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The Dark Mirror **** (1946, Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2273

Robert Siodmak directs one of Hollywood’s better Forties psychological film noir thrillers in 1946. It finds Olivia de Havilland on rousing form, enjoying herself enormously in two roles as identical twins Terry and Ruth Collins, one […]

Mar, 16

Evil Under the Sun *** (1982, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, James Mason, Diana Rigg, Nicholas Clay, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley) – Classic Movie Review 1,305

Evil Under the Sun (1982): Hotelier Maggie Smith’s star guest is a bitchy actress (Diana Rigg) everyone wants to kill – for refusing to do a stage show, for stopping a book, or for having […]

Jun, 07

In a Lonely Place ***** (1950, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 758

Director Nicholas Ray’s classic 1950 film noir thriller is still essential viewing, with a scalding performance by Humphrey Bogart that’s a highlight of his illustrious career. Bogart relishes one of his most complex, intricate and […]

Jan, 27

Lift to the Scaffold [Ascenseur pour l’échafaud] ***** (1958, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Lino Ventura) – Classic Movie Review 544

Director Louis Malle’s 1958 debut feature Ascenseur pour l’échafaud [Lift to the Scaffold] [Elevator to the Gallows] is a brilliant, haunting and complex film noir thriller. It made an international star of the 30-year-old Jeanne […]

Dec, 18

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