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The Seduction of Joe Tynan **** (1979, Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Melvyn Douglas, Rip Torn) – Classic Movie Review 10,806

‘There are many ways to be seduced. Fame. Power. Love. Joe Tynan knows them all.’ Director Jerry Schatzberg’s entertaining and involving 1979 political drama The Seduction of Joe Tynan about the slippery path to success […]

Jan, 18

Baby Boom *** (1987, Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis) – Classic Movie Review 10,387

Director Charles Shyer’s 1987 comedy Baby Boom stars Diane Keaton as J C Wiatt, a successful New York yuppie ad executive dubbed ‘The Tiger Lady’, who is suddenly confronted with a different lifestyle when she […]

Oct, 06

High Art *** (1998, Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson) – Classic Movie Review 9001

Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 romantic drama High Art stars Radha Mitchell as a young woman intern whose magazine career is on the rise, thanks to her relationship with a once beautiful lesbian photographer (Ally Sheedy), […]

Oct, 21

Rabbit, Run ** (1970, James Caan, Anjanette Comer, Carrie Snodgress, Arthur Hill, Jack Albertson, Melodie Johnson, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8,729

John Updike’s tremendous 1960 novel translates poorly to the screen in Jack Smight’s often intriguing, but ultimately unexciting 1970 movie Rabbit, Run. James Caan stars as ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom. American author John Updike’s tremendous 1960 novel […]

Jul, 18

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown ** (1957, Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Fred Clark, Adolphe Menjou, Una Merkel) – Classic Movie Review 7928

Based on a novel by Sylvia Tate, director Norman Taurog’s 1957 crime comedy The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown is an interesting but tasteless comedy version of No Orchids for Miss Blandish, in which Jane Russell plays […]

Dec, 20

Effi Briest **** (1974, Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karl-Heinz Böhm) – Classic Movie Review 6183

Writer-producer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1974 German gem is based on the novel by Theodor Fontane. These were glory days for Fassbinder. Fassbinder turns this 19th-century tale of the teenaged beauty Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) into one of […]

Nov, 03

From the Terrace **** (1960, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Leon Ames, Ina Balin, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 6095

Producer-director Mark Robson’s 1960 drama has the inestimable advantage of starring Paul Newman and his real-life wife Joanne Woodward, whom he married on 29 January 1958. This fascinating film of John O’Hara’s mammoth, steamy novel is slightly […]

Oct, 14

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