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Staircase ½ (1969, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 2972

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s shameful 1969 effort is a ghastly, dated and embarrassing film version of Charles Dyer’s 1966 two-hander stage play. Two of the acting profession’s most celebrated heterosexual movie stars, Richard Burton and Rex […]

Oct, 10

Dressed as a Girl ***½ (2015, Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber Waze, John Sizzle, Holestar) – Movie Review

Film-maker Colin Rothbart reveals the real people behind East London’s alternative drag scene. Shot over five years, this excellent documentary offers honest portraits of six individuals at the heart it. They are Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber […]

Sep, 30

Party Monster *** (2003, Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid, Chloë Sevigny, Marilyn Manson, Dylan McDermott, Mia Kirshner, Natasha Lyonne) – Classic Movie Review 2853

It’s a shock in 2003 to see a grown-up Macaulay Culkin (aged 23) in his first film since Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster and Richie Rich in 1994 as real-life party organiser Michael Alig, […]

Aug, 27

Saved! *** (2004, Jenna Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Martin Donovan) – Classic Movie Review 2852

Co-writer/director Brian Dannelly’s 2004 release stars Jenna Malone as Mary, a girl attending a Christian high school, whose school pals condemn her when she gets pregnant. Mary thinks she has the perfect Christian boyfriend in Dean (Chad […]

Aug, 27

Satyricon [Fellini Satyricon] **** (1969, Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Capucine, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny) – Classic Movie Review 2635

The decadence of Ancient Rome inspires director Federico Fellini, who is on fine, lusty form in this 1969 movie version of the classic book by Petronius (Gaius Petronius Arbiter). In the tales, two student friends, […]

Jun, 24

But I’m a Cheerleader **** (1999, Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul) – Classic Movie Review 2558

Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall act their pom-poms off in director Jamie Babbit’s deliciously subversive, highly amusing little 1999 comedy spoof, with a witty screenplay by Brian Wayne Peterson based on Babbit’s original story. It’s […]

Jun, 05

Futuro Beach [Praia do Futuro] **** (2014, Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuíta Barbosa) – Movie Review

Wagner Moura plays Brazilian coastguard Donato, who fails to rescue a drowning man, but falls for the victim’s biker friend Konrad (Clemens Schick). Motivated by the circumstances, Donato decides to begin a new life in Berlin, but […]

May, 07

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