Dec 25, 2025
Dir/Writer| Orson Welles Cast: Orson Wells, Paul Van Eyck, Michael Redgrave | US 93’
By Richard Chatten
“Now there's a flawed masterpiece!!" barked Orson Welles when reminded of this film by Alan...
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Dec 25, 2025
Dir: Joseph H.Lewis | Noir Thriller | US | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Helen Walker, Jean Wallace
“I live in a maze, Mr. Diamond, a strange, blind and backward maze. All...
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Dec 23, 2025
Dir: Paul Feig | Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar | US 2025
The Housemaid is a shamelessly raunchy thriller that follows much the same path as the usual ‘home-help’...
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Dec 19, 2025
Director: Luchino Visconti | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Anna Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Cortese | 120min | Drama | Italy
Conversation Piece is often as poignant as Death in Venice but...
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Dec 18, 2025
Geheimnisse einer Seele ( | Dir: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany 97'
Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s Geheimnisse einer Seele (Secrets of a Soul) is considered one of the earliest films about Sigmund...
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Dec 16, 2025
With its reputation for being quirky and offbeat. Rotterdam focuses on independent and experimental films. Vanja Kaludjercic, the festival's director, unveiled this year’s 55th edition, running from 29 January –...
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Dec 15, 2025
Dir/Wri: Guillermo del Toro US. 2025. Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Christoph Waltz | 149’
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein...
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Dec 14, 2025
Dir: Ken Annakin | Cast: Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips, Allan Cuthbertson | Uk Comedy
Stanley Baxter, who has died aged 99, was a comedian, actor and impersonator best known for his...
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Dec 12, 2025
Dir: Josh Safdie | Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Abel Farrara | US biopic drama
Chalamet is Marty Mauser a gutsy guy punching his way to the top in this messily-plotted...
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