EILEEN (2023)

 

Directed By: William Oldroyd

Written By: Luke Goebel and Ottessa Moshfegh

Based on the novel by: Ottessa Moshfegh

Cinematography: Ari Wegner

Editor: Nick Emerson 

Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Marin Ireland, Sam Nivola, Owen Teague, Brendan Burke 

The stagnant waters of Eileen's dull, stifled life as a solitary worker at a juvenile detention center in 1960s Boston, are unexpectedly disrupted when the institution brings in a new psychologist, the vibrant Rebecca. The fervent enthusiasm that blossoms between the two women almost immediately gives way to a closer relationship, until their fragile connection takes a dramatic turn.

NEW ROSE HOTEL (1998)

 

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

Written By: Abel Ferrara and Christi Zois

Based on a short story by William Gibson

Cinematography: Ken Kelsch 

Editor: Jim Mol and Anthony Redman

Cast: Willem Dafoe, Christopher Walken, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Victor Argo, Gretchen Mol, John Lurie 

In the not-too-distant future, two New York businessmen plot to play two multinational rival corporations against each other, with a little help from a shady Italian street woman, to obtain an important Japanese businessman for the company they work at, only things are not always as they appear.

A QUIET PLACE TO KILL (Aka PARANOIA) (1970)

 

Directed By: Umberto Lenzi

Written By: Marcello Coscia, Rafael Romero Merchant, Bruno Di Geronimo and Marie Claire Solleville

Story By: Marcello Coscia and Rafael Romero Merchant 

Cinematography: Gugliemo Mancori

Editor: Enzo Alabiso and Antonio Ramirez 

Cast: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Davila, Alberto Dalbres, Marina Coffa, Anna Proclemer, Liz Halvorsen

A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.

AND GOD CREATED WOMAN… (1988)

 

Directed By: Roger Vadim

Written By: R.J. Stewart 

Cinematography: Stephen M. Katz

Editor: Suzanne Pettit 

Cast: Rebecca DeMornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman, Benjamin Mouton, Gail Boggs 

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out of prison, but soon decides to seduce James Tiernan, who runs for state governor.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0073: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (1956)

 

Directed By: Roger Vadim 

Written By: Roger Vadim and R. Levy 

Cinematography: Armand Thirard 

Editor: Victoria Mercanton

Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Curd Jurgens, Jeanne Markel, Jean Tissier, Isabelle Corey 

Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn't dream of settling down with a woman his friends consider the town tramp. While Antoine's away, his younger brother Michel, who worships Juliette, proposes to her. But what will happen when Antoine returns?

MURDERCISE (2023)

 

Directed By: Angelica De Alba and Paul Ragsdale

Written & Edited By: Paul Ragsdale 

Cinematography: Carlos Rodriguez

Cast: Kansas Bowling, Nina Lanee Kent, Jessa Flux, Ginger Lynn Allen, Drew Marvick, Luis Maya, Bryan Hurd, Adriana Uchishibia, August Kyss 

Phoebe is an obsessed fitness nerd who gets her big break on a sleazy workout video. After being ridiculed by her co-stars, Phoebe befriends a mafia princess wild child, who teaches her how to murder her way to the top.

RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (1995)

 

Directed By: Stanley Tong

Written By: Edward Tang and Fibe Ma

Cinematography: Jingle Ma

Editor: Peter Cheung 

Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Francoise Yip, Bill Tung, Marc Akerstream, Garvin Cross, Morgan Lam, Alien Sit

A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial arts skills.

POLICE STORY 2 (1988)

 

Directed By: Jackie Chan

Written By: Jackie Chan & Edward Tang, Paul E. Clay

Cinematography: Yiu-Tsou Cheung and Yu-Tang Li

Editor: Peter Cheung 

Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Yuen Chor, Bill Tung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Charlie Cho, Keung-Kuen Lai, John Cheung, Ben Lam, Chi-fai Chan

Despite his success at apprehending criminals, Kevin Chan's unorthodox approach to his work as a police officer sees him demoted to the traffic branch. Despite this, the man he put behind bars is now out of prison, and has vowed to make his life a misery. While this crime boss is harassing Kevin and his girlfriend, the police are contemplating reinstating Kevin to help them fight a group of bombers attempting to extort $10 million from building owners.

POLICE STORY (1985)

 

Directed By: Jackie Chan and Chi-Hwa Chen

Written By: Jackie Chan & Edward Tang

Cinematography: Yiu-Tsou Cheung

Editor: Peter Cheung

Cast: Jackie Chan, Brigette Lin, Maggie Cheung, Yuen Chor, Bill Tung, Chun-Yip Tong, Kwok-Hung Lam, Chi-Wing Lau, Charlie Cho, Hung-You Ham 

Kevin Chan is a Hong Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug lord isn't too happy about this and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop. Kevin has to clear his name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him.

MAYHEM! (2023)

 

Directed & Story By: Xavier Gens

Written By: Magali Rossetto, Guillaume LeMans, Stephane Cabel

Cinematography: Gilles Porte 

Editor: Riwanon Le Baker 

Cast: Nassim Lyes, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet, Chananticha Chaipa, Vijay’s Pansringorm, Yothin Udomsanti 

A model prisoner's leave ends in tragedy when his past resurfaces, forcing him to flee. He starts over in Thailand until a local criminal coerces him back into crime. After this man attacks his family, he vows revenge.

DOBERMANN (1997)

 

Directed By: Jan Kounen

Written By: Joel Houssin

Cinematography: Michael Amathieu

Editor: Benedict Brunet and Eric Carlier

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tcheky Karyo, Romain Duris, Antoine Basler, Dominique Bettenfeld, Francois Levental, Ivan Marat-Barboft, Pascal Demolon, Marc Duret, 

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost.

TAXI HUNTER (1993)

 

Directed By: Herman Yau

Written By: Wing-Kin Lau and Kai-Chung Mak

Cinematography: Puccini Yu

Editor: Wing-Ming Wong

Cast: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Rongguang Yu, Man-Tat Ng, Athena Chu, Hoi-Shan Lai, Fai-Hung Chan 

Mild-mannered businessman Anthony Wong's life is shattered when his pregnant wife is run over by a busy taxi driver. This and another incident with a sleazy cab driver caused Wong to go on a mission to kill bad taxi drivers.

MOVIES WATCHED IN MARCH (2024)

 

From Apocalypse Now

MOVIES WATCHED IN MARCH...

101 REYKJAVIK (2000)

 

Directed by: Baltasar Kormakur 

Written by: Baltasar Kormakur and Hallgrimur Helgason 

Based on the Novel By: Hallgrimur Helgason 

Cinematography: Peter Steuger 

Editor: Skul E. Eriksen and Sigvaldi J. Karason 

Cast: Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Guonason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Baltasar Kormakur, Pruour Vihjalmsdottir, Olafur Dari Olafsson, Prostur Leo Gunnarsson, Eyvindur Erlandsson, Halladora Bjorn Sdottir 

Will the 30-year-old, Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.

THE LOVER (1992)

 

Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud 

Written By: Jean-Jacques Annaud and Gerard Brach

Based on The Novel By: Marguerite Duras

Cinematography: Robert Fraisse 

Editor: Noelle Boisson 

Cast: Tony Leung, Jane March, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Jeanne Moreau

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.

FRESH HORSES (1988)

 

Directed By: David Anspaugh 

Written By Larry Ketron 

Cinematography: Fred Murphy 

Editor: David Rosenbloom 

Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Ben Stiller, Patti D’Arbanville, Viggo Mortensen, Molly Hagan, Doug Hutchinson, Leon Rossom, Marita Geraghty 

A college student from Cincinnati breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after falling in love with a girl from Kentucky. She claims to be 20, but he learns she is actually only 16 and already married.