Apr 20, 2020
The Comedies and Proverbs series brings together six of Éric Rohmer's best; the first entry in the series, The Aviator's Wife, sees François become obsessed with the idea that his...
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Apr 20, 2020
Dir.: Billy Wilder | Cast: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Frances Sternhagen, Mel Ferrer | France/W Germany | 116min.
Since his last film Buddy, was just a remake of a...
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Apr 18, 2020
Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996) brings a raw emotional simplicity to his films that disarm even the hardest heart. Nothing is overstated or irrelevant in his sober depictions of human...
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Apr 17, 2020
EISENSTEIN ON THE STEPS: Alan Price shares some thoughts on Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 epic that sees the crew of a Russian battleship mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the...
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Apr 14, 2020
Dir: Nicholas Ray | Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell | US, Film Noir 95'
Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series...
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Apr 14, 2020
Dir/Wri: Kirill Sokolov | Cast: Vitaliy Khaev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Mikhail Gorevoy, Elena Shevchenko
Russian director Kirill Sokolov's debut feature is a bloody-spattered, neon-infused cocktail of toxic manhood tinged with bitter...
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Apr 10, 2020
Dir: Nico Mastorakis | Cast: Robert Morley, Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum | Horror, 92'
The Wind (aka Edge of Terror) is an odd film that begins as a promising Greek...
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Apr 9, 2020
Both Niagara (1953) and Bus Stop (1956) provided parts for Marilyn Monroe to accommodate a studio imposed stereotype and yet subvert its imposition. A dumb blonde transitions into a femme...
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Apr 9, 2020
Dir: John Ford | US, Western
John Ford is renowned for his US cavalry pictures but not for his American Civil War films. On this issue he only made one feature...
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