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The Frisco Kid * (1979, Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford) – Classic Movie Review 12,312

‘The greatest cowboy ever to ride into the Wild West. From Poland’ Director Robert Aldrich’s 1979 comedy Western film The Frisco Kid stars the odd couple of Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. The Frisco Kid […]

Sep, 18

Menashe **** (2017, Menashe Lustig, Ruben Niborski, Yoel Falkowitz, Meyer Schwartz) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Joshua Z Weinstein’s sweet, appealing and tenderly emotional drama stars Menashe Lustig as the titular widower Menashe, who battles for custody of his son in Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. After his wife Leah died […]

Dec, 10

Son of Saul [Saul fia] ***** (2015, Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn) – Movie Review

Hungary-born László Nemes’s shatteringly horrific Auschwitz drama Son of Saul [Saul fia] won the 2016 Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and Grand Jury Prize at the […]

Apr, 28

The Golem [Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam] ***** (1920, Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch) – Classic Movie Review 2909

Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]

Sep, 13

The Abominable Dr Phibes **** (1971, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1,937

Vincent Price gleefully seizes his opportunity in his ideal role as crazed, vengeful Dr Anton Phibes, in the blood-lusty 1971 black comedy horror movie The Abominable Dr Phibes. Director Robert Fuest’s blood-lusty 1971 black comedy […]

Dec, 08

Keeping the Faith *** (2000, Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Eli Wallach, Anne Bancroft) Classic Movie Review 1717

Director Edward Norton’s 2000 movie stars himself and Ben Stiller as a priest, Father Brian Finn, and a rabbi, Jake Schram, who are in love with the same woman Anna Riley (Jenna Elfman). Jake is attracted […]

Sep, 28

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