Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia University. She adores all things creepy, so long as they are ...

“Repulsion,” the 1965 horror film starring Catherine Deneuve, screened on Feb. 7 as part of a double feature at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theatre. The plot centers around a young French woman, Carol Ledoux (Deneuve), who lives in London with her older ...

For a film that so brilliantly deals with the themes of pornography and its relationship to cinema and spectatorship, perhaps this should come as no surprise. For Repulsion, Roman Polanski’s first English-language film, is concerned with the seedy, dark ...

Thomas Randolph is a dynamic and multi-talented writer with a background in music and a deep love for all things history and sci-fi. With roots in Houston, Texas, Thomas received a bachelor's degree in music focusing on classical guitar performance.

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

One thing which stayed with the viewers from the trailer of the docu-series ‘The Romantics’ was the repulsion of Hindi cinema stars with the word ‘Bollywood’. Director Smriti Mundhra, who has put together the series, was surprised at such ...

Catch a rare 35mm screening of director Roman Polanski’s first English-language film, “Repulsion.” This creepy 1965 horror flick chronicles the meltdown of a young Catherine Deneuve as she deals with intimacy issues in a very strange way. The ...

In the swinging London of 1965 only one person isn’t having a good time: a painfully shy Belgian manicurist named Carol (Catherine Deneuve). When she isn’t tending to the corpselike patrons of the fashionable beauty parlor that employs her, she’s ...

A guy who can manipulate gravity battles a fellow who controls heat in this wonderfully choreographed battle. We have no idea why these figures are fighting, but it's a lot of fun watching them go at it. The concept work, animation, backgrounds, and ...

For its part, 'THR' called the British-made pic "serious and artful" but described it as "one of the bloodiest films ever made" and said it should be "forbidden to children." By Bill Higgins In 1965, Cannes was repulsed by Repulsion, with Roman Polanski ...