Three miles up the river Thames from the centre of Oxford, some distance from where the great colleges of Jordan, Gabriel, Balliol, and two dozen others contended for mastery in the boat races, out where the city was only a collection of towers and spires in the distance over the misty levels of Port Meadow, there stood the priory of Godstow, where the gentle nuns went about their holy business; and on the opposite bank from the priory there was an inn called the Trout.
Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
Agnes Varda presents a loving view at the shop-owners of her street with much care for their everyday lives, their biographies and a keen eye for detail.
A partial retelling of Wuthering Heights in 19th century Mexico.
Wonderfully photographed and directed, this adaptation of the classic novel goes straight to the overheated passions and never lets loose; generally, a mainstream production with occasional Buñuel touches sprinkled in.
Maltin**1/2: "Strikingly directed but talky, overbaked, ultimately unsuccessful version..."
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
A Dario Argento
joint: wildly stylish, incoherent plot with a dreamlike atmosphere and
lots of imaginative shock moments, and once again another incongruous
soundtrack.
Halliwell (no star): "Daft and gruesome horror that lacks style and sense; it has a plethora of murderers, it is never fully explained who did what to whom, its intentions is to disgust rather than shock, and its heavy-metal soundtrack is a frequent distraction."
Maltin***: "Typically stylish, bizarre Argento horror opus whose premise...serves as a framework for some cleverly weird goings-on...Don't say you weren't warned!"
A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.
A harrowing and heart-wrenching epic is a masterfully adapted TV series of the award-winning novel, captured in beautiful imagery with great period detail and with an extraordinarily superb cast; a complex,often brutal, but also magical exploration of black suppression with clear pointers to present-day USA.
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Good-looking
sci-fi thriller despite its low budget is a noteworthy achievement,
although there are many derivative elements in its plot and effects.
Halliwell*: "A low-budget science-fiction horror story, filmed in the style of a rock music video."
Maltin**: "Surprisingly well made, but recalls many earlier (and better) films. Heavy violence nearly earned this an X rating, before it was trimmed."
