Henry Skalbeck

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Black Girl'

“Black Girl” tells the story of Diouana, a young woman from Senegal who has been trafficked into France to work as an unpaid maid for a middle-class French family.  

Cinema in Retrospect: 'The End of Summer'

“The End of Summer” (1961) is a fascinating film. Like so many of director Yasujiro Ozu’s other films, it explores the textured generational shiftings of a contemporaneous Japan 

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Cronos'

The condemnation that "Cronos" offers is not of self-improvement but of Christianity’s very notion of sin as a blemish. 

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Ugetsu'

The 1953 Japanese Kaidan film, "Ugetsu," is one of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s most chilling visions. Through it, he paints a tainted portrait of the past, colored by explorations of strife and destruction inherent to patriarchy. 

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Synecdoche, New York'

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Europa'

Cinema in Retrospect: 'I was Born But...'

Cinema in Retrospect | 'Pink Floyd: The Wall'

Cinema in Retrospect: 'Dogtooth'

Cinema in Retrospect: ‘Where the Wild Things are’