Mini-Review: Neat little horror film, dated but charmingly so. There's some depth (not much) to it, yet despite allegorical pretentions the film never feels like it bites off more than it can chew and it's modest aspirations are fully realized. It's not essential in any way, but it's an enjoyably unpleasant way to spend an hour and a half, worthy of both a rewatch and an early spot on an allnight horrorthon.

Mini-Review: Proto-slasher with elements of giallo and the stylish visuals of Nicholas Roeg. Pretty much every performance is played with maximum amount of hysterics, almost making you jump when people speak in a normal tone of voice. Tense and damn near impossible to enjoy, it's still one to check out for the genre fan.

Mini-Review: Gleefully moronic and utterly tasteless cheapo slasher with so many random outbursts and ridiculous twists-that-aren't-really that it all adds up to a delirious anti-masterpiece. You need this movie in your life.

Mini-Review: Perfectly captures that uniquely german way of relating to authority, in turns fearful, rebellious and fetichistic. Although containing elements of political and religious allegory, it should be noted that it is first and foremost a riveting drama and a nearly unbearably tense thriller. The performances are the best of any german language film in recent memory, and handling of the language itself and its' nuances, unequalled. The cinematography is fucking unreal. Without a doubt Hanekes' best.

Mini-Review: Commonly pegged as a thriller, this plays more like a gonzo parody of the paranoia cinema of Frankenheimer and Pakula. Bridges is uncharacteristically dull, a cipher around whom an outrageous plot unfurls with undoubtedly the funniest performances Huston and Perkins ever gave. The cast, apart from Bridges, is extremely impressive and the film has a certain freewheeling charm but it's all pretty uneven and everyone involved seem just the slightest bit hung over.