“Hi. I’ve got a tape I want to play.”

To label Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense as “the greatest concert film of all time” is perhaps to miss the point. While yes, Talking Heads’ unique blend of CBGB punk, new wave, art rock, world music, and infectious pop undeniably makes for a rousing good time, the film as a pop culture mainstay should best be compared to other famous rock and roll film documents and their abilities to capture respective moments…

“It is early Monday morning and I am in pain.”

Ingmar Bergman suffuses his masterful chamber film Cries and Whispers with a sense of dread and anguish that few films can match to successful effect. From the four principal women’s faces blinded by garish in-camera red screens, to the the manor setting similarly draped in almost comical quantities of red, and finally to the near constant wails of agony, sorrow, and grief, the film constantly reminds the audience of the hell…