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Oedipus the King **** (1968, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Orson Welles, Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack, Roger Livesey, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 3274
That great actor Christopher Plummer is stupendous as Oedipus in co-writer/director Philip Saville’s brave and imaginative attempt to film the classic Sophocles Greek tragic play. And Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer and Richard Johnson are marvellous also as the doomsayer […]
Oedipus Rex [Edipo Re] ***** (1967, Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Ahmed Belhachmi, Luciano Bartoli) – Classic Movie Review 3,273
Writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s thrilling 1967 Italian movie Oedipus Rex [Edipo Re] is Oedipus complex. The star of Pasolini’s first film, Accattone (1961), Franco Citti takes the title role of Oedipus in this beautiful filming […]
Accattone ***** (1961, Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini) – Classic Movie Review 3272
Franco Citti came to fame at 26 playing the title role in writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1961 Accattone and gives an extremely convincing and winning performance as Vittorio Cataldi, nicknamed Accattone (an Italian slang term meaning […]
Pigsty [Porcile] *** (1969, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Alberto Lionello, Franco Citti, Anne Wiazemsky) – Classic Movie Review 3271
Writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1969 metaphorical drama is bleak and alienating though commendably ambitious and powerful all the same, as you’d expect from him. Pasolini scatters challenging ideas and images all over the screen but he […]
The Lincoln Lawyer **** (2011, Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, Michael Peña, Bob Gunton, Frances Fisher, Bryan Cranston) – Classic Movie Review 3270
Working from the back of his Lincoln car with the registration plate NTGUILTY, Mick Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a hotshot lawyer who makes the mistake of taking on the case Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a […]
Rise of the Footsoldier ** (2007, Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 3268
Co-writer/director Julian Gilbey‘s British gangster drama is, as expected, incredibly violent and foul-mouthed. It is based on a shocking true story – the real-life Rettendon Range Rover murders. It follows the career of Essex football […]
Silver Linings Playbook **** (2012, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Rock, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 3267
Writer-director David O Russell’s waywardly brilliant romantic comedy drama stars Bradley Cooper as former teacher Pat Solitano who comes out of a mental institution and moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile […]
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- Tethered Wings [Les ailes collées] *** (2025, Roby Schinasi, Jérémy Kapone, Émilie Caen, Max Libert, Alexis Rosenstiehl) – Classic Movie Review 14,017
- Child in the House ** (1956, Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Stanley Baker, Mandy Miller) – Classic Movie Review 14,016
- Death of a Corrupt Man [Mort d’un pourri] **** (1977, Alain Delon, Ornella Muti, Stéphane Audran, Klaus Kinski, Mireille Darc, Maurice Ronet) – Classic Movie Review 14,015
- Town Tamer *** (1965, Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O’Brien, Lon Chaney Jr, Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger, Richard Arlen) – Classic Movie Review 14,014
- Black Spurs ** (1965, Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Terry Moore, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr, James Best, Richard Arlen, Bruce Cabot, Patricia Owens, James Brown, DeForest Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 14,013
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