Saturday, December 25, 2021

Monday, December 13, 2021

Back in the habit


BENEDETTA

2021
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Pascal Bonitzer, and Paul Verhoeven (based on the book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun In Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown)

Spoilers: moderate

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Sister act


THE DEVILS

1971
Written and directed by Ken Russell (based on the books The Devils of Loudon by Aldous Huxley and The Devils by John Whiting)

Spoilers: moderate

Troubled youth


BELFAST

2021
Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh

Spoilers: that's a big ol' N/A

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

In fabric


JU DOU

1990
Directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fenglian
Written by nobody, apparently? (based on the novel Fuxi Fuxi by Liu Heng)

Spoilers: moderate

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Red, red wine


RED SORGHUM

1987
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Written by Chen Jianyu and Zhu Wei (based on the stories "Red Sorghum" and "Sorghum Wine" by Mo Yan)

Spoilers: moderate

Sunday, December 5, 2021

City of spies


CLIFF WALKERS

2021
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Written by Quan Yongxian and Zhang Yimou

Spoilers: mild

Father, son, and House of Gucci


HOUSE OF GUCCI

2021
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Becky Johnston and Roberto Bentivegna (based on the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden)

Spoilers: N/A

Saturday, December 4, 2021

American Gothic Week: No longer of God's making, but the monstrous offspring of man's depraved fancy, glowing with only an evil mockery of beauty


TWICE-TOLD TALES

1963
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Written by Robert E. Kent (based on the stories "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and "Rapaccini's Daughter" and the novel The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne)

Spoilers: moderate

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

What a disaster: She's gone with the hula hula boys, she don't care about me


HURRICANE

1979
Directed by Jan Troell
Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (based on the novel The Hurricane by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordoff)

Spoilers: well, there's a hurricane in it, but moderate, I guess