Antonioni’s existential masterpiece signalled his move from experiments with documentary and melodrama to his revered style of striking studies in adult ennui. L’avventura would reveal the artist anew to the world, but Il Grido has all the allure, despondency, and provocation of that famed film.

Our new double bill takes a close look at the early work of the godfather of modern cinema, Michelangelo Antonioni. The Lady sees the Italian master exquisitely delving into melodrama territory—an essential prelude to the more restrained emotional landscapes of his venerated “trilogy of alienation”.