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La Belle Equipe [They Were Five] ***** (1936, Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Viviane Romance) – Classic Movie Review 12,593

Director Julien Duvivier’s superb 1936 French black and white drama film La Belle Equipe [They Were Five] stars Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, and Viviane Romance. Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Raphaël Médina, Charles Dorat and Raymond […]

Jul, 26

The Love Lottery ** (1954, David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 8002

Director Charles Crichton’s 1953 The Love Lottery stars David Niven as adored Hollywood star film actor Rex Allerton – a babe magnet – who relocates to a remote Italian village where he is talked into being the […]

Jan, 12

Fox and His Friends [Faustrecht der Freiheit] **** (1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Kurt Raab, Adrian Hoven, Harry Baer) – Classic Movie Review 6187

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s bitter and revealing 1975 German film looks at how one minority group exploits others in an unpleasant tale of the survival of the fittest. Fassbinder himself plays Franz Biberkopf, aka Fox, a gay working […]

Nov, 04

It Could Happen To You **** (1994, Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez) – Classic Movie Review 4856

Nicolas Cage plays kindly New York City police officer Charlie Lang, whose life changes dramatically after making a deal with a cafe waitress (Bridget Fonda) over a lottery ticket, promising half jokingly to share any winnings with […]

Jan, 07

Greed ***** (1924, Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 2458

Co-writer/director Erich von Stroheim’s swirlingly obsessive 1924 epic silent movie tale of money obsession is ambitious and masterly. It was a critical and financial failure on its initial release, but by the 1950s it began […]

May, 06

Waking Ned Devine *** (1998, Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, James Nesbitt, Susan Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 2118

Writer-director Kirk Jones’s whimsical 1998 Irish comedy is funny and has charm to spare. Lottery fever grips the small Irish village of Tullymore, when it’s found someone there holds a jackpot-wining ticket. There’s one small […]

Jan, 26

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