Dir: Werner Herzog | Cast: Bruno S, Volker Prechtel, Gloria Dor, Willy Semmelrogge, Brigitte Mira, Walter Ladengast | 109min, Germany Werner Herzog drifts into visionary territory with a film based on...

Dir: Lewis Gilbert | Cast: Aiden Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, John Gielgud, Anna Massey  | UK Fantasy horror 95’ Based on a novel by James Holborn, like 'Don't Look Now' this film...

Dir: Takeshi Kitano | Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe | Japan 98' There's a serene stillness that takes all the horror away from the unexpected...

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Basil Redford, Naunton Wayne, Catherine Lacey, Googie Withers | UK Thriller  90’ The Lady Vanishes probably represented the apex of Hitchcock's Gainsborough...

Although Leo McCarey (1898-1969) was feted during his career winning three Oscars and nominated for a further 36 (!), he seems to have fallen out of fashion. Today he is...

Dir: Monty Banks | George Formby, Florence Desmond, Alistair Sim, Gus McNaughton | Uk Comedy 82’ George Formby's status at Ealing had reached the stage where the company was prepared to...

Dir: Orson Welles | Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall | US Drama 107' Unlike Orson Welles's later unorthodox adaptations of Shakespeare shot in far flung locations abroad...

Dir: Raul Ruiz | Drama, Chile After winning the Golden Leopard for his debut Three Sad Tigers (1968)  A Wandering Soap Opera was - to all intents and purposes - his...

Raúl Ruiz | Drama, Chile 100' Ruiz’s lively debut is perhaps the purest form of cinema verite and social realism, giving a fascinating snapshot of ordinary people in Chile in the...