Jacques Demy’s PARKING is a strange late-career misfire, an update on the Orpheus legend that doesn’t quite know what it’s trying to do
You Have To See… Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (dir. Paul Jay, 1998)
In this week’s You Have To See… we look at HITMAN HART: WRESTLING WITH SHADOWS, a documentary about the legendary wrestler and one of the most notorious incidents in the industry’s history, the Montreal Screwjob
One Hundred and One Nights (dir. Agnes Varda, 1995)
We look at Agnes Varda’s underseen One Hundred and One Nights, a film made to celebrate the centenary of cinema in 1995.
A Slightly Pregnant Man (dir. Jacques Demy, 1973)
Jacques Demy’s A SLIGHTLY PREGNANT MAN turns its one-line premise into something quite enjoyable through progressive satire and Mastroianni’s fun performance.
You Have To See… The Damned (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1969)
This week’s You Have To See… is legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti’s most ambitious and controversial work, THE DAMNED.
The Gold of Naples (dir. Vittorio De Sica, 1954)
This week in Less That (Five) Zero, we look at Vittorio De Sica’s influential but lesser known anthology film from 1954, THE GOLD OF NAPLES
You Have To See… Bonjour Tristesse (dir. Otto Preminger, 1958)
In this weeks You Have To See… we look at legendary producer-director Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse, one of the most striking melodramas of the 1950s.
Lo Scopone Scientifico (dir. Luigi Comencini, 1972)
For this week’s Less Than (Five) Zero, we look at a classic from master of the Italian comedy Luigi Comencini, Lo Scopone Scientifico, featuring one of Bette Davis greatest later performances.
The Zone (dir. Joe Swanberg, 2011)
For our second entry into Less Than (Five) Zero, we look at an under-seen experimental film from prolific indie film director Joe Swanberg.
Dial T for Television – Hitchcock and the Small Screen
To celebrate Madman Films release of Alfred Hitchcock Directs, we look at the the role television played in developing Hitchcock’s own persona and art, and take a look at some of his best episodes.