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Baden Baden **** (2016, Salomé Richard, Claude Gensac, Swann Arlaud, Zabou Breitman, Lazare Gousseau, Olivier Chantreau) – Movie Review

Salomé Richard is adorable as the dazed and confused 26 year-old Ana, who returns back home to Strasbourg and tries to get her life together over the following summer. Ana wants to turn to somebody, and there’s no shortage […]

Sep, 16

The Company of Wolves **** (1984, Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 3358)

Based on Angela Carter’s short stories, co-writer/director Neil Jordan’s 1984 British Gothic fantasy horror film is an alluring, visionary Freudian fairy tale for grown-ups. Spooky, sexy, gorgeous and unique, this is a marvellous, special film. […]

Feb, 14

Gallivant **** (1997, Andrew Kotting, Eden Kotting, Gladys Morris, Benji Ming) – Classic Movie Review 2980

Director Andrew Kotting’s splendidly eccentric feature documentary debut is an amusing, inventive and often moving film about journeys, communication and self-expression in what looks like a riposte to director Patrick Keiller’s documentary London (1994). Kotting, his […]

Oct, 12

Song of the Sea *** (2014, voices of Lucy O’Connell, David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, Lisa Hannigan) – Movie Review

Director Tomm Moore delivers a sweet, warm and appealing animated treat, fascinatingly mixing Irish folk yarns like The Secret of Roan Inish (John Sayles 1994) with beautiful visuals in the design style of Japanese works like […]

Jul, 09

The Gambler *** (1997, Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West, Luise Rainer) – Classic Movie Review 2027

Director Károly Makk’s 1997 film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic novella The Gambler stars Michael Gambon as the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jodhi May, Polly Walker and Dominic West as the obsessively addicted gambler Alexei. Its fresh take […]

Dec, 31

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