Two-reel Comedies with Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon
Three two-reel comedies produced by Keystone Studios and starring Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon. Most of the American silent films of the 1910’s were melodramas or...
Carnival Story (1954)
⭐⭐½ (2½ stars out of 5) Carnival Story (1954) Directed by Kurt Neumann Raunchy and contrived, and vaguely beguiling when you get carried away by its...
The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 stars out of 5) The Conspiracy of Torture (1969) Directed by Lucio Fulci Only someone as sensationalist, showy and suggestive as the flamboyant poet...
Nope (2022)
⭐⭐⭐½ (3½ stars out of 5) Nope (2022) Directed by Jordan Peele Nope’s wayward, sometimes even whimsical, dramatic architecture never reaches the complexity of its concepts,...
Ménilmontant (1926)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars out of 5) Ménilmontant (1926) Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff This impressionistic and spasmodic avant-garde film by the unsung genius and leading exponent of...
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
⭐⭐⭐ (3 stars out of 5) Orphan: First Kill (2022) Directed by William Brent Bell This crazy prequel does not exactly travel to the demented origins...
Orphan (2009)
⭐⭐½ (2½ stars out of 5) Orphan (2009) Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra “Psychopathic kids” or “diabolical kids” have been present in fictional stories since memorable times,...
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
⭐⭐⭐ (3 stars out of 5) Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) Directed by Alessandro Blasetti Incredible to think that this dramedy so asynchronous in rhythm...
Elvis (2022)
⭐⭐⭐ (3 stars out of 5) Elvis (2022) Directed by Baz Luhrmann There are not a few, but several particular moments in this festive hymn to...
Swamp Water (1941)
⭐⭐½ (2½ stars out of 5) Swamp Water (1941) Directed by Jean Renoir You can almost taste the discomfort and restraint that Jean Renoir’s immeasurable talent...