‘The Tenant’ (1976) the weakest, but also wildest, of Polanski’s Apartment Trilogy
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The director takes the lead role as he follows in the footsteps of “Repulsion” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
‘Chinatown’ (1974) links two eras of film noir
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Polanski blends an iconic Nicholson turn, a good political mystery and California water-utilities history in this classic.
‘Repulsion’ (1965) provides searing peek into a troubled autistic woman
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Polanski’s breakthrough English-language film retains strikingly modern insights into a neurodivergent brain.
‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968) is horror by gaslight
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Kicking off a religious-horror boom that hasn’t relented, Polanski’s classic feels timeless, if overlong.