Foreign Films

By a ‘Coup de Chance’ (2023), Woody’s still got it

Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” (2023), despite the marketing team trying to bill it as his 50th film, rather remarkably snuck under the radar. (Creative

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‘Four Flies on Grey Velvet’ (1971) completes ‘animal trilogy’ with buzz

Dario Argento’s giallo films are starting to become like tasty snacks three entries in – good for energy, not necessarily nutrition. After “The Bird with

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‘Cat o’ Nine Tails’ (1971) a few whiskers short of Argento’s debut

After the twist ending in his directorial debut, “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” (1970), Dario Argento’s follow-up “The Cat o’ Nine Tails” (1971) was

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Enter giallo gallery in ‘Bird with the Crystal Plumage’ (1970)

Thank goodness for film historians and geeks. I now enter the third phase of a journey taken by many Gen X and millennial slasher fans.

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‘My Bloody Valentine’ (1981) joins lineup of holiday slashers

Christmas had “Black Christmas” (1974) and Halloween had “Halloween” (1978), so amid cinema’s first slasher boom it was inevitable that Valentine’s Day would get “My

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Short film ‘The Black Hole’ (2008) unlocks an opening in an unlikely place

“The Black Hole” (2008) should not be confused with the rather unfortunate Disney film “The Black Hole” (1979). The Disney flick featured irritating robots and

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Heavy-handed cut-and-shunt celluloid: ‘Curse of the Stone Hand’ (1965)

“Curse of the Stone Hand” (1965) concerns an A-frame Kentish mansion with a curse spanning two successive families of inhabitants. Yes, there is a stone

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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ (2024) a bildungsroman of vengeance

Sometimes George Miller feels like unleashing two hours of action; sometimes he feels like telling a character story (albeit still with more and better action

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‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’ (1985) expands the dystopia

“Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (1985) presents that classic conundrum: It’s a good movie, but is it a good “Mad Max” movie? The first two entries

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Mad Max goes mainstream with ‘The Road Warrior’ (1981)

“Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” (1981) does what sequels do: It repeats the original’s structure but is bigger and better. The high-speed battle between

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