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It Happened Here **** (1964, Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison) – Classic Movie Review 11,244

‘The Story of Hitler’s England. What would have happened if the German Army had crossed the English Channel.’  Writer-directors Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo’s intelligent, partly-amateur 1964 black and white film by two clever, very […]

May, 26

Le diable au corps [Devil in the Flesh] **** (1947, Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey, Jean Lara) – Classic Movie Review 11,059

Director Claude Autant-Lara’s 1947 black and white film Le Diable au Corps [Devil in the Flesh] is a beautifully lush, erotic French World War One romantic drama, based on Raymond Raguet’s novel of adulterous passion, […]

Mar, 30

Atlantic ** (1929, Franklin Dyall, Madeleine Carroll, John Stuart, John Longden) – Classic Movie Review 10,694

Producer-director Ewald André Dupont’s 1929 black and white British drama Atlantic is ambitious but tragically dated, though it is of interest to buffs as a milestone as the first British all-talking picture and the first […]

Dec, 21

Landru [Bluebeard] **** (1963, Charles Denner, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef, Juliette Mayniel, Stéphane Audran, Catherine Rouvel) – Classic Movie Review 10,324

A well-cast Charles Denner stars as the creepy charmer Henri Désiré Landru, in director Claude Chabrol’s 1963 real-life period serial killer thriller Landru [Bluebeard], set in France during World War One. Family man Landru, a […]

Sep, 18

The Plough and the Stars ** (Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 9769

The 1936 film The Plough and the Stars is John Ford’s failed labour-of-love version of the Sean O’Casey play about the 1916 Irish rebellion, centring on Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyck)’s fight to stop her rebel […]

May, 15

They Shall Not Grow Old **** (2018, director Peter Jackson) – Movie Review

Director Peter Jackson’s magnificent and beautiful World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) is uniquely informative, evocative, moving and heart-rending, as well as a brilliant technical achievement in its incredible 3D colour […]

Jan, 10

All the Way Home *** (1963, Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 7438

James Agee’s old-time all-American down-home story of angst in the American southern provinces, set during the First World War, becomes a poignant and appealing movie under careful acting and discreet but intense handling by director Alex […]

Aug, 13

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