Kick-Back Friday: #190
The October Man (1947): Seriously brain injured in a bus crash (which takes the life of his young companion), a recovered, but terribly guilt-ridden, man (John Mills)...
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About Pathophilia
Kick-Back Friday: #188
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979): The faithfully adapted 7-part BBC mini-series of John Le Carre’s titular novel—a story as much about of the banality of...
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Kick-B(l)ack Friday: #187
Loosely based on the life of Austrian Johann Kastenberger, The Robber (2010) is the semi-true story of a talented marathon runner, bank robber, and evidently incurable...
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Kick-Back Friday: #186
The Square (2006): Modern noir Down Under. A philandering contractor’s attempt to steal money for his lover escalates into a ridiculous series of coverup crimes....
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Kick-Back Friday: #185
The cryptically titled Bubble (2005): While watching this largely improvised and amateur-acted story of jealousy and murder, set among employees of a rural latex-doll...
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Kick-Back Friday: #184
A Halloween KBF by guest blogger KTG: Buried in the pile (some might say steaming pile) of campy horror flicks from the 1950s are a few lumpy gems—which, when compared...
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