Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on December 3, 2018

Repulsion Directed by Roman Polanski Written by Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach and David Stone 1965/UK Compton Films/Tekli British Productions First viewing/Netflix Rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Paranoia and sexual obsession build to deadly consequences. Carol (Catherine Deneuv   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 1, 2015

At around the seventy minute mark, Repulsion finally gives Catherine Deneuve some personality. Sure, she’s gone completely insane at this point, but she sings a little lullaby to herself. And Deneuve is in at least sixty-five of those seventy minutes without any personality (she loses it agai   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 10, 2014

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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 10, 2014

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Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on February 4, 2012

I know someone will send me a comment (or at least I hope) that I didn’t like this movie because I didn’t “get it” and sure having only seen this once, for the first time, I probably didn’t get a great deal of it…but I don’t have an interest in...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on October 6, 2010

Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When   read more