Original Title: Ansiktet Directed by: Ingmar Bergman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A magician named Vogler (Max von Sydow) and his assistants are sidelined by a town’s officials who demand to examine their performance to check the validity of their advertising claims and to settle […]
Directed by: J. Elder Wills This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe (Paul Robeson) is an amiable Marseille dock worker who is recruited by the police to help a wealthy English couple locate their missing son. Cat Burglar […]
Original Title: Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu Starring: Ricky, Lanoasa and Piti Directed by: Cristi Puiu Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The real-time trials of Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu), a sick elderly man seeking medical help who finds himself shuffled from hospital to hospital looking for a […]
Directed by: Ken Annakin Synopsis: A German Shepherd named Buck is stolen from his home and forced into being a sled dog in the Yukon. Kitty Cameo: When Buck arrives up north a man uses an axe to open his crate and then proceeds to beat the poor dog mercilessly. To emphasize the horror of […]
Directed by: Robert Aldrich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: At the end of World War II, six German soldiers are employed to defuse undetonated Allied bombs in Berlin. Kitty Cameo: Eric Koertner (Jack Palance) is in the process of defusing a very dangerous bomb. He […]
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg Synopsis: John and Laura Baxter (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) are visiting Venice, Italy, after the death of their daughter only to find that the recent tragedy continues to haunt them. Purr Blur: Late in the film John is walking through the streets of Venice with a man following him. A […]
Directed by: Basil Dearden Synopsis: British police work to solve the murder of a young woman and find that complex issues may be under the surface. Purr Blur: As Police Inspector Learoyd (Michael Craig) exits a car in one scene, what appears to be a black cat is scurrying down the sidewalk behind him. Final […]
Directed by: Ilya Naishuller Starring: London Fog Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is a mild-mannered husband and father whose secret past comes to the surface when his family experiences a robbery in their home. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The film opens […]
Original Air Date: November 4, 1990 Directed by: Jerry Jameson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) tries to intervene when she sees a woman named Sheila (Brenda Vaccaro) steal a necklace from a high end jewelry store which somehow ties in to a murder […]
Original Title: Meshi 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: Michiyo Okamoto (Setsuko Hara) is an unhappy housewife living with her husband Hatsunosuke (Ken Uehara) is a quiet part of Osaka. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]