Year: 1987 Country: Germany Director: Jörg Buttgereit Starring: Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski The first of four films from Jörg Buttgereit I’ll be reviewing this month as part of Buttgereit’s “Sex Murder Art” Blu Ray box set. The “story” is about a street cleaner who collects body parts and brings a disintegrating corpse back homeContinue reading “Nekromantik”
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Le Frisson Des Vampires (The Shiver Of The Vampires)
Year: 1971 Country: France Director: Jean Rollin Starring: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Marie-Pierre Castel It’s been less than a month since I saw my first Jean Rollin film, Requiem Pour Un Vampire (reviewed here) and though I didn’t understand a damn thing, its aesthetic and style left an impression on me and I’d been wantingContinue reading “Le Frisson Des Vampires (The Shiver Of The Vampires)”
Loving You
Year: 1957 Country: USA Director: Hal Kanter Starring: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey Elvis’ second film is his first in a starring role and with this, Elvis the film star was born. Using a story parallel to Elvis’ own life – from rags to riches Elvis as Deke Rivers meets Glenda Markle (Lizabeth Scott),Continue reading “Loving You”
La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
Year: 2001 Country: Austria/France/Germany Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Magimel I think I’m going to need anti-depressants now that this movie is over. Ok, so an ultra-strict, masochistic and repressed middle-aged piano teacher (Huppert) with voyeuristic tendencies lives with her incredibly controlling mother. During the day, she works at a Vienna music conservatory,Continue reading “La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)”
Sono Otoko, Kyôbô ni Tsuki (Violent Cop)
Year: 1989 Country: Japan Director: Takeshi Kitano Starring: Takeshi Kitano (as “Beat” Takeshi) I was underwhelmed by this one, Takeshi Kitano’s first feature as a director. He plays a cop with vigilante tactics who goes kinda crazy when he discovers a drug trafficking ring inside the police force and his sister gets kidnapped. The filmContinue reading “Sono Otoko, Kyôbô ni Tsuki (Violent Cop)”
Girl From Nowhere
Year: 2017 Country: South Africa Director: Mark Jackson Starring: Christia Visser, Tamryn Speirs, Scot Cooper A couple headed to a weekend home in the mountains in South Africa pick up a hitch-hiker, Liza, who through a set of circumstances ends up having to stay with them when they arrive. Trouble starts to set in whenContinue reading “Girl From Nowhere”
Sweet Movie
Year: 1974 Country: France/West Germany/Canada Director: Dusan Makavejev Starring: Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal This was a hard one to find. I had to call the National Library and have them ship out this movie from their warehouse – but I got it! I’d heard this is pretty depraved and repulsive and as IContinue reading “Sweet Movie”
Knives Out
Year: 2019 Country: USA Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Ana De Armas, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans I’ve always been a fan of Whodunnit films. There’s a murder. Several Suspects. There’s a reason to think any of them could be guilty. You let yourself get carried with the twisted story and the end sometimes unfolds to aContinue reading “Knives Out”
Love Me Tender
Year: 1956 Country: USA Director: Robert D. Webb Starring: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley Elvis’ first motion picture! Set in the Civil War, Elvis’ older brother is part of the recently-defeated Confederate army and steals a large sum of money from them before he returns home. The only catch is everyone thought he wasContinue reading “Love Me Tender”
Babettes Gæstebud (Babette’s Feast)
Year: 1987 Country: Denmark Director: Gabriel Axel Starring: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel Winner of the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Film and first Danish film to do so. The story of Babette (Stéphane Audran) who, after fleeing France during the Franco-Prussian war becomes the maid for two sisters in a tiny and secludedContinue reading “Babettes Gæstebud (Babette’s Feast)”
Cinema Del Peppel 