‘Secret Agent’ (1936) serves up early, inconsistent spy gaming
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The Master of Suspense is still learning his craft on this ambitious but muddy British picture.
Foreign Films
‘Secret Agent’ (1936) serves up early, inconsistent spy gaming
‘Repulsion’ (1965) provides searing peek into a troubled autistic woman
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Polanski’s breakthrough English-language film retains strikingly modern insights into a neurodivergent brain.
‘Ænigma’ (1987) embraces reincarnation, psychokinetics, carnivorous snails
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Loosen up and enjoy the party that is this bizarre Italian horror-romance film.
‘Rich and Strange’ (1931) cracks code of talkie filmmaking
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): In this Joan Barry-driven romantic drama, Hitchcock realizes the principles of silent filmmaking can still apply.
Rules of ‘The Skin Game’ have changed since 1931
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Still, some Hitchcock fans might enjoy this early sound effort as a time capsule of real-estate machinations.
‘Murder!’ (1930) is an overly talky early Hitchcock talkie
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The eventual Master of Suspense hasn’t yet mastered talkie filmmaking at this point.
Symphonic score makes ‘Easy Virtue’ (1928) easy to watch
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The story is mildly engaging as it examines a time when the act of filing for divorce could apparently make you famous.
Hitchcock makes sound transition to talkies in ‘Blackmail’ (1929)
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The tech transition feels gimmicky, but three compelling characters and a modern theme keep matters suspenseful.
2024: A horror ‘Oddity’ – Irish film is year’s best so far
Movie review: Writer-director Damian McCarthy masterfully crafts a character-driven supernatural whodunit at a refurbished Irish manor.
‘A.I. Rising’ (2018) a surprisingly splendid sexbot story
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Critics have compared it to “Ex Machina,” but a more interesting comparison might be made to “Cast Away.”