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Used People *** (1992, Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Marcia Gay Harden) – Classic Movie Review 10,468

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1992 drama Used People offers good opportunities for a lovely bunch of actresses, and is a funny, good-natured, cosily predictable film, with enough edge to see it over the sticky sentiment. Shirley […]

Oct, 27

Intimate Lighting [Intimní Osvetlení] **** (1965, Zdenek Bezusek, Vera Kresadlová, Jan Vostrcil, Karel Blazek, Miroslav Cvrk, Dagmar Redinová, Jaroslava Stedra) – Movie Review 10,190

Director Ivan Passer’s sweet, affectionately viewed 1965 Sixties Czech New Wave cinema social comedy Intimate Lighting [Intimní Osvetlení] is about the constant pleasures of friendship, with its wry smiles tinged with sadness. Milos Forman’s ex-writer […]

Aug, 17

The Double Man ** (1967, Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring, Moira Lister, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 10,182

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s minor 1967 British spy thriller The Double Man stars Yul Brynner in two roles (high-ranking CIA widower Dan Slater and his lookalike enemy agent, Kalmar). A large part of the action […]

Aug, 15

The Eyes, the Mouth [Gli Occhi, la Bocca] ** (1982, Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva) – Classic Movie Review 8377

Writer-director Marco Bellocchio’s interesting if rather disappointing 1982 drama The Eyes, The Mouth [Gli Occhi, la Bocca] reunites the star (Lou Castel) and the director of the 1965 Fists in the Pocket (which the actor […]

Apr, 18

The Big Chill **** (1983, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline) – Classic Movie Review 7659

Director Lawrence Kasdan’s 1983 comedy drama The Big Chill is a sardonic and amusing look at a band of seven former college buddies from the radical Sixties who reunite for a friend’s funeral for a […]

Oct, 10

Capricorn One **** (1977, Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson, O J Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Telly Savalas, Karen Black) – Classic Movie Review 6794

Skillfully written and directed by Peter Hyams (The Presidio), this invigorating 1977 action adventure thriller supposes that NASA’s first manned mission to Mars is actually an American Government hoax simulated in a TV studio. But […]

Mar, 12

A Fantastic Woman [Una Mujer Fantástica] **** (2017, Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco) – Movie Review 

Sebastián Lelio’s ground-breaking transgender drama and world cinema masterwork A Fantastic Woman (2017) triumphed at the Oscars by winning Best Foreign Language Film of the Year for Chile. It stars Chilean actress, lyrical singer and trans woman Daniela Vega, […]

Oct, 01

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