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Deadly Blessing *** (1981, Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Ernest Borgnine, Jeff East, Lisa Hartman, Lois Nettleton) – Classic Movie Review 11,068

‘Pray you’re not blessed.’ The 1981 horror Deadly Blessing is goremeister director Wes Craven’s outdoors chiller about three women who are seemingly terrorised by a strict religious group led by Isaiah Schmidt (Ernest Borgnine). After […]

Apr, 02

La Gloire de Mon Père [My Father’s Glory] ***** (1990, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Julien Ciamaca, Joris Molinas) – Classic Movie Review 9298

In a film of the greatest warmth and humanity, director Yves Robert’s 1990 French triumph La Gloire de Mon Père [My Father’s Glory] brings vividly to life on the screen Marcel (Jean de Florette) Pagnol’s […]

Jan, 24

Something for Everyone [Black Flowers for the Bride] **** (1970, Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins) – Classic Movie Review 8834

Director Harold Prince’s 1970 Something for Everyone [Black Flowers for the Bride] is an insidiously entertaining, mischievous black comedy with Michael York perfectly cast as Konrad Ludwig, the charming, handsome young trickster who cons his […]

Aug, 15

Quiet Weekend *** (1946, Derek Farr, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe, Frank Cellier, Helen Shingler, Barbara White, Edward Rigby) – Classic Movie Review 8623

Derek Farr stars as Denys Royd, who goes to the country for the weekend at a run-down cottage with his parents (Marjorie Fielding and George Thorpe) and obnoxious socialite girlfriend, in the 1946 British comedy […]

Jun, 22

The Story of Qiu Ju [Qiu Ju da guan si] **** (1992, Gong Li, Liu Peiqi, Yang Liuchun, Lei Kesheng) – Classic Movie Review 7881

Director Zhang Yimou’s 1992 The Story of Qiu Ju [Qiu Ju da guan si] is a strongly allegorical tale from the director of Red Sorghum, Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, which differs from […]

Dec, 04

Le Bonheur [Happiness] **** (1965, Jean-Claude Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Claire Drouot) – Classic Movie Review 4307

Agnès Varda’s 1965 French film Le Bonheur [Happiness] tells the story of a happy carpenter (Jean-Claude Drouot) with a wife (Claire Drouot) and a mistress (Marie-France Boyer), both of whom he loves. Writer-director Agnès Varda’s […]

Sep, 05

Carrington *** ( Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington) – Classic Movie Review 1708

Writer-director Christopher Hampton’s 1995 drama provides another peep behind the scenes of English literature dissecting the odd, platonic but deep relationship between the sexually confused painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and gay writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce), […]

Sep, 23

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