A tall, gangling man, sporting a wide-brimmed hat and the words “love” and “hate” scrawled on his knuckles – these are iconic images imprinted into the minds of any film lover, or even those who have just casually taken journeys into the world of the Golden Age of Hollywood, of which these are some incredibly…

Tennessee Williams truly redefined the concept of having an old friend for dinner with Suddenly, Last Summer. A playwright who captured both the gritty nuances of the human condition, as well as the bold and absurd excess of our behaviour, Williams tapped into a side of life that has yet to be matched by any…

Claude Chabrol may be known for a great number of different films, but the one that is both the most cherished by his devotees, and serves to be the entry point for newcomers looking to get into the director’s work is La Cérémonie, his fascinating film that draws inspiration from several literary and historical sources,…

“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…