Secrets & Lies (1996)

Secrets & Lies (1996)

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 […]

Midsomer Murders – “Hidden Depths”

Midsomer Murders – “Hidden Depths”

Original Air Date: March 13, 2005 Directed by: Sarah Hellings Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) investigates the questionable suicide of a troubled solicitor who either fell or jumped from the roof of his home. Purr Blur: One character, Otto Benham (Oliver […]

Big Man Japan (2007)

Big Man Japan (2007)

Original Title: Dai-Nihonjin Directed by: Hitoshi Matsumoto Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This mockumentary follows Masaru Daisatô (Hitoshi Matsumoto), a middle-aged man leading a disconnected life from surrounding Tokyo, who also happens to be Big Man, the last of a long line of monster fighters. […]

Stitches (2012)

Stitches (2012)

Directed by: Conor McMahon This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stiches the Clown (Ross Noble) dies in a freak accident during a children’s party and returns six years later to seek revenge on the now-teenagers. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

Puberty Blues (1981)

Puberty Blues (1981)

Directed by: Bruce Beresford Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A slice-of-life comedy drama which captures the world of teenage girls Debbie (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) as they grow up in a Sydney surfing community in the 1970’s. Kitty Cameo: Debbie comes home and […]

The Ones Below (2015)

The Ones Below (2015)

Starring: Dave and Sydney Directed by: David Farr This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate (Clémence Poésy) and Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) are expecting their first child, as is their new downstairs neighbors Theresa (Laura Birn) and Jon […]

Child’s Play (1954)

Child’s Play (1954)

Directed by: Margaret Thomson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of precocious children get into mischief when they manage to split the atom and then use the energy to make popcorn. Purr Blur: One of the boys tells the story of what happened the […]

Dangerous Game (1988)

Dangerous Game (1988)

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After a group of teenagers gain access to a department store at night, they become targeted by a disgruntled police officer who blames them for his troubles. Kitty Cameo: […]

Mouchette (1967)

Mouchette (1967)

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 […]

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

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 […]