Shelley Duvall Archives

Brewster McCloud (1971)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 10, 2004Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention

One of the most eccentric and strangest films in the oeuvre of Robert Altman in which Bud Cort set out to build a set of wings to fly, amid aid from angels and lots of bird symbolism

Director: Robert Altman

Actors: Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, …

Category: Fantasy

10 March 200411 September 2025 by Roog

3 Women (1977)

Rating: ★★½

May 31, 2017Cryptic Identity Exchange

The great Robert Altman was one of the most individualistic and downright eccentric American directors. In this cryptic and baffling work, three (mainly two) women appear to exchange identities

Director: Robert Altman

Actors: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Robert Fortier, Janice Rule, …

Category: Fantasy

31 May 201731 August 2026 by Roog

Popeye (1980)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 19, 2007Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation

Robert Altman's adaptation of the Popeye comic-strip starring Robin Williams has become widely regarded as a turkey but Altman's eccentricity makes for a by no means unenjoyable film

Director: Robert Altman

Actors: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul L. Smith, …

Category: Fantasy

19 April 200716 November 2025 by Roog

The Shining (1980)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 18, 2001Haunted Hotel/Cabin Fever/Stephen King Adaptation

Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel throws much of the book out but has duly become a classic. Jack Nicholson goes grandly mad amid Kubrick's stupendous production and unsettling set-pieces

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, …

Category: Horror

18 March 20011 July 2022 by Roog

Time Bandits (1981)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 29, 2002Gonzo Adventures Throughout Time

Highly enjoyable Terry Gilliam film about a young boy who joins a group of dwarves on a series of adventures though time

Director: Terry Gilliam

Actors: Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, David Warner, …

Category: Fantasy

29 July 200224 July 2024 by Roog

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 5, 1999Kitsch Surrealism

Another of Guy Maddin's surreal kitsch films all delivered in deadpan prose, this boasts more of a name cast than usual for Maddin

Director: Guy Maddin

Actors: Nigel Whitmey, Pascale Bussieres, R.H. Thomson, Shelley Duvall, …

Category: Fantasy

5 April 199929 March 2021 by Roog

Casper Meets Wendy (1998)

Rating: ★

Mar 18, 2003Comic-Book Characters Meet

The second of the video-released sequels to Casper where this time he crosses over to meet Wendy the Good Little Witch as played by Hilary Duff

Director: Sean McNamara

Actors: Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, George Hamilton, …

Category: Fantasy

18 March 200326 September 2025 by Roog

Talos the Mummy (1998)

Rating: ★★

Jan 2, 2001Revived Mummy

This was part of a late 90s spate of revival of the mummy movie. This effort from Highlander director Russell Mulcahy revives the genre with a modern arsenal of effects

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Louise Lombard, …

Category: Horror

2 January 200113 June 2026 by Roog

The 4th Floor (1999)

Rating: ★★★½

May 19, 2000Disturbed Apartment Neighbour

A thriller that develops quite a degree of eerie suspense as Juliette Lewis moves into a new apartment and finds she is surrounded by some very strange neighbours

Director: Josh Klausner

Actors: Juliette Lewis, William Hurt, Austin Pendleton, Shelley Duvall, …

Category: Horror

19 May 200024 October 2025 by Roog

Bolt Neck (1999)

Rating: ★

Oct 31, 2000High School Frankenstein

The amusing idea of the Frankenstein story relocated to a modern high school – and with no less than later-to-be superstar Ryan Reynolds as the monster

Director: Mitch Marcus

Actors: Judge Reinhold, Richard Moll, Ryan Reynolds, Christine Lakin, …

Category: Horror

31 October 200010 September 2025 by Roog