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Poison **** (1991, dir Todd Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 1528

Writer-director Todd Haynes’s remarkable 1991 movie is one of the three cornerstones of the early 90s aggressive New Queer Cinema movement, along with Tom Kalin’s Swoon (1992) and Gregg Araki’s The Living End (1992). Previously […]

Aug, 09

Zorba the Greek ***** (1964, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova) – Classic Movie Review 1524

The 1964 Greek-American black and white comedy-drama film Zorba the Greek is based on the 1946 novel The Life And Times Of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis, and stars Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova […]

Aug, 07

Wild Things *** (1998, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 1520

Director John McNaughton’s extremely sexy, smart, twisting and teasing 1998 teen thriller perhaps doesn’t quite deliver the class A goods, but it does a very good job of gripping, amusing and entertaining a lot along […]

Aug, 05

Legend *** (1985, Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry) – Classic Movie Review 1516

Director Ridley Scott’s quite enchanting, glorious looking, magical 1985 fantasy adventure stars the hot young 23-year-old star Tom Cruise as a woodland creature, the forest boy called Jack O’ the Green, who is trying to save a unicorn […]

Aug, 04

Sea of Love **** (1989, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 1513

Director Harold Becker’s sizzling 1989 thriller Sea of Love is arguably his finest movie, though City Hall (1996) comes a very near second. Al Pacino is on his best form as love-crazed cop Detective Frank Keller, […]

Aug, 03

Mood Indigo **** (2013, Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh) – Movie Review

Romain Duris stars as wealthy Parisian inventor Colin, who lives an idyllic bachelor life with meals coming alive on the plate and table, and good food served by his trusty in-house chef, Nicolas (Omar Sly). His dream […]

Jul, 31

Tom Jones ***** (1963, Albert Finney, Susannah York, Joyce Redman, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Diane Cilento, David Warner, Joan Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 1479

In 1963 movie-goers across the globe fell in love with Albert Finney’s entrancing rogue Tom Jones, and director Tony Richardson’s classic is still as fresh, clever, exciting and exhilarating as the day it was made. […]

Jul, 26

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