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Meet Boston Blackie ** (1941, Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane, Charles Wagenheim) – Classic Movie Review 11,215

‘SPIES STALK CONEY ISLAND!’ Director Robert Florey’s 1941 Columbia Pictures black and white crime film Meet Boston Blackie stars Chester Morris in the first of his 14 B-movies (1941–1949) as the notorious but honorable jewel […]

May, 17

La Commare Secca [The Grim Reaper] **** (1962, Marisa Solinas, Allen Midgette, Giancarlo De Rosa, Alfredo Leggi, Francesco Ruiu, Vincenzo Ciccora) – Classic Movie Review 10,791

The 1962 Italian film La Commare Secca [The Grim Reaper] is written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci in his extraordinarily confident, stylish and successful directorial debut at the of age 21, with his screenplay based […]

Jan, 14

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne **** (1945, Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette) – Classic Movie Review 9815

Director Robert Bresson’s exquisitely delicate 1945 romantic drama Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [Ladies of the Park] is a renowned vintage long-time French favourite and stars the splendid María Casares, Elina Labourdette and Paul […]

May, 24

Gorky Park *** (1983, William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen, Joanna Pacula) – Classic Movie Review 9643

Director Michael Apted’s 1983 Gorky Park stars William Hurt, Lee Marvin and Brian Dennehy, who are all excellent in this sombre, well-crafted and at least half-decent thriller, scripted from Martin Cruz Smith’s bestseller by controversial […]

Apr, 17

Every Sunday *** (1936, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Jack Lindquist) – Classic Movie Review 7932

Director Felix E Feist’s 1936 movie history-making MGM short film Every Sunday features the first notable screen appearances of both upcoming teenage stars Judy Garland (aged 14) and Deanna Durbin (aged 15), who makes her […]

Dec, 22

Too Late Blues *** (1961, Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers) – Classic Movie Review 5756

Producer/ director/ co-writer John Cassavetes’s intriguing and haunting 1961 movie tale stars Bobby Darin as John ‘Ghost’ Wakefield, an ideological jazz player who meets an unbalanced and introverted beautiful singer, Jess Polanski (Stella Stevens). He […]

Jul, 14

A Patch of Blue **** (1965, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon) – Classic Movie Review 4704

Writer/ co-producer/ director Guy Green’s 1965 racially-charged weepie drama is well meaning, conscientiously done and appealing. It was significant at the time in its exploration of racism against the backdrop of the growing US civil […]

Nov, 26

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