New acquisition: 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)

 

Ms .45 (1981)

A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.

From memory: High stylized, violent and erotic female revenge thriller has an unusual, very original take on the genre and is rightfully a cult classic by now.

Maltin**1/2: "Well-mde, violent role-inversal formula film with echoes of PSYCO, REPULSION, CARRIE, etc., which won some strong reviews and a cult reputation."

Abel Ferrara

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

A drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigates the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.

Abel Ferrara's masterpiece is stripped down to a hypnotic, at times surreal crime thriller within a world of lost moral barriers; the movie is mainly successful due to Nicolas Cage's intense performance.

Maltin***: "Wacky police procedural...a long, tawdry, wide-ranging yarn in which the good guys  and bad guys are hard to differentiate. Cage is terrific in a no-holds-barred performance. Bear no resemblance to the 1992 film..."

Pasolini (2014)

A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.

Demure, but intense and intriguing study with a great performance by Willem Dafoe in the title role doesn't shy away from the complexity of Pasolini's personality.

New acquisition: Pasolini (2014)

I'm really looking forward to watching this movie.

Welcome to New York (2014)

A powerful French politician goes on trial for sexually assaulting a chambermaid in his Manhattan hotel room.

A sulphurous and unshrouded attack at the French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn irrespective of good taste; the movie is quite effective in what it wants to achieve. 

New acquisition: Welcome to New York (2014)

Another find at the drugstore.

The Movies I Watched in August

A Boy and His Dog 1975 6
Bang! Bang! You're Dead! 1966  5
Black Angel 1946  6
Desert Fury 1947  7

Frankenstein 1931  10

Friendly Persuasion 1956  7

Limitless 2011  6
Lockout 2012  4
Paranoia 2013  4
Safe Haven 2013  5 
Sinister 2012  6
The AristoCats 1970  7

The Dark Mirror 1946  7

The Evil Dead 1981  8

The General Died at Dawn 1936  6
The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957  10

The Last House on the Left 1972  6 
The Man Who Saved the World 2014 Documentary 7

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962  7

The Young One 1960  8

Woodstock 1970 Documentary 8

You and Me 1938 Feature 6

Ms .45 (1981)