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The Conformist [Il Conformista] ***** (1970, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Stefania Sandrelli, Pierre Clémenti) – Classic Movie Review 3182

Writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci’s provocative, impressive, unsettling 1970 psychological thriller The Conformist [Il Conformista] has style to spare. It stars an ideally cast Jean-Louis Trintignant as Marcello Clerici, a weak-willed 1930s rich Italian who embraces taking a path […]

Dec, 23

The Last Emperor ***** (1987, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 2619

Co-writer/director Bernardo Bertolucci’s magnificent 1987 movie The Last Emperor about the last imperial ruler of China was a much-deserved world-wide triumph for him and his brave and ambitious British producer, Jeremy Thomas. The Last Emperor won nine […]

Jun, 19

Stealing Beauty ** (1995, Liv Tyler, Joseph Fiennes) – Classic Movie Review 1501

Co-writer/director Bernardo Bertolucci’s gorgeous-looking but mostly rather obnoxious 1995 Italian-holiday drama has a pretty specious script that largely defeats an exceptionally talented, very special cast. Liv Tyler stars as a pubescent young American girl, 19-year-old Lucy […]

Jul, 31

The Dreamers **** (2003, Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel) – Classic Movie Review 1018

With the help of Gilbert Adair’s sharp, provocative, intelligent and informative yet ultimately poignant screenplay, based on his own novel, director Bernardo Bertolucci returns to the scene of his Last Tango in Paris and this time […]

Mar, 29

Last Tango in Paris [Ultimo tango a Parigi] **** (1972, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud) – Classic Film Review 377

‘Go, get the butter!’ Marlon Brando, aged 48, relishes his most infamous role as the middle-aged American Paul who enjoys a sexual fling with young Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider, just 20) in director Bernardo Bertolucci’s […]

Nov, 07

Seduced and Abandoned – Film Review

Alec Baldwin goes to the Cannes Film festival, surprisingly for the very first time, along with the maverick film director James Toback, and they go on a hilarious quest for financing for their next feature film, a preposterous […]

Nov, 05

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