Reviews

Here are ten indie films that have stayed in my memory this year. Some were viewed at festivals and are still hoping for a release, others started out as indies...

Writer|Director: Ramin Bahrani Cast: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham 105min  Drama   US A father and son come into conflict in Ramin Bahrani’s well-made, pithy and absorbing MidWest drama AT...

Director: Roger Corman  Writer: Richard Matheson Cast: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget 89min   US   Horror Roger Corman is well known for his...

Director: Laurence Olivier   Score: William Walton Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Renee Asherson, Esmond Knight 137min   Drama UK Laurence Olivier’s 1944 version of Shakespeare’s Henry V is greatly enhanced...

Director: Roger Corman       Screenplay: Richard Matheson Cast: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Antony Corbone, John Kerr, Patrick Westwood 80min   Horror   US "The agony of my soul found vent in...

Dir.: Carol Reed Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado; USA 1956, 105 min. Based on the novel The Killing Frost by Max Catto, TRAPEZE is one of Carol Reed's...

Já, Olga Hepnarová (I, Olga Hepnarová) – Czech Republic / Poland / Slowak Republic / France By Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda With Michalina Olszanska, Marta Mazurek, Ondrej Malý World premiere Junction 48 – Israel...

Director: Roger Corman  Novel: Edgar Allen Poe  Screenplay: Robert Towne Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis, Oliver Johnston, Richard Vernon 81min  Horror Thriller  UK A triumphant exception to the law...

Director: Ron Howard   Writer: Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Rick Jaff and Amanda Silver. Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, A vengeful killer whale; swashbuckling heroes; exotic islands and the legend...