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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon **** (1998, Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Karl Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 4231
Finally, Derek Jacobi atones for his dreadful performance in Dead Again by grabbing hold of the part he he he was born for by the scruff of the neck and making it perfect. Jacobi plays […]
Charlie Bubbles **** (1967, Albert Finney, Liza Minnelli, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 4026
A film with Charlie Bubbles and Smokey Pickles as characters? In his directorial debut, Albert Finney directs this typically Sixties item from 1967 and gives himself a thumping great role as Charlie Bubbles, a jaded, best-selling novelist […]
The Measure of a Man [La loi du marché ] **** (2015, Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller) – Movie Review
The Measure of a Man [La loi du marché ] is a marvellous movie, a perfect study of a good, decent man laid low by circumstance, abused by almost everyone he meets. It’s hard to […]
Wonderland **** (1999, Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Jack Shepherd, Kika Markham, Ian Hart, John Simm, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 3046
Michael Winterbottom’s 1999 drama of working-class Londoners Bill (Jack Shepherd) and Eileen (Kika Markham) and their three lonely grown-up daughters is a typically intense, effective and gloomy tale. They are cafe waitress Nadia, (Gina McKee ) […]
Radio Days **** (1987, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 2150
Writer-director Woody Allen’s episodic 1987 movie is a loving tribute to the radio heydays of the 40s is one of his best, most relaxed and winsome films. The film looks back on one American family’s life […]
All or Nothing **** (2002, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen) – Classic Movie Review 1873
Writer-director Mike Leigh’s 2002 gem stars his regular actor collaborator, British national treasure Timothy Spall, who is brilliant as Phil Bassett, a London cabbie wallowing in a sea of troubles and bad fares. Director Leigh’s […]
Riding in Cars with Boys *** (2001, Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 1862
Director Penny Marshall’s poignant 2001 comedy drama stars Drew Barrymore on storming form as real-life Beverly D’Onofrio, who comes of age in the late Sixties, and has her entire life coloured by an event that […]