English Title: Midaq Alley Directed by: Jorge Fons Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The lives and complicated relationships of the people living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City. Kitty Cameo: A bookseller named Ubaldo (Óscar Yoldi) owns a white and gray kitten which […]
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El Camino (1963)
Directed by: Ana Mariscal This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A boy, whose nickname is Mochuelo, or Owl (José Antonio Mejías), prepares to leave his small Spanish village for school in the big city, spending the last days of […]
Cerf-volant du bout du monde (1958)
English Translation: Kite from the End of the World Directed by: Roger Pigaut Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of children in Paris find a mysterious Chinese kite which leads them to adventure. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The beginning of the film finds the […]
Domik v Kolomne (1913)
English Title: The Little House in Kolomna Directed by: Pyotr Chardynin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin. A young woman Parasha (Sofya Goslavskaya) lives with her widowed mother (Praskovya Maksimova) and comes up with a clever way to see […]
Minoes (2001)
Also Known As: Miss Minoes; Undercover Kitty Directed by: Vincent Bal This review contains some implied Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Annie M.G. Schmidt. A cat is transformed into a woman named Miss Minoes (Carice van Houten) via […]
Gloria (2013)
Directed by: Sebastián Lelio Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gloria (Paulina García) is a divorced mother in Santiago, Chile, who decides she doesn’t want to be alone and sets out to find romance. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): A running joke in the film is the […]
Spalovac mrtvol (1969)
English Title: CrematorDirected by: Juraj Herz This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Czechoslovakian cremator named Karel Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrusínský) suffers from delusions of grandeur, slipping more and more into a fantasy world that leads to horrific acts. […]
Le rayon vert (1986)
Also Known As: The Green Ray; SummerDirected by: Éric Rohmer Synopsis: Delphine (Marie Rivière) is a secretary who finds herself having to take a vacation alone, but circumstance interferes and opens up a whole new world to her. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Delphine is sitting with her friends around a table outside. One woman […]
Diva (1981)
Les Films Galaxie Starring: Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Fernandez Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mailman Jules (Frédéric Andréi) is an opera fan who secretly records his favorite singer, a tape that many people would like to get their hands on. He also ends up with […]