film list

film recommendations 

whenever someone asks me what my favorite movies are i completely blank. over the course of the past 4 years some specific movies have stuck with me and enough so for me to buy them on vhs to watch on my box.

jane favorites

• near dark

director: kathryn bigelow

synopsis: a young man in a small oklahoma town becomes involved with a family of vampires

• lords of chaos

director: jonas akerlund

synopsis: an alternate story behind the creation of “true norwegian black metal” by starting the band Mayhem

• girl interrupted

director: james mangold

synopsis: a young woman finds herself in a renowned mental institution where she has to choose between those who belong within or those who belong in the hard world outside

• queen of the damned

director: michael rymer

synopsis: vampire lestat reinvents himself as a rockstar in the american music scene

• beetle juice

director: tim burton

synopsis: barbara and adam die in a car accident and find themselves as ghosts, unable to leave their house.

• the love witch

director: anna biller

synopsis: elaine, a beautiful young witch is determined to find a man to love her

• house of 1,000 corpses

director: rob zombie

synopsis: a car breakdown leads two couples down a terror-riddled road to the house of 1,000 corpses

• ghost

director: jerry zucker

synopsis: a madly in love couple is ripped apart when sam wheat was murdered by a corrupt business partner leaving him to roam as powerless ghost. when he learns his murderer is getting close to molly he tries to finds a way to set things right and protect her.

• gia

director: michael cristofer

synopsis: follows the story of gia carangi who moves to new york to become a fashion model

jane’s watchlist

i wont be adding descriptions for these but as i go through and watch them i will be adding a rating with a review instead

• betty blue

• the children’s hour

• masculin feminin

• vivre sa vie

• anatomy of hell

• l’amour exist

• funeral parade of roses

• romance & cigarettes

lately i’ve been finding myself drawn to movies from the classic hollywood era, noirs, french films, and older movies in general so these are the next movies i will be watching within this week and the following.

i look forward to reviewing these movies for you all!

with love,

jane willow