Film Series
Tough Love: Cinema by Lynne Ramsay
The release of a new Lynne Ramsay film—an all-too-rare occasion—is cause for celebration. As the Scottish auteur roars back into the spotlight with the masterful thriller You Were Never Really Here, we survey the career of one of the world’s foremost image-makers. Through her complex layering of sound and visuals, transformative use of pop music, and knack for capturing lightning-in-a-bottle performances, Ramsay creates senses-shattering spectacles of hallucinatory beauty and raw psychological power.

Joaquin Phoenix delivers a bravura performance in Ramsay’s gut-punching new thriller.

Ramsay’s rarely seen shorts transform “slice of life” into something soaringly expressive.

A stunning Tilda Swinton stars in this shock-to-the-senses slice of psychological horror.

Ramsay’s remarkable debut feature is a dreamy mood piece set amidst a decaying Glasgow.

A magnetic Samantha Morton in one of the greatest and most audacious films of the 2000s.