If.... - Mark Sinker (BFI Film Classics) Science Fiction The Ascent finds poetry and

The Ascent finds poetry and transcendence in the harrowing trials of war

as they discover the sinister secrets lurking within its crumbling walls

'The American Friend' Director: Wim Wenders (1977) adapted from Patricia Highsmith's 'Ripley's Game' | Starring Bruno Ganz

The workers at a vineyard engage in pagan rituals which result in mysterious behaviour by the inheritor of the land

her moral compass waivers

If.... - Mark Sinker (BFI Film Classics) Science Fiction The Ascent finds poetry and'If.' by Mark Sinker (BFI Film Classics 112 page paperback) In his compelling study of if., Mark Sinker traces director Lindsay Anderson's depiction of the progress from repression, conformity and fusty ritual to anarchy and bloody revolt.