The Brides of Dracula
Without Christopher Lee, Dracula sequel loses its bite
The River
Civilization flourished by rivers and one of Renoir’s best succeeds for its idyllic portrayal of life by the Ganges
The Man Who Wasn’t There
A mystifying neo-noir with a main character the defies convention
Serpico
One man’s moral nightmare where the right thing to do is not the most prudent action
The Wrong Man
Henry Fonda’s innocence and the injustice of the system are never in doubt in a classic procedural
The Host
A genre-bending horror film about a river monster and what a family owes to each other
Umberto D.
Another of De Sica’s great masterworks of human empathy and heartbreak
The Cabin in the Woods
A send-up of Horror movie tropes that packs its own wallop
The Death of Stalin
Where blind ambition meets the reign of terror
Train to Busan
Going bonkers in Busan