Nov 29, 20201 minChinatown"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.” I've watched this two or three times before but not for ten years at least. Roman Polanski's Chinatown...
Nov 29, 20201 minA Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms (1929) evokes so much in spite of Hemingway's pared-down prose and the oftentimes banal subject matter Henry, its...
Oct 28, 20202 minOnibabaOnibaba (鬼婆, 1964) is a Japanese horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo. Set during the aftermath of a fourteenth century civil war near...
Oct 28, 20201 minRosemary's BabyThis is another film I'd heard of countless times but watched only recently. Rosemary’s Baby, directed by Roman Polanski, is a 1968...
Oct 27, 20201 minInvasion of the Body SnatchersI’ve heard about this 1956 sci-fi horror film a thousand times since I was a kid but didn’t watch it till just the other day. Directed by...
Oct 27, 20201 minThe Human Chair"The Human Chair" (人間椅子, 1925) by Edogawa Rampo isn't so much a scary tale as it is a deviant's disturbing fantasy come to life. An ugly...