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Alice Adams **** (1935, Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable, Fred Stone) – Classic Movie Review 3419

Director George Stevens’s 1935 romantic drama offers the young Hepburn grabs one of her best opportunities as Alice Adams, a pushy, snobbish, spikey, upwardly mobile young woman who catches the eye of eligible society bachelor […]

Feb, 27

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

The Thin Man ***** (1934, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 2262

Director W S Van Dyke’s sparkling 1934 comedy thriller The Thin Man is a bright, bubbly and witty version of the much darker-toned Dashiell Hammett classic detective novel renowned for its brilliantly told masterly mystery […]

Mar, 14

Dean Spanley **** (2008, Peter O’Toole, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Judy Parfitt, Art Malik) – Classic Movie Review 533

In 2008 Peter O’Toole gave an adorable performance in the British comedy drama film Dean Spanley as a crusty old Edwardian England dad, Fisk Senior, who has little time or affection for his son, Fisk […]

Dec, 16

Home for the Holidays **** (1995, Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, Robert Downey Jr, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Claire Danes) – Classic Movie Review 432

Holly Hunter stars as a sacked art gallery worker Claudia Larson, a single mom with a teenage daughter Kitt (Claire Danes), who joins her family for Thanksgiving and quickly regrets it. She’s had a really […]

Nov, 20

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