Sightlines · a concept

index of lack

action pointing to a withheld situation.

On screen: an elliptical gesture implying an unseen situation.

32 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Across the collection

All Quiet on the Western Front1930M1931It Happened One Night1934Othello1951Seven Days in May1964Z1969Get Carter1971The French Connection1971All the President's Men1976Gorky Park1983Mona Lisa1986My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989Glengarry Glen Ross1992Reservoir Dogs1992The Fugitive1993The Arrival1996Hard Eight1997Ronin1998Kikujiro1999The Limey1999Zatoichi2003The Bourne Supremacy2004The Good Shepherd2004The Child2005Spotlight2015Anthropoid2016Jojo Rabbit2019The Batman2022September 52024Father Mother Sister Brother2025Sirāt2025Project Hail Mary2026