Dir.: G.W. Pabst; Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Götz, Alice Roberts, Daisy d’Ora, Alice Roberts; Germany 1928, 135 min. Based on two plays by the German playwright Frank...

Dir: Paul McGuigan | UK Thriller 103' A sweary bit of brutal British gangster violence offers a stylish depiction of the Kray Brothers’ era, elevated to a cult classic by a...

Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson | Thriller 1963 Like 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Robert Wise's 'The Haunting' received the backhanded compliment of an...

Dir: F W Murnau | Germany. 1921 Described by Siegfried Kracauer as "a crime picture visibly influenced by the Swedes" and itself a probable forerunner of La Regle du Jeu, the...

Dir: Sidney Lumet | Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau | US Political thriller In the Simpsons episode 'Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming', in addition to the predictabe references to Dr Strangelove, the...

Dir: Charles Saunders | Cast: Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes | Jack Bentley | UK Drama 58’ This is the sort of film that should be obligatory viewing for students of the...

Dir: Joseph Losey | Cast: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Berge, Juliet Berto, Michael Lonsdale | Thriller, 123' What a fabulous and resonant contribution American director Joseph Losey made to the...

Dir: Joe May | Horror Although second billed to Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price's first effective horror lead came nearly fifteen years before 'House of Wax' succeeding Claude Rains in the title...

Dir: Richard Quine | Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovaks, Hermione Gingold | Fantasy Drama 106' 1958 If you thought your in-laws are weird check out Kim Novak's...