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Journey’s End **** (1930, Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners) – Classic Movie Review 3043

Journey’s End (1930) was a huge success and launched the film careers of James Whale and Colin Clive, who stayed on in America to make Frankenstein (1931) together. Debut film director James Whale’s 1930 early […]

Nov, 08

The Devils **** (1971, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Georgina Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3032

Vanessa Redgrave stars in Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) as a sexually repressed hunchback nun so obsessed with a priest (Oliver Reed) that she accuses him of witchcraft and says he has possessed her.  Writer-producer-director […]

Nov, 03

The Scarlet Pimpernel ***** (1935, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 2,949

Leslie Howard enjoys himself enormously as both foppish Sir Percy Blakeney and a brave French Revolution vigilante, in the high-spirited 1935 British adventure movie The Scarlet Pimpernel. ‘They seek him here. They seek him there. […]

Oct, 03

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer **** (2006, Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood) – Classic Movie Review 2939

Director Tom Tykwer’s lovingly crafted 2006 period serial killer movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer isn’t to be sniffed at. Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tykwer’s screenplay makes an involving, often thrilling job of […]

Oct, 02

La Règle du Jeu [The Rules of the Game] ***** (1939, Marcel Dalio, Nora Grégor, Jean Renoir, Mila Parély, Julien Carette, Paulette Dubost, Roland Toutain) – Classic Movie Review 2791

Co-writer/director Jean Renoir’s famous great 1939 French world cinema classic is a poignant, penetrating social comedy set in a grand chateau in the country in France at the onset of World War Two. Guests arrive […]

Aug, 08

13 Rue Madeleine **** (1947, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 2602

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1947 wartime spy thriller stars James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Like the previous year’s Cloak and Dagger, it is a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in […]

Jun, 14

A Little Chaos **** (2014, Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci) – Movie Review

After a gap of 17 years comes Alan Rickman’s very welcome second film as director, a delightful tale of gardening in old France. It’s a romantic comedy drama. Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts star as Sabine […]

Apr, 15

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