“Don’t Bother to Knock” (Roy Ward Baker:US:1952)

Summary

Matt and Andrew discuss the Marilyn Monroe film “Don’t Bother to Knock” in which an airline pilot, having been dumped by his girlfriend, pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realises she’s dangerous.

“Age of Consent” (Michael Powell:UK:1969)

Summary

Andrew Cartmel and Matt West discuss the 1969 film “Age of Consent” in which a grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity in a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he meets an alluring young islander who becomes his enchanting model. Could the untamed girl be his long-awaited muse?

“The Phantom of the Paradise” (Brian De Palma:US:1974)

Summary

Andrew Cartmel and Matt West discuss Brian De Palma’s”Phantom of the Paradise” in which a disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

“Accident” (Joseph Losey:UK:1967)

Summary

Andrew Cartmel and Matt West discuss “Accident” in which Austrian student Anna von Graz (Jacqueline Sassard) is dating fellow student William (Michael York), whom she plans to marry, but she ends up sleeping with two unhappily married Oxford professors instead.