Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Faye Dunaway's Laura Mars is a New York fashion photographer famous for glossy pictures of stylized violence, and Irvin Kershner's 1978 thriller turns that reputation back on her when she starts seeing murders through the killer's eyes. The portfolio on screen is real: Helmut Newton was commissioned to supply the images that stand in for Laura's work, which makes the film a fascinating time capsule of 1970s fashion photography. The story, from a script John Carpenter first wrote, is pulpy and the ending is a stretch, but its question still bites: what does an artist owe for the violence she makes beautiful?