“This little brain of mine – that you didn’t trust an inch! – planned the whole thing…”
Synopsis:
An epilectic (Lou Castel) decides to relieve his older brother (Marino Masé) of their dysfunctional family by gradually killing everyone — including himself — off.
Genres:
Character Studies
Incest and Incestuous Undertones
Italian Films
Plot to Murder
Siblings
Review:
This astonishing [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2006 by admin
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“See you next week, then.”
Synopsis:
A single mother (Delphine Seyrig) supports her teenage son (Jan Decorte) by working part-time as a prostitute.
Genres:
Character Studies
Experimental Films
Feminism
Prostitutes
Review:
I’ve heard it said that it’s impossible to make a film about war – no matter how gruesome, violent, pointed, or macabre — without simultaneously glorifying it; [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2006 by admin
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“The apes have taken over — while we were busy watching television and filling our freezers, they’ve come out of the jungle and moved in!”
Synopsis:
A waitress (Terry Moore) at an isolated seaside café discovers that her physicist boyfriend (Frank Lovejoy) and the café’s violent cook, “Slob” (Lee Marvin), are smuggling nuclear secrets out of [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by admin
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“It’s only when hate is dammed up that it breaks out in murder!”
Synopsis:
An attractive blonde (Jean Arless) with deadly motives murders a justice of the peace (James Westerfield) under an assumed name, then returns home to wreak additional havoc.
Genres:
Jealousy
Psychopaths
Siblings
William Castle Films
Review:
William Castle’s notoriously popular B-grade follow-up to Psycho (1960) comes [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by admin
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Synopsis:
A group of teenage friends (Jodi Foster, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan, and Kandice Stroh) support each other during difficult times.
Genres:
Coming of Age
Family Problems
Friendship
Teenagers
Response to Peary’s Review:
This surprisingly disappointing coming-of-age flick showcases all the classic tropes of teenage angst – drug abuse, losing one’s virginity, negative body image, strained relationships with [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2006 by admin
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Synopsis:
An apolitical con-artist (Vittorio De Sica) impersonates a recently killed Resistance leader (”General Della Rovere”) in order to save his own life.
Genres:
Character Arc
Con-Artists
Folk Heroes
Italian Films
Mistaken Identities
Political Awakening
Resistance Fighters
Rossellini Films
World War II
Response to Peary’s Review:
As Peary notes, this historical drama may be overlong and [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2006 by admin
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Synopsis:
Young Louis XIV (Jean-Marie Patte) ensures dominance over France during the first twenty years of his reign.
Genres:
Historical Drama
French Films
Rossellini Films
Royalty and Nobility
Response to Peary’s Review:
Originally made for Italian T.V. (then released cinematically), Roberto Rossellini’s neo-realist costume drama is, as Peary notes, “slow-paced”, but provides “unusual viewing pleasure” for those with [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by admin
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“It’s too late for me – girls can’t come back…”
Synopsis:
A small-town girl (Lois January) who has become hooked on cocaine tries to prevent her brother (Dean Benton) from following in her path.
Genres:
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Siblings
Response to Peary’s Review:
Best known as a companion piece to the infamously campy Reefer Madness, [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by admin
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“Get out of the grave, Alan. Get out of the grave and let an artist show you how to call a curse down on Satan!”
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by admin
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“My name is Charly Gordon, and I live in a room, and I got no sister and no dog, and I am stupid!”
Synopsis:
Charly (Cliff Robertson), a mentally retarded bakery worker, undergoes an experiment in “intelligence enhancement”, and quickly becomes a genius – but the results are temporary…
Genres:
Character Arc
Mentally Retarded
Romance
Science Fiction
[...]
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by admin
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