Saturday, May 27, 2023

BOSTON STRANGLER (2023)



Written & Directed By: Matt Ruskin  Cinematography: Ben Kutchins  Editor: Anne McCabe


Cast: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane, David Dastmalchain, Peter Gerety, Robert John Burke, Ryan Winkles, Morgan Spector 

Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.

Friday, May 26, 2023

WATCHER (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Chloe Okuno Based on a Screenplay By: Zack Ford  Cinematography: Benjamin Kirk Nielsen  Editor: Michael Block 

Cast: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Madalina Anea, Daniel Nuta, Stefan Iancu 


A young American woman moves with her husband to Bucharest and begins to suspect that a stranger who watches her from the apartment building across the street may be a local serial killer decapitating women.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

SHALLOW GRAVE (1987)


 

Directed By: Richard Styles Written By: George Edward Fernandez  Cinematography: Orson Ochoa  Editor: Carolyn J. Horton


Cast: Tony March, Lisa Stahl, Tom Law, Carol Cadby, Donna Balton, Just Kelly, Vince Turner, Greg Todd David, Merry Rozelle

When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.

Saturday, May 20, 2023

INFINITY POOL (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Brandon Cronenberg  Cinematography: Karim Hussain Editor: James Vandewater


Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Jalil Lespart, Adam Boncz, Amanda Bruegel, Jeff Ricketts, John Ralston, Caroline Boulton, Anita Major

James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence, and surreal horrors.

Friday, May 19, 2023

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: David Cronenberg  Cinematography: Douglas Koch Editor: Christopher Donaldson 


Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Don Mckellar, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Nadia Litz, Lihi Kornowski, Tanaya Beatty, Weller Bungue 

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner, Caprice, Saul Tenser, a celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission - is to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

Thursday, May 18, 2023

BABY BLOOD (1990)

 


Directed By: Alain Robak Written By: Alain Robak and Serge Cukier  Cinematography: Bernard Dechet  Editor: Elizabeth Moulinier 

Cast: Emmanuelle Escourrou, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Francois Gallotte, Roselyne Geslot, Francois Frapier, Thierry Le Portier 


When a strange creature crawls into a woman's uterus she becomes a killer in order to feed the tiny terror growing within her.

Saturday, May 13, 2023

NOTHING COMPARES (2022)

 


Directed By: Kathryn Ferguson  Written By: Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie  Cinematography: Luke Jacobs  Editor: Mick Mahon 


The story of Sinéad O'Connor's rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on prophetic words and deeds across a six-year period (1987-1993), the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer, through a contemporary feminist lens.

Friday, May 12, 2023

JARHEAD (2005)

 


Directed By: Sam Mendes Written By: William D. Broyles Jr.  Based on the book By: Anthony Swafford  Cinematography: Roger Deakins  Editor: Walter Murch 


Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Ming Lo, Brian Geraghty, Scott Macdonald 

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Saturday, May 6, 2023

THE BOSS (2016)

 



Directed By: Ben Falcone Written By: Steve Mallory, Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone Cinematography: Julio Macat  Editor: Craig Alpert


Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Ella Anderson, Tyler Labine, Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates, Cecily Strong, Kristen Schaal, Annie Mumolo, Dax Shepard, Ben Falcone, Margo Martindale, Michael McDonald, Cedric Yarbrough 

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

Friday, May 5, 2023

LITTLE BLACK BOOK (2004)

 


Directed By: Nick Hurran  Written By: Melissa Carter and Elisa Bell Cinematography: Theo Van De Sande Editor: John Richards 

Cast: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Ron Livingston, Kathy Bates, Julianne Nicholson, Kevin Sussman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Rashida Jones, Josie Maran, Sharon Lawrence, Cress Williams, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jason Antoon, Gavin Rossdale, Dave Annabale 

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.