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Faces ***** (1968, John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Val Avery, Dorothy Gulliver, Darlene Conley) – Classic Movie Review 3191

Writer-director John Cassavetes’s 1968 improvised account of the failing marriage of a California wealthy middle-aged, middle-class couple, Richard and Maria Forst (John Marley and Lynn Carlin), is deservedly considered one of his finest and most […]

Dec, 29

The Killers **** (1964, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2394

Director Don Siegel’s complex and satisfying 1964 American neo noir crime film The Killers is the second Hollywood adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story, following the hit 1946 version The Killers. Siegel’s film was thought so tough, […]

Apr, 15

The Fury **** (1978, Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 2187

Director Brian De Palma’s 1978 thriller stars Kirk Douglas as an American government ex-CIA agent Peter Sandza, who learns his son Robin (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by a wily and unscrupulous former co-worker Ben Childress (John […]

Feb, 18

Gloria ***** (1980, Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, John Adames) – Classic Movie Review 1,203

Gena Rowlands is superb as Gloria Swenson, a middle-aged Bronx blonde who sets out to protect a young Puerto Rican boy called Phil Dawn (John Adames) by trying to beat the Mob at their own […]

May, 14

The Dirty Dozen ***** (1967, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 813

Robert Aldrich’s 1967 World War Two action movie The Dirty Dozen is a fondly remembered, often screened blockbuster smash-hit. It’s not a subtle film but it is an thoroughly exciting one, with an iconic cast. Director […]

Feb, 08

Rosemary’s Baby ***** (1968, Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Bellamy, Maurice Evans) – Classic Movie Review 376

Director Roman Polanski’s 1968 chiller masterwork Rosemary’s Baby is one of cinema’s most terrifying, brilliantly disturbing classic horror movies. It is beautifully honed and polished by Polanski, who also adapted Ira Levin’s novel, in a […]

Nov, 07

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