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Pavarotti **** (2019, Luciano Pavarotti) – Movie Review

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard’s painstaking 2019 labour-of-love documentary Pavarotti about the life and work of opera legend Luciano Pavarotti is two hours of vintage opera bliss. Notable among the interviewees are Nicoletta Mantovani, Bono, Angela Gheorghiu, […]

Dec, 29

The Double Life of Véronique [La Double Vie de Véronique] **** (1991, Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska) – Classic Movie Review 8718

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1991 drama The Double Life of Véronique [La Double Vie de Véronique] is a beautifully played, compassionately told, intriguingly written tale of two identical women – one French, the other Polish – […]

Jul, 16

La Luna **** (1979, Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori, Tomas Milian, Alida Valli, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Veronica Lazar) – Classic Movie Review 7835

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1979 incestuous relationship drama La Luna is a frank exploration of the emotional and sexual bonds of a recently-widowed American mother and her teenage son while touring in Italy. Though the film […]

Nov, 26

Belle Le Grand ** (1951, Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson, John Qualen, Stephen Chase, Harry Morgan, Muriel Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 7634

Director Allan Dwan’s 1951 Republic Pictures black and white Western movie Belle Le Grand stars Vera Ralston, who plays New Orleans woman Daisy Henshaw, aka the titular Belle Le Grand, now a rich San Francisco […]

Oct, 03

Enter Madame ** (1935, Elissa Landi, Cary Grant, Lynne Overman) – Classic Movie Review 7338

‘They say there are great, pitch black spaces between the stars. I think they are between people too.’ – Lisa Della Robbia. Director Elliott Nugent’s 1935 Paramount black and white romantic comedy Enter Madame stars […]

Jul, 25

One Night of Love **** (1934, Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati, Lyle Talbot) – Classic Movie Review 7206

Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1934 Columbia Pictures studio’s Thirties hit classical musical One Night of Love stars opera star Grace Moore as opera star Mary Bennett, who is taken under the wing of famous operatic maestro […]

Jun, 22

I’ll Take Romance *** (1937, Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 7199

Director Edward H Griffith’s rarely revived 1937 Columbia Pictures black and white musical romance I’ll Take Romance is worth a little look, mainly for its effective and tuneful star turn by Grace Moore. As Elsa Terry, […]

Jun, 20

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