THE SILENCES OF THE PALACES, and more.
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