Barnaby PageinFrame RatedHeretic — blueberry pie, philosophy and pure evil in a gripping horror film with brainsTwo young Mormon missionaries knock on the wrong door…2d ago72d ago7
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedThe Protagonists — the camera often lies in Luca Guadagnino’s debutAn Italian film crew shoots a documentary in London about a recent murder.Oct 243Oct 243
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedSalem’s Lot (2024) — how not to adapt a Stephen King novelThe inhabitants of a small town in Maine gradually realise that a vampire has arrived in their community.Oct 1416Oct 1416
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedThe Platform 2 — more blood, more action, a few scraps of coherenceThe inmates of a strange vertical prison try to organise themselves for survival, but in-fighting soon erupts.Oct 720Oct 720
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedFail Safe — a chillingly calm journey along the road to nuclear warWhen a technical failure makes an unintended nuclear war likely to erupt at any moment, US military and political leaders argue…Oct 610Oct 610
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedHappiness (1998) — shocking, dark, but also funny and humanThe paths of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own different ways…Sep 308Sep 308
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedThe Train (1964) — classic action thriller that also makes you thinkIn the last days of WWII before Paris is liberated, the French Resistance and the Nazi occupiers struggle over a collection of paintings…Sep 258Sep 258
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedCage of Gold — a British noir that’s never dark enoughA young woman in postwar London falls back in love with an old flame but doesn’t realise he’s a con artist.Sep 1415Sep 1415
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedPhase IV — trippy mix of Kubrick’s 2001 and a creature featureAs the world’s ant populations grow smarter and bolder, two scientists try to figure out humanity’s response…Sep 95Sep 95
Barnaby PageinFrame RatedA Canterbury Tale — supernatural inklings in Powell and Pressburger’s tale of wartime rural EnglandIn an English village where the past seems still alive, three strangers try to solve a peculiar mystery.Sep 41Sep 41