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New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. “The Witch” is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil.Read More »
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Robert Eggers – The Witch (2015)
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Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay – Çekmeceler AKA Drawers (2015)
2011-2020Caner AlperDramaMehmet BinayMysteryTurkeySynopsys:
Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.Read More » -
W.S. Van Dyke – Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
1941-1950ComedyMysteryScrewball ComedyUSAW.S. Van DykeHigh society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.Read More »
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Sidney Hayers – Deadly Strangers (1974)
Sidney Hayers1971-1980MysteryThrillerUnited KingdomHayley Mills and Simon Ward star in this 1974 thriller about a two strangers who meet on the road and travel across country. Meanwhile the police are scouring the country for an escaped psychopath, could the escapee possibly be one of the couple? Also features an appearance by Sterling Hayden.Read More »
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Arne Mattsson – Vita frun AKA The Lady in White (1962)
Arne Mattsson1961-1970MysterySwedenThrillerA ghost called Vita Frun (the white lady) is blamed for several strange deaths that occur at a country manor. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.Read More »
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Buzz Kulik – Warning Shot (1967)
1961-1970Buzz KulikFilm NoirMysteryUSADuring a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner’s inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.Read More »
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Rintaro Mayuzumi & Kazuyoshi Okuyama – Rampo AKA The Mystery of Rampo (1994)
1991-2000ArthouseJapanKazuyoshi OkuyamaMysteryRintaro MayuzumiEdogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker’s Dracula. The film’s strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.Read More »
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Yulene Olaizola – Selva trágica AKA Tragic Jungle (2020)
Yulene Olaizola2011-2020ArthouseMexicoMysteryQuote:
To escape an arranged marriage, a woman flees into the depths of the Mayan jungle, where untamed nature merges the human and the supernatural.Read More » -
Gakuryû Ishii (Sogo Ishii) – Ikiterumono wa Inainoka AKA Isn’t Anyone Alive? (2012)
Gakuryû Ishii2011-2020ComedyJapanMysterySynopsis:Cult Japanese director Gakuryu Ishii (formerly known as Sogo Ishii, a longstanding influence on Quentin Tarantino) presents a world coming to an end. On a university campus the students separately rehearse a performance, discuss an urban myth and debate the future of an unborn child, but all are inconvenienced by their sudden unexplained deaths. Adapting the screenplay from his own play, writer Shiro Maeda’s dialogue is shot through with absurdist observations and deftly mixes dread with farcical comedy.Read More »