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The Last Valley ** (1971, Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport, Per Oscarsson, Arthur O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 8453

Writer-director James Clavell’s ambitious 1971 adventure movie The Last Valley finds that Michael Caine is somewhat overstretched as The Captain, a ruthless Protestant mercenary leader who brings his band of soldiers to a sleepy 1640s German […]

May, 10

Mr Moto Takes a Chance *** (1938, Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent) – Classic Movie Review 8322

The fourth movie in Peter Lorre’s enjoyable Mr Moto casebook. Director Norman Foster’s 1938 crime thriller Mr Moto Takes a Chance is the fourth in the enjoyable casebook series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as […]

Apr, 01

Sky West and Crooked [Gypsy Girl] *** (1966, Hayley Mills, Ian McShane, Annette Crosbie, Laurence Naismith) – Classic Movie Review 8242

Love blossoms between backward and troublesome teenage country girl Brydie White (played by Hayley Mills) and gypsy lad Roibin (Ian McShane), in the 1966 British romantic drama Sky West and Crooked [Gypsy Girl], a pretty […]

Mar, 13

The Road Home [Wo de fu qin mu qin] **** (1999, Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng) – Classic Movie Review 7887

There is superb acting in Zhang Yimou’s heart-rending, exquisitely realised 1999 Chinese film The Road Home, a tale of pure and simple love that does not put a foot wrong and will have hardly a […]

Dec, 06

Operazione Paura [Kill, Baby… Kill!] **** (1966, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali) – Classic Movie Review 7823

Director Mario Bava’s creepy, atmospheric and outstanding 1966 Italian Gothic horror film Operazione Paura [Kill, Baby… Kill!] stars Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc and Fabienne Dali. Based on a story co-written by Bava, Romano Migliorini, and Roberto […]

Nov, 23

The World of Apu [Apur Sansar] ***** (1959, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty) – Classic Movie Review 7741

The majestic 1959 The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) is the last part of Indian writer-producer-director Satyajit Ray’s great Apu trilogy and is its crowning glory. Apu (Soumitra Chatterjee) grows to love his arranged-marriage wife […]

Nov, 02

Pather Panchali ***** (1955, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee) – Classic Movie Review 7740

Pather Panchali (1955) is Indian writer-producer-director Satyajit Ray’s first film and the start of his stunning Apu trilogy charts the growth of Apu Ray (Subir Banerjee), a small boy born in a poor Bengali village, […]

Nov, 02

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