The Kettering Incident – Episode 1: “Anna”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W61YtXVyDQ Foxtel's The Kettering Incident Episode 1: "Anna" Directed by Rowan Woods Written by Victoria Madden * For a review of Episode 2, "The Lights", click here. In August of 2000 we find ourselves in Tasmania, in the midst of the Kettering Forest. Young anna (Maddison Brown) rides a bike with her friend Gillian into the …

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The Hospital: A Dark Bureaucratic Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftRP0NAJYg The Hospital. 1971. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Frances Sternhagen, & Katherine Helmond. Simcha Productions. Rated PG. 103 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery ★★★★1/2 Arthur Hiller is probably most well known to …

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Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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American Gothic – Episode 3: “Nighthawks”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvt4kltxuvs CBS' American Gothic Episode 3: "Nighthawks" Directed by David Straiton Written by Meredith Averill * For a review of Episode 2, "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" - click here * For a review of Episode 4, "Christina's World" - click here So this episode is named after the wildly famous painting by Edward Hopper from 1942, depicting that …

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The Night Of – Season 1, Episode 1: “The Beach”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=556N5vojtp0 HBO's The Night Of Season 1, Episode 1: "The Beach" Directed by Steven Zaillian Teleplay by Richard Price (The Wire, The Color of Money, Sea of Love, Ransom) * For a review of the next episode, "Subtle Beast" - click here As usual, HBO opens us on a nicely produced title sequence, accompanied with music by composer Jeff …

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Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man: Fever Dream Memories of Christianity and Paganism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tDnavDCwI The Wicker Man. 1973. Directed by Robin Hardy. Screenplay by Anthony Shaffer; based on the novel Ritual by David Pinner. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Water, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunters, Walter Carr, Ian Campbell, & Roy Boyd. British Lion Film Corporation. Rated R. 94 minutes. …

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American Gothic – Episode 2: “Jack-in-the-Pulpit”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6Bn_pEMdA CBS' American Gothic Episode 2: "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" Directed by Greg Beeman Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff * For a review of Episode 1, "Arrangement in Grey & Black" - click here * For a review of Episode 3, "Nighthawks" - click here Following the first episode, and a trend that runs through this mini-series, the second …

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American Gothic – Episode 1: “Arrangement in Grey and Black”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHAk28kS1M CBS' American Gothic Episode 1: "Arrangement in Grey & Black" Directed by Matt Shakman Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff * For a review of Episode 2, "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" - click here To start, I dig how they've named the episodes after famous paintings, in line with the name of their series being American Gothic. Arrangement in Grey …

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