The basic story is about a socially awkward clerk (Roman Polanski) moves in to an apartment previously occupied by a young woman who just died from injuries sustained by hurtling herself from that very apartment window. What he doesn’t realize is that, by his moving in, the stage has been set for him to inherit […]
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg and produced by Debra Hill. Such a trio of horror vets would be expected to come up with an evening of shocks and gore, but The Dead Zone is a surprise. While it has great atmospheric eeriness and undeniably scary […]
Chinatown
Landmark movie in the film noir tradition Roman Polanski’s Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double […]
The Machinist
As a bleak and chilling mood piece, The Machinist gets under your skin and stays there. Christian Bale threw himself into the title role with such devotion that he shed an alarming 63 pounds to play Trevor Reznik, a factory worker who supposedly hasn’t slept in a year. He’s haunted by a mysterious occurrence that […]
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