Also Known As: Night Ambush Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Synopsis: Major Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) heads up a team of Crete rebels who plan to kidnap a German officer and smuggle him to Cairo. Purr Blur: When Fermor comes down from the hills to the town to set the plan in motion, […]
Directed by: David Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring New York author Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) strikes up a friendship by mail with Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), a British bookseller. Kitty Cameo: In appreciate for the book shop’s efforts to find British tomes for […]
Directed by: Graeme Clifford Synopsis: This biopic of actress Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) delves into her battles with the Hollywood system and her mother, as well as her nightmarish experiences in a mental institution. Purr Blur: As Frances is arguing with her mother and storming out of the house, a ginger tabby cat can be […]
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon This review contains an inferred Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A look at the race to commercialize the use of electricity throughout America by Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult). Purr […]
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta Synopsis: True life account of philosopher and writer Hannah Arendt (Barbara Sukowa) and the controversy surrounding her New Yorker articles covering the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Purr Blur: Late in the film Hannah goes back to Jerusalem to visit her ailing friend Kurt Blumenfeld (Michael […]
Directed by: Josephine Decker Synopsis: A young couple move in with noted writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her professor husband Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg), leading to some interesting relations between them. Kitty Cameo: A black cat is seen several times throughout the film. First the cat is running down the stairs. Later the cat […]
Directed by: George Foster Platt Synopsis: A fascinating look at the life of Helen Keller (portrayed by herself in the last segment). Kitty Cameos: Helen as a child (Etna Ross) is pulled into a barn by her friend Martha Washington (Jenny Lind). They join two other friends in looking at a mama cat and her […]
Directed by: Wash Westmoreland Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: French writer Colette (Keira Knightley) creates the hugely successful book series around a character named Claudine published under the name of her husband Willy (Dominic West). Kitty Cameos: A ginger tabby cat is preening itself on […]
Directed by: Ariel Vromen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a pretty big spoiler for this film! Synopsis: The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), a cold-blooded mob killer known as “The Iceman.” Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Kuklinski is preparing what appears to be egg salad sandwiches in […]
Starring: GeorgeDirected by: Bharat Nalluri This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of how author Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) came to create his classic tale A Christmas Carol. Kitty Cameo: In need of money to publish the […]