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Madame Bovary *** (1991, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy) – Classic Movie Review 7344

The ideally cast Isabelle Huppert and Jean-François Balmer are splendid in Claude Chabrol’s lavish, handsome and well-played but dry, chilly, dark and depressing French 1991 film production of Gustave Flaubert’s much re-told story of how […]

Jul, 26

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie] ***** (1972, Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur) – Classic Movie Review 2632

Co-writer/director Luis Buñuel’s wonderful surrealist comedy of manners and satire on social mores and class hypocrisy won the 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (for France). It is an unmissable Buñuel classic. Behind all the […]

Jun, 23

Buffalo Soldiers **** (2001, Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Liv Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 1073

Director Gregor Jordan’s 2001 movie, based on the book by Robert O’Connor, is his biggest success so far. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a soldier who wheels and deals on the black market at a 1989 […]

Apr, 09

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