致命催眠

　　Selling Isobel, a thriller based on true events, featuring the real victim in true life playing the main charter. It's about a woman who got locked in, drugged, held against her will and sold to numerous men for 3 days in an apartment in central London. It's a film about her fight for survival all the way to the gruesome end.

　　法国巴黎，右翼选举如火如荼，不同派别相互攻讦，城中一片混乱。亚利克斯（Aurélien Wiik 饰）、汤姆（David Saracino 饰）、法瑞德（Chems Dahmani 饰）、赛米（Adel Bencherif 饰）和亚丝敏（Karina Testa 饰）是一伙年轻的穆斯林劫匪，他们趁乱抢得一笔钱，计划携款逃往阿姆斯特丹。逃往途中，赛米中弹，其余四人分成两伙逃亡。
　　汤姆和法瑞德逃到位于国境线附近某偏僻森林的旅馆中，性感耀眼的姬尔波特（Estelle Lefébure 饰）和克罗蒂娅（Amélie Daure 饰）令二人醉倒温柔乡，乐不思蜀。不久，失散的亚力克斯等人赶来会合，却发现他们陷入一个新纳粹分子的血腥屠杀营……

　　影片聚焦在安娜的童年、青春以及成年时期的不同阶段，三个重要的人生时刻，都充满了欲望，同时也诠释了她的一生。

　　Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger

　　小镇沉闷的空气令受过高等教育的Charlie（Teresa Wright）十分压抑，她渴望在外谋大事、自己喜爱和崇敬的Uncle Charlie（Joseph Cotten）能突然出现，为自己的生活注入一缕新风。Charlie欲发电报邀请舅舅来做客时，竟先收到他发来的要来的报文，惊喜之外，她对舅舅的爱又加深一层。
　　Uncle Charlie的到来令Charlie及父母非常兴奋，但酷爱读书的妹妹无动于衷。不久Charlie如沐春风变作无忧无虑的少女。两个自称报社记者的陌生人有心将Charlie一家当作典型美国家庭采访，Uncle Charlie为此事大发雷霆相当失态，令Charlie和母亲大为不解。而同其中之一Herbie Hawkins（Hume Cronyn）交谈中，Charlie震惊地听闻有关舅舅的骇人秘密。

　　Malcon是迈阿密日报的记者。当地发生一起谋杀案，由他负责报道。而凶手竟然主动打电话联系他，并告知凶手的后续杀人计划。同时，凶手一边不断杀人，一边不断打电话给Malcon，并告知其情况。此事引起警方高度重视的同时，也引起当地媒体的热播，Malcon变得家喻户晓。凶手此时却又迁怒于他，因为凶手的本意在于通过Malcon的报道，引起公众的重视，现在反而Malcon“喧宾夺主”。而另一方面，Malcon的女朋友Christine对此也极为不满，认为Malcon在帮助凶手……

　　This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
　　Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
　　One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.

　　影片《危险方法》(A Dangerous Method)原名《谈疗法》(The Talking Cure)，根据英国编剧Christopher Hampton（《赎罪》）的同名舞台剧本改编。
　　萨宾娜·斯皮勒林（凯拉·奈特莉 Keira Knightley 饰），出身俄罗斯犹太家庭。1904年被送到苏黎世去治疗歇斯底里症，成为了精神病医生荣格（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰）精神分析患者中的一员。荣格发现她有受虐倾向，是一个性瘾患者，同时又有深深地自责心。而在诊治过程中，他们之间发生了秘密的、不论之爱。但荣格重视自己的声誉，想要隐藏这段感情，声称萨宾娜是一名臆想狂。而这种欺骗的行为也让荣格在理念上与恩师——精神分析学派创始人弗洛伊德（维果·莫特森 Viggo Mortensen 饰）分道扬镳。

　　In London, the pregnant wife of an industrialist falls down the stairs, loses her sight and has no recollection of the events but suspects that a mentally traumatic experience prior to the fall caused her accident.
　　Psyche 59 is a 1964 British drama film directed by Alexander Singer and written by Julian Halevy. It is based on the 1963 novel Psyche '59 by Françoise des Ligneris. The film stars Patricia Neal, Curd Jürgens, Samantha Eggar, Ian Bannen, Beatrix Lehmann and Elspeth March. The film was released on 29 April 1964, by Columbia Pictures.

　　1989年是电视影像的黄金年代，要红、要上位，外表就要够抢眼！安娜一心打算在MTV电视台大展拳脚，怎料却被高层嫌造型太差。为博成名，她决定织髮换形象，结果有如施展了魔法般，事业开始起飞。可是安娜慢慢发现，伴随名利而来的代价竟然异常巨大──她那头新秀髮竟然有自我意识，甚至令她陷入死亡危机！