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Les Enfants Terribles **** (1950, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima) – Classic Movie Review 3801

French film noir movie-maker Jean-Pierre Melville is an unexpected choice as writer-director for this surrealist and poetic 1950 film version of Jean Cocteau’s 1929 novel about the extremely odd relationship of a teenage brother and […]

Jun, 05

Other People **** (2016, Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Zach Woods ) – Movie Review

Jesse Plemons stars as 30-year-old American gay man David, a struggling comedy writer and indeed struggling person, fresh from breaking up with his five-year long-term boyfriend, who returns to his home town of Sacramento, California, to […]

Jun, 03

Ode to Billy Joe **** (1976, Robby Benson, Glynnis O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 3,707

The good-looking 1976 romantic drama film Ode to Billy Joe explains why young Billy Joe McAllister (Robby Benson) jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, according the classic 1967 song by Bobbie Gentry. ‘What the song didn’t […]

May, 14

Loin de Manhattan *** (1982, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, Laura Betti) – Classic Movie Review 3636

Writer-director Jean-Claude Biette’s 1982 French comedy drama Loin de Manhattan is intriguing and densely scripted, with playful performances and teasing results. It stars Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, and Laura Betti. In Biette’s complex screenplay, […]

May, 01

Savage Nights [Les Nuits Fauves] **** (1992, Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López) – Classic Movie Review 3635

‘I feel I’m going through life like an American tourist, doing as many towns as possible.’ – Jean. Writer-director Cyril Collard stars as the bisexual HIV-positive film-maker Jean in his own promising movie Savage Nights [Les […]

May, 01

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures **** (2016, documentary) – Movie Review

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s riveting 2016 American documentary film is a fascinating two-hour examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. It captures on camera almost all the important participators in Mapplethorpe’s […]

Apr, 29

Live Flesh [Carne Trémula] **** (1997, Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz) – Classic Movie Review 3581

Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s sexy and thrilling 1997 12th feature film Live Flesh, or Carne Trémula in Spanish (literally ‘trembling flesh’), is a romantic drama thriller starring Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, and Francesca Neri. Almodóvar again successfully […]

Apr, 17

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