Directed by: Robert Bresson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A teenaged girl named Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) suffers indignity at the hands of her family and neighbors. Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the movie, Mouchette is called into the home of an elderly, death-obsessed rich […]
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Synopsis: A group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers plot to murder Hitler at the same time a young Jewish refugee is planning a similar attack against the Nazis. Purr Blur: The leader of the soldiers, Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) is captured and taken from the theater in a truck. As the […]
Directed by: Lynne Ramsay Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is a traumatized war veteran who gets caught up in a complicated situation when asked to rescue the daughter of a politician from a sex ring. Kitty Cameo: After things go awry, Joe […]
Original Title: Gycklarnas afton Directed by: Ingmar Bergman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Albert Johansson (Åke Grönberg) is tired of circus life and tries to reconcile with his successful wife much to the dismay of his lover and fellow circus performer Anne (Harriet Andersson). Cat […]
Directed by: Nigel Cole Synopsis: Based on a true story. The members of a British Woman’s Club decide to pose in tastefully nude photographs for a charity calendar. Purr Blur: During a montage sequence showing the photo shoots for the calendar, a longhair grey cat is sitting on a table with its back to the […]
Directed by: Dick Richards Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Driving instructor Rafferty (Alan Arkin) gets tangled up with two eccentric drifters, Frisbee (Mackenzie Phillips) and Mac (Sally Kellerman), after they kidnap him at gunpoint. Kitty Cameo: Despite their strained beginnings, Rafferty befriends the girls and […]
Directed by: Phil Karlson Synopsis: Retired mob accountant Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is drawn back into the fold when his brothers are threatened. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Eddie is trying to get back to his mother’s apartment. As he sneaks behind some stairs, a longhair cat runs down them with a […]
Directed by: David Bradley Synopsis: A 16mm silent production of the Ibsen play about the ne’re-do-well anti-hero. Kitty Cameo: Peer Gynt (Charlton Heston in his film debut) visits his ailing mother (Betty Hanisee). She tells him she is dying but he doesn’t want to face reality. He tries to take her mind off dark things […]
Original Air Date: May 29, 1960 Directed by: David MacDonald Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Inspector Duval (Charles Korvin) lands in a South American country to arrest a wanted criminal only to find himself in the midst of a civil war. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When […]
Directed by: Dan Harris Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Members of the Travis family deal with inner demons and a lack of communication when their promising eldest son commits suicide. Kitty Cameo: Tim Travis (Emile Hirsch) is the younger brother who struggles with his feelings […]