The Private Life Of A Cat
The Private Life Of A Cat (1947) is a collaboration between Maya Deren and her husband Alexander Hammid. This twenty minute film is a document of their cats as they… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Skin Of Roses
Skin Of Roses (1978) is that classic kind of pinku film. It’s erotic and brazenly violent while also being beautifully photographed and well acted. Director Katsuhiko Fujii is best known… Read more »
The Changeling
The Changeling (1980) is considered one of the great haunted house movies, and for good reason. This little Canadian film boasts one of the most beautiful mansions of any film… Read more »
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) is about Grégoire de Fronsac’s (Samuel Le Bihan) investigation into a series of mysterious animal attacks during the reign of Louis XV. Aided by his… Read more »
The Sign Of The Cross
Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign Of The Cross (1932) is one of the most infamous of Hollywood’s pre-Code era. In a film that owes more than a little to Henryk… Read more »
Nowhere To Run
Jean-Claude Van Damme movie isn’t about cinematographic innovation and nobody has ever watched his movies with that in mind. A Van Damme movie is about corny one-liners, escapism and most… Read more »
Woyzeck
Werner Herzog’s Woyzeck (1979) adapts Georg Büchner’s nineteenth century play as an excruciatingly close-up look at a man’s psychological deterioration. Herzog shot the film immediately after wrapping Nosferatu Phantom der… Read more »
Ride Lonesome
In the year 1959 two of the greatest low budget westerns ever made were released. These are films of great narrative economy, visual minimalism, and aesthetic precision that looked to… Read more »
Everything Everywhere All At Once
It’s become increasingly rare that a Hollywood blockbuster is as intelligent as it is funny and as visually imaginative as it is deeply moving. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s (stylized… Read more »
Dream Lover
Nicholas Kazan, the son of Hollywood royalty, is better known for being a screenwriter than a director. Kazan has penned the scripts for Bicentennial Man (1999), At Close Range (1986)… Read more »
