Annapolis (2006)

Annapolis (Justin Lin, 2006) Before beginning this review of Justin Lin's Annapolis , I'd like to inform everyone that the DVD of Ma...

Immoral Tales (1974)

Immoral Tales (Walerian Borowczyk, 1974) French Title: Contes immoraux Walerian Borowczyk's Immoral Tales is a collection of four episo...

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) To say that the only reason to watch The Devil Wears Prada is for Meryl Streep's subtly int...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1976)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1976) Japanese Title: Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa Japanese cinema of 60's and th...

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) The Wicker Man has been acknowledged by some as the greatest British horror film of all time. Although s...

Shanghai Blues (1984)

Shanghai Blues (Tsui Hark, 1984) Cantonese Title: Shanghai zhi ye Shanghai Blues , one of Tsui Hark's earlier films, is a romantic-comed...

Mee Pok Man (1995)

Mee Pok Man (Eric Khoo, 1995) Eric Khoo is credited for reviving Singaporean cinema with his first feature film, Mee Pok Man . The funny thi...

Vampyr (1932)

Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) Vampyr is Carl Theodor Dreyer's follow-up to his most popular work The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)...

Prince of Darkness (1987)

Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) To describe John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness as merely a fine piece of horror cinema is to...

Bodyguard Kiba (1993)

Bodyguard Kiba (Takashi Miike, 1993) Japanese Title: Bodigaado Kiba Takashi Miike is probably Japan's busiest director. He makes around ...

Hinugot sa Langit (1985)

Hinugot sa Langit (Ishmael Bernal, 1985) English Title: Snatched From Heaven Ishmael Bernal's Hinugot sa Langit ( Snatched from Heaven ...

Golden Balls (1993)

Golden Balls (Bigas Luna, 1993) Spanish Title: Huevos de oro Bigas Luna's Golden Balls is dressed up as a melodrama about an ambitious ...

The Warrior (2001)

The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, 2001) Director Asif Kapadia's first feature film The Warrior is what a person may unbashedly describe as a m...

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, 2005) I haven't read Laurence Sterne's "The Life and Opinions of ...

Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Ballad of Narayama (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958) Japanese Title: Narayama bushiko Tidings of good fortune apparently surface at the beginning of...

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis, 2006) There was a whole lot of interest surrounding Snakes on a Plane before it was released. There was ...

The Decameron (1971)

The Decameron (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971) The Decameron is Pier Paolo Pasolini's first film in his Trilogy of Life, a trilogy of cinema...

The Canterbury Tales (1972)

The Canterbury Tales (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1972) Italian Title: I Racconti di Canterbury The Canterbury Tales , Pier Paolo Pasolini's mi...

Arabian Nights (1974)

Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974) Italian Title: Il fiore delle mille e una notte Arabian Nights is Pier Paolo Pasolini's fina...

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) Prolific actor Charles Laughton's only directorial work The Night of the Hunter begins...

Dang Bireley and the Young Gangsters (1997)

Dang Bireley and the Young Gangsters (Nonzee Nimibutr, 1997) Thai Title: 2499 antapan krong muang Nonzee Nimibutr's debut feature film D...

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen, 1983) The script to Woody Allen's Academy Award Best Picture-winning Annie Hall (1977) was suppo...

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Tsui Hark, 1983) Cantonese Title: Suk san: Sun Suk san geen hap Although Tsui Hark has directed a few ...

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Andrew Douglas, 2005) Brit commercial director Andrew Douglas is probably most popular for remaking (to ...