Directed by Pascal Laugier
Starring Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï
Wow, just got done watching this one and it is…intense. Like with my Cannibal Holocaust review, I recommend this film only to horror fan aficionado who feels they’ve seen it all. This is not for the faint of heart and will more than likely offend or scar [...]
Martyrs (2008)
The Celebration (Festen) (1998)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Starring Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm
A Danish film based on a lie told on a radio talk show, Festen, is the story of a terrible family secret revealed at a father’s 60th birthday. Regarded as the first Dogma 95 film, Festen shuns [...]
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Directed by Rémy Belvaux
Starring Benoît Poelvoorde
Since out last film took place in Belgium, why not a Belgian film? I revisited this film recently while preparing for a presentation on the subjective camera and it’s uses in film. In the past, I’ve found Man Bites Dog to be an inspirational film for me, one that I actually [...]
Dreams (1990)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese
Based on the dreams of the accomplished director, Dreams is a stylishly visual film that explores the possibilities of the medium. Haunting and original, Dreams is unlike any of Kurosawa’s previous films but in its essence an art piece.
The film is divided into several vignettes, punctuated by [...]
Braindead/Dead Alive (1992)
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Still one of my favorite horror films and one of Peter Jackson’s best films, even though low-budget and tongue-in-cheek, Braindead to this day holds the record for the most fake blood ever used in a film (300 liters). Full of gore and [...]
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Starring Nicholas Hope
Ok back to the Austrailian theme, gotta warn ya, this is weird one. Rolf de Heer spins a crazy yarn about a schizophrenic shut-in shot by multiple camera operators to convey the disparity in the main character’s perspective. At times it is hilarious, at others, disturbing and poignant, [...]
Walkabout (1971)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg
Well it looks like it’s going to be Down Under week on My Queue as the slate of films I have planned all come from Austrailia or New Zealand. We’ll start out with one of my favorites, brought to my attention again because it’s scheduled for a [...]
Delicatessen (1991)
Directed by: Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard
Awards: Won European Film Award for Best Production Designer (1991) and Cesar for Best Editing, Best First Work, Best Production Design, and Best Writing (1992)
In a post-apocalyptic 1950’s France, food has become so scarce that people have resorted to dire means. [...]
Les Diaboliques (1954)
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot
What attracted me to this movie was a review I read somewhere that called Les Diaboliques, “the greatest Alfred Hitchcock movie never made,” and wow, does it feel like one. Rumors abound that Hitchcock lost out on the right to the novel by a matter of hours. [...]
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Starring Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke
I kept going back and forth on whether or not to post this one, but for the horror/gore fans, it just doesn’t get any better/worse. This is the sickest, most disturbing movie you will probably ever see. I can’t even post the poster, because it [...]
