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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? ** (1969, Anthony Newley, Joan Collins) – Classic Movie Review 10,490

There’s no shortage of oddities in Anthony Newley’s 1969 utterly weird, totally flashy, and very 60s surreal personal fantasy Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, in which Heironymus Merkin (Newley) […]

Nov, 02

The Milky Way [La Voie Lactée] **** (1969, Laurent Terzieff, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Edith Scob, Alain Cuny, Bernard Verley, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti) – Classic Movie Review 9084

Co-writer/ director Luis Buñuel brings the full force of his wit and irony to bear on his attack against Catholicism in his 1969 comedy drama The Milky Way [La Voie Lactée], which focuses on the […]

Nov, 21

Conspirators of Pleasure [Spiklenci slasti] *** (1996, Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová) – Classic Movie Review 3895

‘The first entirely erotic film without coitus!’ Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer’s third feature mixes live action and animation in a barrage of ideas, eye-boggling images and dark sex comedy. ‘My film blends such diverse forms […]

Jun, 20

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