During There Will Be Blood you are continually fighting the urge to get away from Daniel Plainview, portrayed by Daniel Day Lewis, but you can’t tear your eyes off the screen. Even as Plainview’s compulsion to win at all costs leads down a destructive path.

As unnerving as the Oscar-stealing performance of Day Lewis is, it is the music that has stayed with me. Atonal off-notes heighten the queasy feelings and create an impending dread throughout, acting as an musical greek chorus. An absolutely blistering movie; hard work, but should not be missed.