Title: The Sniper Year: 1952 Director: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Arthur Franz, Marie Windsor, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr Synopsis: Eddie Miller takes to the rooftops and high-rise windows to exact compulsory killings of women with his sniper rifle. His warped sexual...
Title: The Bride With White Hair Year: 1993 Director: Ronny Yu Cast: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Yammie Lam, Francis Ng, Elaine Lui Siu-Ling Synopsis: The immensely talented but rebellious swordsman and successor to the prestigious Wudang sect Zhao Yihang (Cheung)...
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Title: In Fabric Year: 2018 Director: Peter Strickland Cast: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Fatma Muhammed, Gwendoline Christie, Leo Bill Synopsis: Strickland’s freewheeling narrative follows the life a cursed dress, the two people that come into its orbit and the otherworldly department...
Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax Episode 706: Fall Movie Preview 2020 12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #260: Destiny,...
Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: BP Movie Journal 9/17/20 Episode 705: Unsympathetic Protagonists Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by...
Title: Masks Year: 1987 Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Philippe Noirot, Anne Brochet, Robin Renucci Synopsis: Author Roland Wolf (Renucci) is hired by famous game show host Christian Legagneur (Noiret) to pen his biography. However, Wolfe is using the gig as...
Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 703: How Will Things Change? Home Video Hovel: Tales from the Darkside, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #258: In Our Time, by Alexander Miller I...
Title: In Our Time Year: 1982 Director(s): Edward Yang, Yi-Chang, Ko I-Chen, Jim Yao Cast: Sylvia Chang, Emily Y. Chang, Li Kuo-hsiu Synopsis: In Our Time is a multi-volume anthology film that gave way to up-and-coming directors such as Chang...
Title: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Year: 1935 Director(s): William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt Cast: Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Kenneth Anger Synopsis: Four travelers escape Greece only to land in a mystical forest where fairy...
