Ranking amongst the greatest of films ever made, Lang uses M as a means to explore the very state in which he resided for the majority of his early film-making career. Amidst swirling and mysterious shadows, the reflective nature of a glass pane and the oneiric, ethereal, brooding atmosphere lies something of the utmost importance: the implicit nature of humanity and moral ambiguity.

Unintentionally drawing on a similar real life serial killer in Peter Kurten, M describes the furore surrounding…

When I first saw Tarkovsky's much critically acclaimed, Mirror, I was living alone in the middle of Valencia, isolated, and at times struggling to cope with the pressures of adapting to a new, somewhat alien surrounding. Mirror became my coping strategy; watching it would both elevate me from personal conflictions and day-to-day problems. Most importantly perhaps, it enabled a personal evaluation through the idea that despite being an incredibly intricate and intimate outing, Tarkovsky forces the viewer to find themselves…