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Living in Oblivion *** (1995, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney) – Classic Movie Review 1780

Writer-director Tom DiCillo in 1995 parodies the making of his Brad Pitt film Johnny Suede (1991), in another offbeat, comic and charming style exercise, with an astringent insider’s view of low-budget film-making. Steve Buscemi is […]

Oct, 25

The Door in the Floor **** (2004, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1507

Writer-director Tod Williams’s 2004 drama about a disintegrating household sees Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger at their brilliant best as desperately sad, tragic parents unable to come to terms with the death of their two sons […]

Aug, 02

The Abominable Snowman *** (1957, Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1,267

Writer Nigel Kneale turns his 1955 BBC TV play The Creature into the intriguing, intelligently written, decently acted 1957 Hammer horror film The Abominable Snowman, with Peter Cushing reprising his star TV role.  Writer Nigel […]

May, 31

Swimming with Sharks **** (1994, Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro, Jerry Levine, T E Russell, Roy Dotrice) – Classic Movie Review 1028

Writer-director George Huang’s dark 1994 black comedy crime psychological drama Swimming with Sharks finds Kevin Spacey playing one of the main sharks swimming in the Hollywood pool in this thrillingly-acted, involving and quite engrossingly written Tinseltown […]

Mar, 31

Greenberg **** (2010, Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 814

Ben Stiller does well in a straightish role as 40ish layabout Roger Greenberg, who is making a five-course banquet out of his middle-age crisis, in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s intelligent and entertaining, if rather depressingly sad, bitter-sweet […]

Feb, 08

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