by Ted Davis Directed by: Fritz Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The clumsy and aggressive attempt by unpublished author Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward) to seduce servant girl Elsa Gaunt (Dorothy Patrick) results in her tragic death. Immediately after his crime, Stephen is genuinely shocked […]
by Mark Murton Also Known As: Murder on Monday Director: Ralph Richardson Synopsis: Bank Official David Preston (Ralph Richardson) goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. When he learns that the steward of his local club who implicated him in a robbery has been found murdered, Preston finds he […]
Original Title: Nasanunaka Directed by: Mikio Naruse This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Actress Tamae Kiyooka (Yoshiko Okada) returns to Japan after a five year absence hoping to claim her daughter Shigeko (Toshiko Kojima) who only knows her […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Max Ophuls Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: At the turn of 19th century Vienna, forlorn beauty Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) writes a last long letter to full-time charming wastrel, part-time concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jordan), documenting her overriding and […]
by Mark Murton Starring: Sydney and Dave Director: Simon Anstell Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: Benjamin (Colin Morgan), a promising young film-maker, is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance with a French musician named Noah (Phénix Brossard) and the upcoming premiere of his […]
Directed by: Robert Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A dramatic retelling about the fiery explosion which destroyed the German airship The Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey, Kitty Cameo: In one scene a couple of FBI men pay a call to a suburban woman named […]
Directed by: Nicole Riegel Synopsis: A teenaged girl named Ruth (Jessica Barden) reluctantly works with an illegal scrapping crew to pay for a college education, even though she doubts the benefits an education will give her. Kitty Cameos: Cats are seen in a few establishing shots. One has a bicolor tabby and white cat struggling […]
Original Title: Die Hinrichtung Also Known As: Naked Massacre Directed by: Denis Héroux Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Loosely based on the Richard Speck murders, an unstable American Vietnam deserter named Cain Adams (Mathieu Carrière) terrorizes a home full of female nurses. Featured Feline: Living with […]
Directed by: Robert Siodmak Synopsis: Vic Smith (Jeff Chandler) is an American gangster deported to Italy where he gets involved in crime and falls for a Countess (Märta Torén). Purr Blur: In one scene a woman named Gina (Marina Berti) is following Vic through the streets. She passes very close to a tuxedo cat who […]
Directed by: Eliza Hittman This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sonya (Viktoria Vinyarska), a teenaged girl living in Brooklyn with her father (Mike Pikeman) and his menagerie of cats, finds herself facing difficult choices to protect him. Cat […]