1.TOUCH

ne of the most common adjectives used to describe the work of Claire Denis is ‘tactile.’ Denis has crafted one of the most impressionistic filmographies in cinema, where everything from camera movement to colour timing conveys the perspective of the characters. She treats bodies as landscapes, rendering wrinkles and folds as topographies. She traces the pockmarks on, say, Vincent Lindon’s face or the blemishes on Michel Subor’s aged skin across multiple collaborations. Denis’ characters are forever attempting to connect