“Based on a true story…unfortunately” These words greet us at the outset of Curveball, an exceptional German drama that dives deep into a discussion on the roots of one of the most harrowing episodes in modern history, the Iraq War. The boundaries between truth and fantasy are provoked quite heavily throughout this film, which proves…

What’s better than going on a weekend getaway to a remote forest in the middle of nowhere with your best friend? Probably the fact that neither of you is particularly fond of the other, and will spend most of the time engaging in games of psychological warfare, deconstructing the hopes and insecurities of the person…

“The perfect murder is the one where the victim did it” For all his idiosyncrasies, we can never accuse Rainer Werner Fassbinder for being unoriginal, as evident by many of his most unique and often divisive works. His only English-language film stands as one of his most interesting achievements – and in it, he’s working…

When it comes to discussing films that take a very strange approach to their premises, The Housemaid (Korean: 하녀) sits perched comfortably at the very top. It is the apex predator of psychological thrillers of its era, an intrepid meta-commentary on social issues that boldly goes where very few films would dare to go, especially…

A young man (Peter McEnery), who is mostly known as “Boy” Barrett receives a tip-off that the police are after him. He recently stole a large amount of money from his employers, which the authorities believe was to fund his lifestyle. What they don’t realize is that his reason for committing the crime was far…

Amy (Kate Lynn Sheil) has a small problem – she is going to die tomorrow, or at least she thinks she is. A recovering alcoholic, her friends attribute these thoughts to a relapse, which she vehemently denies, being steadfast in her belief that she’s going to meet her demise the following day. Her best friend…

Samuel Fuller’s status as one of the most divisive filmmakers to ever work in the medium is certainly not unearned – a great deal of his work consisted of complex character-studies that were socially-charged and executed with a perceived lack of subtlety, which ultimately makes them either fascinating works of powerfully rugged artistry or imperfect…

Charade has absolutely no business being this brilliant, which seems to be par for the course when looking at the films of Stanley Donen, one of Hollywood’s most exceptional filmmakers who was rarely given the rapturous acclaim he deserved. Most likely the result of the early years of his filmmaking career consisting of contract work…

The Savages are an ordinary couple resides in an unassuming house in London, where Myra (Kim Stanley) works as a medium, conducting weekly séances for a variety of people who come from far and wide to sample from her apparent brilliance. Her husband, Billy (Richard Attenborough) struggles to keep his wife under control, with her…

When you’re looking at someone whose output was as varied and prolific as Alfred Hitchcock, one tends to create tiers – and considering he is perhaps the greatest filmmaker to work in the English language, there are quite a few masterpieces littered throughout his career, as well as a few failures. Marnie is somewhere in…