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Le diable probablement [The Devil, Probably] **** (1977, Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc) – Classic Movie Review 9820

Antoine Monnier stars as alienated, tormented soul Charles, who is living his life walking under a cloud and decides that suicide is the only option, in writer-director Robert Bresson’s typically distinguished and profound, gloomy and […]

May, 25

The Deep **** (1977, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr, Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams) – Classic Movie Review 8739

The 1977 adventure The Deep may be tremendously shallow, but that’s good, right? Peter (Jaws) Benchley’s deep sea adventure hokum novel about the discovery of a sunken drugs cache off Bermuda makes for a great […]

Jul, 20

Three Godfathers *** (1936, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey, Sidney Toler) – Classic Movie Review 7457

Richard Boleslawski is MGM’s surprise choice to direct the 1936 Western Three Godfathers, the third film version of Peter B Kyne’s old (true) story Marked Men, in which Chester Morris, Walter Brennan and Lewis Stone star […]

Aug, 17

The Milagro Beanfield War *** (1988, Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sônia Braga) – Classic Movie Review 7222

Director Robert Redford’s impeccably filmed 1988 saga The Milagro Beanfield War hones in on a battle in the American Southwest between New Mexican farmers and the bad guys who want to develop their land for […]

Jun, 26

The Lost Continent ** (1968, Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, James Cossins) – Classic Movie Review 6941

Writer-producer-director Michael Carreras’s preposterous but fairly amusing 1968 British Hammer Films fantasy adventure film is based on Dennis Wheatley’s 1938 novel Uncharted Seas. Eric Porter stars as Captain Lansen, whose dilapidated tramp steamer boat, packed with a full […]

Apr, 18

Dark Water [Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara] * (2002, Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi ) – Classic Movie Review 5692

Director Hideo Nakata’s 2002 Japanese horror movie focuses on a single mother (Hitomi Kuroki) and her five-year-old daughter (Rio Kanno) who move into a new apartment, where seeping water is a problem. Although there’s water […]

Jul, 02

Jean de Florette ***** (1986, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu) – Classic Movie Review 5284

Director Claude Berri’s magnificent first episode of his 1986 two-part film of the book by Marcel Pagnol tells an epic tale of greed in the French Provençal countryside. It is a French modern classic movie, […]

Apr, 14

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