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Anna Lucasta *** (1949, Paulette Goddard, William Bishop, John Ireland, Oscar Homolka, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 12,670

Paulette Goddard stars in Irving Rapper’s 1949 American black and white film noir drama film Anna Lucasta as the wayward, sexy daughter of a greedy, predatory Polish-American immigrant farm family. Paulette Goddard stars in Irving […]

Oct, 13

Death of a Scoundrel *** (1956, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Coleen Gray, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, John Hoyt, Tom Conway) – Classic Movie Review 10,079

Writer-producer-director Charles Martin’s 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel stars George Sanders as scoundrel Euro-conman Clementi Sabourin (‘our plan is to buy companies that are in financial trouble and then build them up’), who steps […]

Jul, 24

The Glory Guys ** (1965, Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, Andrew Duggan, Slim Pickens, Michael Anderson Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9811

Director Arnold Laven’s 1965 film The Glory Guys is a sturdy Sam Peckinpah-scripted glossy Western about an ill-prepared US cavalry attack on the Sioux. Tom Tryon stars as Captain Demas Harrod, the soldier unwilling to send […]

May, 23

Moonlighting **** (1982, Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jirí Stanislav) – Classic Movie Review 9725

Writer-director Jerzy Skolimowski’s 1982 British drama Moonlighting is a fascinating allegorical piece about deceit and theft, with a sterling performance by Jeremy Irons as contractor Nowak, the leader of a small band of Polish workers […]

May, 06

Borderline *** (1980, Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 9631

‘Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border the American dream has become a nightmare.’ There is plenty of tough action in director Jerrold Freedman’s good-enough 1980 crime thriller Borderline, with Charles Bronson as […]

Apr, 12

Mala Noche **** (1986, Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge) – Classic Movie Review 9545

Writer-director Gus Van Sant’s hilarious 1986 fable of illicit love and muddled lifestyles Mala Noche stars Tim Strecter as gay shop clerk Walt Curtis, who falls head-over-heels for a teenaged illegal Mexican migrant worker, Johnny Alonzo […]

Mar, 22

The Mambo Kings ***** (1992, Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Pablo Calogero, Desi Arnaz Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9530

Producer-director Arne Glimcher’s brilliant, beguling 1992 musical drama The Mambo Kings is the musical film as a style object. Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas star in a soulful love story with music about two brothers […]

Mar, 20

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