The Trial (1962)
Nov 5, 2001Bureaucratic Nightmare World/Kafka Adaptation
Orson Welles's adaptation of the Frank Kafka novel about a man caught in a nightmare bureaucracy is one of the most visually stunning black-and-white films ever shot
Orson Welles
Casino Royale (1967)
Aug 7, 2001James Bond Spoof
During the James Bond craze of the 1960s, the only Ian Fleming novel not owned by Albert R. Broccoli was turned into a giant farce. The film has five directors, a host of stars (including three playing Bond) and is an incoherent mess
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Jul 29, 2002Absurdist Comedy
An early Brian De Palma film, a wonderfully nonsensical work in an absurdist vein where Tom Smothers drops out of the corporate world to become a tap dancing magician under the tutelage of Orson Welles
Malpertuis (1972)
Sep 2, 2002Mysterious Old House/Greek Gods
An exquisitely arty work from Harry Kumel where a young man who is drawn into a large rambling mansion to find that its residents are the Greek gods
And Then There Were None (1974)
Jul 29, 2002Agatha Christie Murder Mystery
Made in the aftermath of the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express, a star-studded Agatha Christie adaptation about a guests at a remote hotel being bumped off by someone among their number
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Feb 2, 2001Muppet Movie
The first and best of the Muppet films where Jim Henson spins them off onto the big screen with charm and sly humour
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Nov 18, 2001Transformer Robot Wars/Animation
Animated theatrically released spinoff from the original Transformers tv series. The film mostly serves to highlight the considerable number of characters where to the uninitiated it is frequently difficult to tell one side from the next.