Wilder makes a huge jump in genre between these films—from an existential noir to an off-beat romantic comedy—but the two share a kinship; both can be read as cautionary tales for what happens when you mix business with pleasure.
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Susannah Gruder is a writer and film critic born and raised in Brooklyn. Her work has also appeared in Hyperallergic, Reverse Shot and MUBI Notebook, among other outlets. She runs the newsletter Mood Elevator, which offers movie recommendations to suit your state of mind.
On the twisted war of influence in Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite.
Throughout their body of work, Powell and Pressburger return to the question of whether life and art can co-exist, and if the urge to live or the urge to create will win out in the end.
