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THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (Peter Strickland, 2014) 1

LET THE CORPSES TAN (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, 2017) 2

ANOMALISA (Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, 2015) 3

SONG TO SONG (Terrence Malick, 2017) 4

SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) 5

VENDREDI SOIR (Claire Denis, 2002) 6

THE HEADLESS WOMAN (Lucrecia Martel, 2008) 7

BLUE (Derek Jarman, 1993) 8

BATTLE OF THE SEXES (Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, 2017) 9

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Your guide to movies that also work as ASMR

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Sensory Meridian Response is a wonderful thing. In the Thai genius’s movies, the characters speak slowly and hypnotically, usually in tandem with a soothing symphony of buzzing insects. Uncle Boonmee, in particular, depicts a somnolent environment in which ghosts, monsters and humans peacefully co-exist. Subsequently, the soundscape is two hours of pure pleasure, including an “aural” sex scene between a princess and a catfish that amounts to ASMR-esque ripples of water and an occasional moan. As Weerasethakul encourages viewers to fall asleep during his movies, his entire back catalogue can be appreciated with closed eyes. So much so, the director released an album of “selected soundworks” from his filmography, including the jungle noises from Uncle Boonmee.