Fred Johnson – MRQE

Taste of Fear

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father’s estate after ten years, and although she’s told he’s away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

Doctor Blood’s Coffin

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans — who he views as unworthy of life — for their body parts, specifically, their hearts.

Dance Hall

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.

Native Land

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitzs political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robesons narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robesons shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.

Martin Luther

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.