Man on Fire

Man on Fire was not Tony Scott's first triumph, having streamlined Quentin Tarantino's script for True Romance into something that...

The Exterminating Angel

Following his second exile from Spain after whittling Francisco Franco's olive branch into a spear and stabbing the generalissimo with i...

Fearless (1993)

[After checking sporadically for more than a year for some legal version of this film to watch (and even the illegal versions were of such ...

Brian De Palma: Dressed to Kill

After using his student collaboration Home Movies to grab for that early sense of anarchic satire, Brian De Palma was all set to adapt Crui...

The Housemaid (1960)

[Note -- The Housemaid is currently available, legally, for free at MUBI.com . Only registration for a free account is needed. Big thanks t...

Tron: Legacy

The modest but devoted fanbase for Tron alleges the 1982 film was ahead of its time, referring to its extensive and pioneering use of compu...

Secret Sunshine

[Warning -- contains spoilers] I have spent nearly two weeks tangling with Secret Sunshine , Korean director Lee Chang-dong's 2007 film ...

Cat People (1942)

Cat People is many things. A precursor to the minimalist horror that would make films like Jaws , Alien and Th e Thing from Another World ...