If you loved Portrait of Jennie, try Meshes of the Afternoon

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Portrait of Jennie

1948 · dir. William Dieterle

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Meshes of the Afternoon

1943 · dir. Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

What they share

Theysit in Fantasy / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to Portrait of Jennie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Meshes of the Afternoon is

Los Angeles. Midday. A key. A woman dreams herself haunted through her own house, stalked by a mirrored, cloaked figure. Flowers, knives, and phones become harbingers of doom. Deren's avant-garde landmark still provokes uncanny dread.

If you loved Portrait of Jennie, try Meshes of the Afternoon

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What they share

What Meshes of the Afternoon is

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