Directed by: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts Synopsis: An intimate look at the siege of Aleppo as told through the camera lens of a mother documenting the events not only for the world but her daughter, Sama. Reality Cats: Outside of a home when filmmaker Waad is picking up her friend (and future husband) Hamza, three […]
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Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Directed by: Dan Gilroy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A satiric look at the high priced art world finds collectors becoming the victims of the very art they admire. Featured Felines: Gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) lives in an expensive home with a hairless […]
Hana-bi (1997)
English Title: Fireworks Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Synopsis: Police detective Yoshitaka Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) leaves the force to care for his terminally ill wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) after a series of life-shattering events. Kitty Cameos: Nishi and his wife visit a temple late in the film. One shot shows several temple cats sitting together. Later a […]
Monty Python’s Flying Circus – “The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom”
Original Air Date: December 28, 1969 Directed by: Ian MacNaughton This review contains an implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Another half-hour of zany sketches from Britain’s classic comedy team. Implied Kitty Carnage Warning: One segment features a series entitled “Real Interesting People” […]
River’s Edge (1986)
Directed by: Tim Hunter Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of high school students are eerily unaffected when they learn one of their friends, John (Daniel Roebuck) has killed a classmate. Kitty Cameo: John’s friend Layne (Crispin Glover) hides John at the house of an […]
Bewitched – “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog”
Original Air Date: October 1, 1964 Directed by: William Asher Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Darrin (Dick York) brings home a prospective client, Rex Barker (Jack Warden), for a dinner party. But when Barker gets fresh with Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) she turns him into a dog. […]
The Cotton Club (1984)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Synopsis: The lives and trials of several people, including Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), based around the famed 1920’s and 30’s Harlem nightclub The Cotton Club. Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Dixie goes home to visit his mother (Gwen Verdon) and his brother Vincent (Nicolas Cage) and sister Patsy (Jennifer […]
Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm (1963)
Synopsis: George and Betty visit their country cousins Andy and Jane on their uncle Jim’s dairy farm. Kitty Cameos: George and Betty learn all about the animals on the farm, including a tabby kitten who is drinking some milk. The girls play with two other tabby kittens. When they are called to dinner, the girls […]
Cry of the City (1948)
Directed by: Robert Siodmak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lt. Candella (Victor Mature) is torn when the oldest son of a family he has befriended kills a policeman then needs his help. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film a nurse named Frances Pruett (Betty […]
Utomlennye solntsem (1994)
English Title: Burnt by the Sun Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Comdiv Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov) is a hero of the Red Army who is living in an artist’s community with his family during Stalin’s Great Purge. Kitty Cameo: Near […]