Dir.: Willy Rozier; Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Francois Calve, Howard Vernon; France 1952, 76 min. Also known in the UK/US under the title The Girl in the Bikini, this was the second...

Dir: Monta Bell | Norma Shearer Malcolm McGregor, George K Arthur | US Silent Drama 1925 Reviewed by Richard Chatten A good example of the cinema of the 1920s habit of...

Dir/Writer| Orson Welles Cast: Orson Wells, Paul Van Eyck, Michael Redgrave | US 93’ By Richard Chatten “Now there's a flawed masterpiece!!" barked Orson Welles when reminded of this film by Alan...

  Dir: Joseph H.Lewis | Noir Thriller | US | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Helen  Walker, Jean Wallace “I live in a maze, Mr. Diamond, a strange, blind and backward maze. All...

Dir: Paul Feig | Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar | US 2025 The Housemaid is a shamelessly raunchy thriller that follows much the same path as the usual ‘home-help’...

Director: Luchino Visconti | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Anna Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Cortese | 120min | Drama | Italy Conversation Piece is often as poignant as Death in Venice but...

Geheimnisse einer Seele ( | Dir: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany 97' Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s Geheimnisse einer Seele (Secrets of a Soul) is considered one of the earliest films about Sigmund...

With its reputation for being quirky and offbeat. Rotterdam focuses on independent and experimental films. Vanja Kaludjercic, the festival's director, unveiled this year’s 55th edition, running from 29 January –...

Dir/Wri: Guillermo del Toro  US. 2025. Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Christoph Waltz | 149’ Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein...