Olivia
Jacqueline Audry’s film Olivia (1949), based on the novel by Dorothy Bussy, is almost entirely anomalous in the history of French cinema. Not only is Olivia a film directed by… Read more »
The Runaways
Floria Sigismondi’s The Runaways (2010) is an explosive and highly romanticized look at the early years of the titular band. Inspired more than based on Cherie Currie’s memoir Neon Angel:… Read more »
Variety
Bette Gordon’s film Variety (1983) follows Christine’s (Sandy McLeod) sexual awakening as she investigates the mysterious Louie (Richard M. Davidson). Christine begins the film as an out of work twenty-something… Read more »
Lost In Translation
How perfect is it that a film which so defined a generation should open with a shot of Scarlett Johansson’s buttocks? Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation (2003) is one of… Read more »
Moses und Aron
Danièle Huillet’s and Jean-Marie Straub’s Moses und Aron (1975) is the duo’s dialectical masterpiece. Their joint career was spent exploring the limitations of the cinema and mapping out its possibilities…. Read more »
Autumn Girl
Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Autumn Girl (2021) is an imagined week in the life of the legendary Polish actress and cabaret singer Kalina Jędrusik (Maria Dębska). Though set in the early sixties,… Read more »
My 20th Century
Just as the Berlin Wall was coming down, Ildikó Enyedi’s film My 20th Century (1989) imagines a late nineteenth century where technology brought the stuff of dreams and fairytales into… Read more »
Das Erdbeben in Chili
Helma Sanders-Brahms’ Das Erdbeben in Chili (1975) is a made for television film based upon a novella of the same name by Heinrich von Kleist. Both the film and the… Read more »
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932) is the first in a cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations made by Universal Studios. Murders In The Rue Morgue was re-cut and censored… Read more »
Lifeforce
Tobe Hooper’s science-fiction/horror masterpiece Lifeforce (1985) was the first of a three picture deal the filmmaker had with Canon films following the success of Poltergeist (1982). Known for his visually… Read more »
