THE WATCH LIST WITH LEE HAVEN JONES
“RESTRAINED AND GLORIOUSLY SUBTLE, IT WORKS ITS WAY INTO YOUR SOUL.”
As we watch Lee Haven Jones’ Welsh language horror The Feast through our fingers, we sat down to ask the director what his must-see films are.
1. the TRIBE (2014)
“There is a rawness and brutality to the performances that takes my breath away. Brimming with fierce humanity, agonising to watch and yet utterly compelling.”
2. moonlight (2016)
“A quiet masterpiece that examines masculinity and male friendships in forensic detail. Restrained and gloriously subtle, it works its way into your soul.”
3. titane (2021)
“An orgy of controversy, this sophisticated cinematic fable employs horror tropes and visual metaphor to brilliant effect to offer a meditation on love, loneliness and loss. It’s brutal and bursting with rage; and yet resonates with a sadness and sense of longing that is almost unbearable.”
4. the white ribbon (2009)
“In crisp black and white and with glacial pacing, this is a work that is shot through with a sense of creeping dread and resists easy interpretation. A period film with deeply disturbing contemporary resonances.”
5. you were never really here (2017)
“Counterpointing explosions of violence with beautiful visual poetry, this hallucination of a film is wonderfully crafted and continues to haunt me.”
Started as a way to end our scrolling during the first COVID-19 lockdown, The Watch List is a series of film recommendations handpicked for you by those in the know - actors, directors, filmmakers and writers whose work has been inspired by the films that came before them.