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Sequin in a Blue Room **** (2019, Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Anthony Brandon Wong, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) – Movie Review

Samuel Van Grinsven’s 2019 accomplished and imaginative coming-of-age Australian independent film eye-opener Sequin in a Blue Room stars Conor Leach in his feature film debut as high schooler Sequin, a teenage big-city boy who hunts […]

Dec, 14

Savage Sam ** (1963, Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran) – Classic Movie Review 11,782

Savage Sam, the 1963 sequel to Old Yeller, again stars both Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran. Director Norman Tokar’s 1963 Walt Disney American Western live-action film Savage Sam is the sequel to Old Yeller (1957), and […]

Dec, 11

Torrid Zone *** (1940, James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 11,730

The public loved Ann Sheridan after her terrific performance in the 1940 Warner Bros black and white adventure film Torrid Zone, directed by William Keighley and also starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien. Ann Sheridan […]

Nov, 18

Les Amants du Pont-Neuf * (1991, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus Michael Grüber) – Classic Movie Review 11,702

Director Leos Carax’s 1991 French film Les Amants du Pont-Neuf tells a simple banal love story about a young Parisian artist (Juliette Binoche) who is losing her sight and takes to the streets where she pairs […]

Nov, 04

Mauvais Sang ** (1986, Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy) – Classic Movie Review 11,701

The 1986 film Mauvais Sang [The Night Is Young] [Bad Blood] is a weird, dark gangster crime thriller from France’s 80s wunderkind writer-director Leos Carax (in his second film after his 1984 first feature Boy […]

Nov, 04

Your Witness [Eye Witness] *** (1950, Robert Montgomery, Leslie Banks, Patricia Cutts, Felix Aylmer, Andrew Cruickshank) – Classic Movie Review 11,700

Director/ star Robert Montgomery’s proficient and enjoyable 1950 British black and white thriller Your Witness [Eye Witness] is a tidily made, nicely acted courtroom drama and culture clash movie. Montgomery stars as leading American lawyer […]

Nov, 03

Chopper *** (2000, Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field) – Classic Movie Review 11,659

‘I never killed anyone who didn’t deserve it.’ Writer-director Andrew Dominik’s 2000 Australian biographical crime film Chopper is a sensationalist, extreme, fact-based Australia-set drama charting the rise to infamy and time in prison of notorious […]

Oct, 18

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