Directed by Christopher Nolan • 2000 • United States
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano
A virtuoso high-wire act of nonlinear storytelling, Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough second feature deploys a complex time-hopping structure to evoke the fractured psyche of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a man suffering from anterograde amnesia—a form of perpetual short-term memory loss that continually erases the present—who uses an elaborate system of notes, Polaroid photographs, and even tattoos to aid him as he attempts to track down the killer who murdered his wife. Shifting between two timelines—one that unfolds chronologically, the other backwards—that gradually converge, MEMENTO is both a dazzlingly constructed psychological thriller and a gripping exploration of grief, identity, and our very understanding of reality.
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Vertigo
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1958 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel GeddesAlfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO has been recognized as the director’s most spellbinding and deeply personal achievement—and as one of the greatest films ever made. James Stewart reteams with the ...
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Donnie Darko
Directed by Richard Kelly • 2001 • United States
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James DuvalDescribed by director Richard Kelly as “‘The Catcher in the Rye’ as told by Philip K. Dick,” this cult classic is a mind-altering experience whose metaphysical enigmas are still being unraveled. T...
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Mulholland Dr.
Directed by David Lynch • 2001 • United States
Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin TherouxA love story in the city of dreams . . .
Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring)...
