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Walkabout, 1971 - ★★★★

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Published: June 7, 2026 20:17

Together with Ted Kotcheff’s excellent Wake in Fright, Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout stands as one of the earliest films of the Australian New Wave. Both works are powerful statements, offering eerily effective portrayals of human alienation. Walkabout features…

Gordon of Ghost City, 1933 - ★★★★

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Published: June 7, 2026 16:49

Gordon of Ghost City is a Pre-Code movie serial based on Peter B. Kyne’s novel Oh, Promise Me!. Directed by Ray Taylor, it stars Buck Jones and Madge Bellamy, both delivering charming performances that often feel closer to screwball comedy than traditional…

Bustenskjold, 1958 - ★★

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Published: June 7, 2026 14:11

Leif Juster stars as Jens von Bustenskjold in this comedy written, produced and directed by Helge Lunde, based on the cartoons by Anders Bjørgaard and Sigurd Lybeck. The film has a certain leisurely charm, and Juster is supported by a cast of popular…

Shiraz: A Romance of India, 1928 - ★★★★½

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Published: June 6, 2026 21:30

Shiraz is a exhilarating, romantic fairy tale directed by Franz Osten and filmed entirely in India with a so-called native cast. It is an evocative piece of filmmaking that delivers a deeply felt and emotionally perceptive narrative. The film stars Himansu…

Fascination, 1979 - ★★★

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Published: June 6, 2026 15:06

Fascination, Jean Rollin’s period drama set in 1905, stars renowned French adult film actress Brigitte Lahaie alongside Franca Maï and Jean-Marie Lemaire in the leading roles. The film has clear limitations: its low budget lends it a somewhat forced…

Spies, 1928 - ★★★★★

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Published: June 5, 2026 21:10

In Fritz Lang’s body of work, Spione is best understood as a transitional film. Completed a year after the landmark Metropolis, it delivers an ambitious and meticulously staged thriller, rich in atmosphere and marked by striking, inventive set design. As a…

Gaslight, 1944 - ★★★★½

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Published: June 4, 2026 20:49

George Cukor’s Gaslight was released four years after Thorold Dickinson’s splendid and evocative psychological thriller. Both films adapt Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, yet they take notably different approaches to the material. Dickinson’s…

Carrot and Stick, 1968 - ★★★

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Published: June 4, 2026 15:58

Zuckerbrot und Peitsche, directed by Marran Gosov, is a far-fetched, subversive, and surreal crime drama starring Helga Anders alongside her real-life husband Roger Fritz and Harald Leipnitz. Anders and Fritz collaborated on several films, consistently…

Gaslight, 1940 - ★★★★½

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Published: June 3, 2026 20:30

Thorold Dickinson’s Gaslight is based on Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Gas Light, from which the psychological term «gaslighting» originates. Dickinson’s dark thriller is beautifully photographed by Bernard Knowles, and its chilling portrayal of…

The Man Inside, 1958 - ★★★

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Published: June 3, 2026 15:01

Given the limitations of the budget and its source material, director John Gilling and cinematographer Ted Moore managed to create a quirky, yet respectable B-film that looks more polished than expected. The Man Inside, based on a novel by M. E. Chaber, is…

BLUE EYE SAMURAI, 2023 - ★★★★★

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Published: June 1, 2026 19:04

Blue Eye Samurai, created by Amber Noizumi and her husband Michael Green, with Jane Wu serving as supervising director and producer, is a marvelously inventive, often shockingly brutal adventure set in Japan’s Edo period. The series weaves a…

The Nude Vampire, 1970 - ★★★½

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Published: May 29, 2026 13:52

Like much of Jean Rollin’s work, La Vampire nue is at once stylish and ungainly - elegant yet faintly dilettantish. At its best, it is both fascinating and absorbing, functioning in many ways as a reconceptualization of the poignant, fantastical realism of…

Death Carries a Cane, 1973 - ★★★

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Published: May 26, 2026 16:40

Maurizio Pradeaux directed only seven films and is best known for his two gialli, Passi di morte perduti nel buio and Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio. The latter, released internationally as Death Carries a Cane, is a slightly above-average entry in…