In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror classic Cure, deploying a dizzying range of cinematic references to unravel the film’s eerie magic.
Alexandre O. Philippe
Narrator
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Extremis
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Seduced and Abandoned
Naqoyqatsi
Heart of a Dog
McQueen
Fuck
John Candy: I Like Me
Directed by John Ford
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Jodorowsky's Dune
A Decade Under the Influence
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Being James Bond
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond