Director Raymond McCarey’s 1932 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy two-reel comedy short film Scram! is cleverly written and carefully constructed, and of course expertly played, though overall it is maybe only mildly funny. However, it […]
For his 1964 film Sei Donne per Assassino [Blood and Black Lace], the Italian horror maestro director Mario Bava turns in a visually stylish but pretty dodgy and scarily grisly horror mystery thriller about a […]
Director James Parrott’s 1928 two-reeler Their Purple Moment is a generally funny Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short comedy silent film, with several hilarious high spots, particularly the chaos in the restaurant when the duo try to get […]
Director George Marshall’s 1932 comedy Their First Mistake is a top Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short, with all too credible home truths among the very amusing comedy, as recognisable situations and feelings mix expertly […]
Director Giancarlo Santi’s 1972 exciting, typically violent Spaghetti Western Il Grande Duello [The Big Showdown] [The Grand Duel] stars Lee Van Cleef as veteran gunfighter Sheriff Clayton, who takes a young hotshot called Philip Vermeer […]
Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as a mute in Sergio Corbucci’s brilliant 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western Il Grande Silenzio – a suppressed masterpiece. Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as a mute in Sergio Corbucci’s brilliant 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western […]
Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 film A Professional Gun [Il Mercenario] [The Mercenary] is a notable spaghetti Western, with strong performances from Franco Nero, Tony Musante and Jack Palance. Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 film A Professional Gun […]
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