 A film in three minutes. Don't look now. It's Venice. It's winter. Your name is John Baxter. Tragedy has befallen you and your family. Your daughter has drowned. Your wife's mental health is on a precipice. And wherever you go, you keep seeing your dead child in her little red coat. Sounds like the perfect setup for a spooky sinister cinematic experience also known as Don't Look Now. A film where character exploration, innovative editing and magnetic creepiness has captivated audiences for decades since release. Directed by the influential Nicholas Rogue and starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland in the leading roles, the story follows John and Laura Baxter, a couple who move to Venice to restore an ancient church after their beloved daughter Christine drowns at their home. Mourning the loss of their child, Laura encounters two elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic and has the ability to communicate with Christine, providing Laura with brief comfort before she is warned by her dead daughter that John's life is in danger. Based on the 1971 short story penned by Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now primarily explores the effect grief can have on an otherwise healthy and happy marriage. The journey that both Baxter's undertakes slowly reveals to us the differences in their attitudes towards death and whether or not there is life beyond the grave. But thanks to Rogue's direction, this thematic exploration is far from banal or contrived and is delivered almost constantly through camera trickery, stunning mess au sein, and the manipulation of time thanks to the film's groundbreaking editing approach. Controversy 2 surrounded what became known as the film's most notorious scene, a shockingly brazen and raw moment where the Baxter's make love in what critics and sensors at the time decried for being too realistic. But now with a modern perspective has been praised for its symbolism mainly due to Rogue's unorthodox editing style. Repeating motifs such as Falling, The Colour Red, The Use of Glass, and The Presence of Water permeate the film's visuals and are aided greatly by the fantastic use of Venice as the story's location. The empty almost barren streets of the city work wonderfully as a constricting labyrinth for both characters with the endless canals and darkened alleyways providing much of the film's unnerving tension. The iconic image of a mysterious figure in a red coat as well as Pino da Agio's indelible score has cemented the film's reputation as a masterpiece of 70 cinema and one of the horror genre's most memorable and terrifying inclusions. Making us all, after viewing, think twice about whether there truly is someone or something watching over us from beyond the grave, but you need to be careful should you wish to find out. As in Jon Baxter's case, it might be best to simply say to yourself, don't look now.