Adapted from a play, The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) is yet another film from that year nominated to an acting Oscar, mainly through a retelling of stage material. While it has a bit more cinematic flair than Hedda, it still relies heavily on long dialogues and monologues, leading to performances that feel overly dramatic, fitting the […]

Shivers is David Cronenberg’s first “real” film, following two smaller projects, and it became his first significant success, hailed as one of Canada’s greatest films at the time. Serving as a precursor to his signature body horror style, the story takes place in a high-rise apartment complex where parasitic creatures infect residents, turning them into […]

The Fox and His Friends follows Franz Bieberkopf, a naive working-class gay man who wins 500,000 German marks in the lottery, attracting the attention of the sophisticated but opportunistic Eugen. Eugen manipulates Fox into financial commitments and investments, exploiting his naivety for personal gain. The film delves into several intriguing themes through their relationship, like […]

In Night Moves, Gene Hackman plays Harry Moseby, a private detective that, while in a routine case—tracking down a missing teenage girl—discovers his wife’s infidelity. This film shares thematic similarities with 1970s noir classics like Chinatown and The Long Goodbye, but differs itself by not having the protagonist as participant of the main plot, becoming more a character study […]