The 1930s French child star Robert Lynen was discovered for films by Julien Duvivier and during World War Two became a French Resistance hero. Excellent black and white photography, brilliant performances and an outstanding script […]
Husband-and-wife team Yves Montand and Simone Signoret star in director Alain Corneau’s peculiarly titled 1976 French / West German crime thriller epic Police Python 357 about intrigue and romance in the corridors of the French […]
Police Story [Ging chaat goo si] (1985): ‘From the master of action Jackie Chan comes more screen excitement than you’ve ever seen.’ Director Jackie Chan’s 1985 Hong Kong comedy crime action thriller Police Story [Ging […]
Jackie Chan stars in Police Story 2: ‘Dynamite is a controlled substance. There’s only two ways you can get it; legally for industrial use, or, it has to be smuggled in.’ Director Jackie Chan’s 1988 […]
Stormy Weather (1943): ‘HOORAY FOR RHYTHM! HALLELUJAH FOR FUN’. Director Andrew L Stone’s 1943 black and white film Stormy Weather stars Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Fats Waller and Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra. […]
‘Piquant situations, intriguing scenes, sinister plots and delicious humour make STORMY WEATHER (1935) an Entertainment Delight.’ Director Tom Walls’s 1935 British black and white farcical comedy Stormy Weather is based on an original screenplay by […]
Remorques [Stormy Waters] (1941): ‘A tempestuous love story in the great French style.’ Director Jean Grémillon’s 1941 black and white French romantic drama Remorques [Stormy Waters] is a telling saga of amour-fou, centring on a […]
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