All These Women

1964

Swedish

5.4

♡ 12

27%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Eva Dahlbeck as Adelaide

Lars-Owe Carlberg as Driver

Bibi Andersson as Humlan

Karin Kavli as Madame Tussaud

Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.

Blood Lust

2016

English

2.5

♡ 16

vegetarian restaurant

Benedict Mart Director

Laura Edghill as Lennie

Marcus Harris as Mike

C. Thomas Howell as Ryan

Sophie Gomis as Stella

It focuses on two friends, one of whom pursues a relationship with a mysterious woman who part owns a guest house and who he has been dating online. Problems occur when guests at the isolated guest house begin to disappear and the guys discover the truth about the woman and her monstrous sisters and how they must escape from a mysterious island if they want to survive beyond dawn.

Elegy

2008

English

6.7

♡ 19

74%

Isabel Coixet Director

Emily Holmes as 1st Student

Sonja Bennett as Beth

Penélope Cruz as Consuela Castillo

Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

El crítico

6.4

Javier Morales Perez Director

Antonio Resines as Self

Nacho Vigalondo as Self

Álex de la Iglesia as Self

Enrique López Lavigne as Self

A portrait of film critic Carlos Boyero, one of the most followed and feared figures in Spanish cinema, surrounded by controversy and both love and hate.

A Novel Romance

2015

English

6.4

♡ 3

35%

Mark Griffiths Director

Michael Karl Richards as Liam's Dad

Amy Acker as Sophie Atkinson

Emily Tennant as Tabitha

Chris Shields as Ted Gordon

Romance novelist Liam Bradley (Dylan Bruce) has already found massive success with three books written under the pen name Gabriel August, but he's mysteriously unknown to his legions of readers. With his first book written as a way to heal after a broken relationship, Liam has slowly become disheartened with writing strictly for romantic fantasy, something evident to a sweet, but honest, journalist who reviews books, Sophie Atkinson (Amy Acker), whom he meets by chance on a plane. The two begin a tentative relationship in Sophie’s home town of Portland, Oregon, where Liam has come to find inspiration for his newest entry. Liam’s agent puts him on the spot with a long-planned reveal of Gabriel August’s true identity, but Sophie doesn’t know of his public persona. The longer Liam avoids telling her the truth, the deeper a hole he digs for himself. Will their romance survive once his true identity comes to light?

Game 6

2005

English

5.7

♡ 4

62%

Michael Hoffman Director

Roger Rees as Jack Haskins

Michael Keaton as Nicky Rogan

Nadia Dajani as Renee Simons

Robert Downey Jr. as Steven Schwimmer

Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

English

7.5

♡ 5

86%

William Keighley Director

Jimmy Durante as Banjo

Frank Mayo as Plainclothesman

Russell Arms as Richard Stanley

Monty Woolley as Sheridan Whiteside

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

The Critic

2023

English

6.0

♡ 9

51%

Anand Tucker Director

Lesley Manville as Annabel Land

Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine

Gemma Arterton as Nina Land

Ben Barnes as Stephen Wyley

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

The New Watchdogs

2011

French

7.6

♡ 1

Action

critic

Documentary

manipulation of the media

Gilles Balbastre Director

Frédéric Lordon as Self

In 1932, the writer Paul Nizan published "The New Watchdogs" to denounce the philosophers and writers of his time who, sheltering behind intellectual neutrality, imposed themselves as true watchdogs of the established order. Today the watchdogs are journalists, editors, and media experts who've openly become market evangelists and guardians of the social order. In a sardonic manner, "The New Watchdogs" denounces this press that, claiming to be independent, objective and pluralist, makes out it is a democratic force of opposition. With forcefulness and precision, the film puts its finger on the increasing danger of information produced by the major industrial groups of the Paris Stock Exchange and perverted into merchandise.

The Critic

2023

English

6.0

♡ 15

51%

Anand Tucker Director

Lesley Manville as Annabel Land

Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine

Gemma Arterton as Nina Land

Ben Barnes as Stephen Wyley

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

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