Let’s kick off the first Halloween at CompassCompact by establishing a small tradition. This year, the topic will be witches, and these are some movies that I recommend for the spooky season.

SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER DEAD AT 75 Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress and activist that declined Marlon Brando’s best actor Oscar in 1973, has died aged 75. Littlefeather brought a 739-word speech by Brando which she

Before he turned his attention to movies, Kitano Takeshi was widely known in Japan as a comedian and tv entertainer. It is not at all surprising then that films such as Sonatine were initially a failure in their country of origin.

Earlier today, I watched La voz de Thaïs (The Voice of Thaïs, 2021), a work by David Casals Roma. It tells the story of Spain’s first female movie director, Elena Jordi, whose only film, Thaïs, is now considered to be lost.

Don’t Worry Darling (2022) is here, but it is, alas, not really what everyone was expecting from Wilde.