Persona (1966)

Fifty-eight years on, and cinema can’t let go of Persona. Ingmar Bergman’s psychological thriller on identity remains elemental to every genre, including this year’s oozing addition The Substance. Bibi Andersson plays nurse to a catatonic actress (Bergman frequent Liv Ullmann), whom she travels with to a secluded second location for ye olde rest & relaxation. Instead of a speechless cure, the two find themselves melding in unexpected ways until separation of self becomes near impossible. This week’s screening of the film comes courtesy of Bergman stan Pedro Almodóvar, whose first English-language film sits beside it on the schedule: The Room Next Door, whose star Tilda Swinton co-signed the reco. – James Scott