Year: 1968 Country: France Director: Jean Rollin Starring: Solange Pradel, Jean-Loup Philippe, Jacqueline Sieger The idea was originally a 30 minute short film, until Jean Rollin saw the possibility of turning this to feature length (timing was right: distributors weren’t sending movies to the theaters at that time in France 1968 because of the studentContinue reading “Le Viol Du Vampire (The Rape Of The Vampire)”
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King Creole
Year: 1958 Country: USA Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau Elvis gets the Michael Curtiz treatment, and the results are quite frankly disappointing. Elvis’ pa wants Elvis to study, but you see, Elvis has a gift: he can sing. Study he will not. He gets involved with hoodlums and also startsContinue reading “King Creole”
Queen & Slim
Year: 2019 Country: USA Director: Melina Matsoukas Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith Art can make us face the reality of the world we are living in, and sometimes be a better vehicle than real life: what we see on the news and social media is constant and depressing and shocking, making us blasé in ourContinue reading “Queen & Slim”
Je Tu Il Elle
Year: 1974 Country: Belgium/France Director: Chantal Akerman Starring: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion Chantal Akerman’s first proper full length feature, the experimental Je Tu Il Elle is certainly not one for all tastes. With its static shots, almost story-less narration, the film can be a test of patience for some: the first line ofContinue reading “Je Tu Il Elle”
Gisaengchung (Parasite)
Year: 2019 Country: South Korea Director: Bong Joon Ho Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi Every so often the Oscars get it right: a movie comes along that is so good and unique; it ends up winning a whole bunch of awards while everyone is scratching their heads wondering why they neverContinue reading “Gisaengchung (Parasite)”
Nekromantik 2
Year: 1991 Country: Germany Director: Jörg Buttgereit Starring: Monika M., Mark Reeder This movie sucks so badly. I don’t even feel like writing about it. More of a bigger-budgeted remake than a sequel, one where all the soul, anger and purpose of the first movie gets bled dry. To give you an example of theContinue reading “Nekromantik 2”
Ai No Korîda (In The Realm Of The Senses)
Year: 1976 Country: Japan Director: Nagisa Ôshima Starring: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda Still banned in its home country of Japan, In The Realm Of The Senses is a story of sexual obsession that can easily let its reputation cloud the viewer. The true story of Sada Abe, a servant in pre-war Japan who began aContinue reading “Ai No Korîda (In The Realm Of The Senses)”
Der Goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove)
Year: 2019 Country: Germany Director: Fatih Akin Starring: Jonas Dassler In my opinion, Fatih Akin is one of the world’s greatest living film directors. Films like The Edge Of Heaven, Soul Kitchen, and especially Head-On are some of the best of the last 15 years or so. I really, really wanted to like this newContinue reading “Der Goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove)”
Jailhouse Rock
Year: 1957 Country: USA Director: Richard Thorpe Starring: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy If Love Me Tender introduced the world to Elvis the actor, then Loving You declared that a star was born. In Jailhouse Rock, Elvis’ third feature film, a star becomes a legend. Using a plot that is nearly identical to LovingContinue reading “Jailhouse Rock”
Der Todesking: The Death King
Year: 1990 Country: Germany Director: Jörg Buttgereit Starring: Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber An experimental 2nd feature for Buttgereit, this one is a series of vignettes (each named for a day of the week) that centers around the theme of suicide. It’s incredibly bleak, but never glamorizing or exploitative – it seems the purpose here isn’tContinue reading “Der Todesking: The Death King”
Cinema Del Peppel 