Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO film noir thriller Cornered finds an ideal star in Dick Powell in a welcome re-teaming after Farewell My Lovely (1944). Director Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO American film noir […]
Don Siegel delivers a fine, cultish movie with the 1956 film noir crime drama Crime in the Streets, encouraging good gritty acting from John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo and Mark Rydell. John Cassavetes (aged 26 but playing […]
Director Don Siegel’s 1953 crime film noir Count the Hours! stars Macdonald Carey as a lawyer who defends a migrant worker falsely accused of two murders. Macdonald Carey stars as a lawyer who battles to release […]
Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu’s drama is a precision-tooled marvel as he examines the sacrifices and compromises demanded of parents. The combination of subtle and hard hitting is brilliant. Mungiu won Best Director as Cannes, tied […]
Director Tom McGrath’s quirky, amusing and likeable 2017 DreamWorks CGI animation starts with a real good idea to kick it off. There are lots of quite big laughs to be found, especially early on, and […]
Piper Laurie was Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress for the rousing 1986 spirit-lifting drama film Children of a Lesser God, with Marlee Matlin winning a Best Actress Oscar in her film début at 21 […]
Director Angela Pope’s 1990 British thriller is made for BBC2’s admirable Screen Two series of films, is based on the novel by Verity Bargate and stars Peter Firth, Saskia Reeves and Bob Peck. When quiet, […]
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