Ten Great Movies You've Never Seen - Part 2

After a long delay, I shall now continue my series of highlighting hidden cinematic gems which deserved to be
seen by more people. In a sea of Hollywood hype, more often than not films are often underseen and underappreciated. This is just my way of making these remarkable film less so.

SPIDER (2002, David Cronenberg) - Director Cronenberg is widely known for his shocking horror films "Videodrome", "The Fly" and "Dead Ringers" but he made this quiet, subtle but rather twisted psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man named Dennis "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes, who gives a quiet yet powerful performance) who checks himself into a halfway house and there we witness flashbacks to his childhood.

Together with him, the audience goes into a journey to the past of a deeply troubled man. The film itself plays like a spidery web slowly but surely unraveling facets of what made "Spider" who he is today. In addition to Fiennes, Miranda Richardson also gives not one but THREE knock-out supporting performances which has to be seen to be believed. Despite the lack of exploding heads and digusting metamorphosis, this film will haunt you for days on in with its haunting imagery.

GASLIGHT (1940, Thorold Dickinson) - No, not the 1944 Hollywood version where Ingrid Bergman won her first Oscar. The first version of the play hails from Britain and stars Anton Wolbrook and Diana Wynyard in the roles played by Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman respectively in the Hollywood version. As much as great the Hollywood version was, the British version still deserves to be seen nevertheless since Wolbrook outdoes Boyer in the villainous husband role.� Thankfully, the DVD of the 1944 version also includes this version will score more viewers.

A WOMAN OF PARIS (1923, Charles Chaplin) - This is Chaplin's first purely dramatic film. It is also the first film he directed which does not feature him or his famous "Tramp" character at all. His appearance in this film consists
of only a 5 second barely noticeable and utterly unrecognizable cameo as a dock worker.