Directed by: Joy Batchelor, John Halas Synopsis: A British animated short explaining the advantages of donating salvage during World War II. Cartoon Cat: The short begins inside a black cat’s mouth as it is yowling to the moon. The camera pulls back to reveal the cat’s face. The cat is sitting on a railing as […]
Directed by: Harley Cokeliss This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A boy named Billy (Ben Buckton) fights back when he realizes a local pond has been contaminated with chemicals dumped there by a company. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Billy […]
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 […]
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: Roy Boulting Synopsis: Josephine (Glynis Johns) is a woman attracted to men who are underdogs and in need of her nurturing nature. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the film Josephine’s uncle (Jack Buchanan) begins to tell her story, starting with her childhood. She is seen pushing a baby pram with two cats […]
Original Title: La belle et la bête Directed by: Jean Cocteau Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The classic telling of the fairy tale finds Belle (Josette Day) sacrificing herself to the whims of a Beast (Jean Marais) in order to save her father (Marcel André). […]
Also Known As: Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper; The Savage Island Directed by: Joe D’Amato Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of friends and a woman named Julie (Tisa Farrow) they pick up along the way find themselves stalked by a cannibalistic killer on an […]
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): […]
Directed by: Marcel Varnel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: School teacher Will Lamb (Will Hay) is hired to work in a haunted Scottish school whose ghost heralds the death of each faculty member by sounding bagpipes. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Late in the film, Lamb […]
Starring: Texas Directed by: Mike Leigh Synopsis: A successful woman named Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) searches for her birth mother which leads to some surprising revelations. Kitty Cameo: One of the lead characters is a professional photographer named Maurice (Timothy Spall). Examples of his work are shown in a montage of various clients, including a woman […]