Set in a remote mountaintop retreat, Moloch portrays a single day in the life of Adolf Hitler and his inner circle, including Eva Braun, Joseph Goebbels, and other key figures of the Nazi regime.
Taurus, the second film in Alexander Sokurov's tetralogy of power, delves into the final days of Vladimir Lenin, exploring the vulnerability of the man behind a political process of historic proportions.
The third and penultimate instalment in Alexander Sokurov's tetralogy about personality and power, following Moloch and Taurus, delves into the fate of Japanese Emperor Hirohito at the end of World War II.
Mascara Film Club presents a group screening that focuses on Russian imperialism within the broader scope of history. The films included in this program engage with themes of annihilation and extraction, analysing Russia’s infrastructural control and erasure of indigenous, religious and cultural practices.
The most visceral work to emerge from the socially progressive, highly improvisatory film form honed to perfection over by independent filmmaker Mike Leigh, Naked is a potent, post-Thatcher portrait of the British angry young man.