Reviews

Dir: Thomas Hamilton, Wri: Ron MacCloskey | With Caroline Munro, Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, Christopher Plummer, Peter Bogdanovich, Stephanie Powers, John Landis, Joe Dante, Roger Corman, Sara Karloff |...

Since Ernest Shackleton’s polar expedition of 1914-16 had a happy ending we don’t get the sense of foreboding that always accompanies footage of Scott. Much is made in the commentary of...

Dir: George Stevens | Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr | US Drama The presence of Ray Milland prompts comparisons with The Lost Weekend, but it's emphasis of the...

Wri/Dir: Stephan Streker | Cast: Jeremie Renier, Alma Jodorowsky, Emmanuelle Bercot | Belgium/France Thriller, 105' Part romantic thriller, part prison drama, the early scenes of The Enemy feel like something Terrence Malick may...

Dir.: Juichiro Yamasaki; Cast: Kang Yoon-Soo, Kilala Inori, Yohta Kawase, Misa Wada; Japan/France 2022, 96 min. Japanese writer/director Juichiro Yamasaki has set this fraught drama in his hometown of Minawa, a...

Dir.: Pedro Almodóvar; Cast: Penélope Cruz; Milena Smit, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Israel Elejalde; Spain 2021, 123 min. This so-called women-centric drama from writer director Pedro Almodóvar promises more than it delivers -...

Dir: Sean Penn | Cast: Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, Mitchell McCormick | US Drama Sean Penn plays the main role and gets his family involved in this torpidly sanctimonious true life...

Dir/Wri: Romola Garai | Cast: Imelda Staunton, Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Anah Ruddin, Angeliki Papoulia | UK Horror, 99' Best known for her roles in Atonement and I Captured the Castle,...

Dir: Ismael & Youssef Chebbi | Drama, Tunisia, 95' The Black Medusa Nada is in some ways emblematic of her home town of Tunis in this enigmatic fantasy thriller portrait of...