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Aunt Clara *** (1954, Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, A E Matthews, Fay Compton, Nigel Stock, Jill Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 9674

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1954 Ealing Studios-style British comedy Aunt Clara stars Margaret Rutherford as the straight-laced old treasure Aunt Clara Hilton, who inherits a pub, five greyhounds and a brothel from her rich uncle. She […]

Apr, 24 · in Reviews

Au-delà des grilles [Le mura di Malapaga] [The Walls of Malapaga] **** (1949, Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi) – Classic Movie Review 9673

War-torn Italian slums in Genoa provide a stable background for director René Clément’s moving depiction of a tragic encounter between Pierre Arrignon (Jean Gabin), a French fugitive killer pursued by the law, and a frustrated […]

Apr, 24 · in Reviews

An Autumn Afternoon [Sanma no aji] **** (1962, Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada) – Classic Movie Review 9672

Yasujirô Ozu’s elegant and elegiac final film An Autumn Afternoon (1962) serves as a fine epitaph for one of the world’s great directors. In the autumn of his life, Yasujirô Ozu directed the elegant and […]

Apr, 24

Good Morning [Ohayô] **** (1959, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kôji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu) – Classic Movie Review 9671

Good Morning [Ohayô] (1959) is a gently mocking Japanese comedy of social manners from director Yasujirô Ozu that centres on the refusal of Keitarô Hayashi (Chishû Ryû) to buy a television set for his two […]

Apr, 24

Early Summer [Bakushû] **** (1951, Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima) – Classic Movie Review 9670

Early Summer [Bakushû] (1951) is a typical drama film from esteemed Japanese master director Yasujirô Ozu about the emotional turmoil of a family torn between old and new traditions. Written by Ozu and Kôgo Noda, […]

Apr, 24

Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari] ***** (1953, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura) – Classic Movie Review 9669

The 1953 Japanese drama Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari] is the glowing masterpiece that finally established the reputation of its director Yasujirô Ozu outside Japan. Quietly devastating, it is a moving and detailed study of the […]

Apr, 24

Vessel of Wrath [The Beachcomber] **** (Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton) – Classic Movie Review 9668

The 1938 British film Vessel of Wrath [The Beachcomber] is made for the Mayflower Pictures Corporation, a film company formed by star Charles Laughton and producer-director Eric Pommer. Happily, Laughton’s first venture into film production […]

Apr, 23

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