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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang **** (1968, Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe) – Classic Movie Review 2464

Co-writer/ director Ken Hughes’s 1968 children’s movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stars Dick Van Dyke as Edwardian inventor Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as his fiancée Truly Scrumptious, who whizz off in their flying, […]

May, 09

The Damned [La caduta degli dei] **** (1969, Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem) – Classic Movie Review 2,232

Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 historical drama film The Damned [La caduta degli dei] stars Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger in his breakthrough role. Director Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 saga of […]

Mar, 02

Grand Hotel ***** (1932, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 1984

Going against conventional Hollywood wisdom, MGM’s trail-blazing multi-story film Grand Hotel (1932) was one of the first all-star vehicles. It was the Oscar winner for Best Picture and became one of the highest grossing pictures.  […]

Dec, 20

Once Upon a Honeymoon *** (1942, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Albert Dekker, Harry Shannon, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros, Hans Conried) – Classic Movie Review 1,309

Leo McCarey’s 1942 wartime comedy drama film Once Upon a Honeymoon stars Ginger Rogers as a showgirl who gets married to an Austrian Baron (Walter Slezak). Cary Grant also stars as a wireless personality who […]

Jun, 08

The White Ribbon (2009, Michael Haneke) – Classic Film Review 784

Austrian director Michael (Hidden, Funny Games) Haneke’s chilling – and chilly – 2009 Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm-winning work about abused children in a small God-fearing Protestant village in north Germany just before World War […]

Feb, 01

The Curse of Frankenstein ***** (1957, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Valerie Gaunt) – Classic Movie Review 458

Director Terence Fisher’s 1957 trailblazing Hammer Films studios Gothic horror movie The Curse of Frankenstein is told in flashback as Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) awaits execution for the murder of his maid Justine (Valerie Gaunt). […]

Nov, 27

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