Belle de Jour: Nasty Girl

Catherine Deneuve. Photo: Valoria Films Luis Buñuel scholar Julie Jones once claimed that the famous director told her that he doesn't know what the end of this film really means.…

Saw IV 

Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is finally dead, but his traps are still taking victims; it's up to Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) to find them before it's too late. More…

Body Double 

Unemployed actor Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) agrees to house-sit an apartment and becomes fascinated by his sexy neighbor who puts on a show every night... but Jake learns that she's…

Halloween

A deranged murderer (Tyler Mane) escapes from the insane asylum, grabs a big knife and an old William Shatner mask and heads for his hometown to find his baby sister.…

Solaris 

Psychiatrist Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) goes to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris where the crew have had strange encounters; soon Chris's dead wife (Natascha McElhone) appears to him.…

Phantom Menace: Meet Young Anakin

Liam Neeson, Ray Park and Ewan McGregor. Photo: 20th Century Fox According to Merriam Webster, the word "anticipation" means among other things "pleasurable expectation". They might as well have included…

Apocalypto: Welcome to the Jungle

Photo: Buena Vista Pictures 2006 was not an easy time for Mel Gibson. In July that year he was arrested for driving under the influence, but that was nothing compared…

When Darkness Falls

Three stories are told concurrently: Nina (Bahar Pars) tries to escape the cultural stranglehold that her family’s patriarch has on her; successful journalist Carina (Lia Boysen) tries to cover up…

Girl with Hyacinths: Secrets and Lies

Eva Henning and Anders Ek. Photo: Terrafilm In this time and age, it’s pretty much impossible to write a review of Hasse Ekman’s most accomplished film without talking about the…