Jan 27, 2022
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 |...
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Jan 27, 2022
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...
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Jan 26, 2022
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...
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Jan 26, 2022
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...
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Jan 26, 2022
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...
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Jan 25, 2022
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 -...
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Jan 25, 2022
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...
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Jan 25, 2022
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,...
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Jan 25, 2022
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...
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