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Wittgenstein ***½ (1993, Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, Clancy Chassay, John Quentin) – Classic Movie Review 6495

Director Derek Jarman’s 1993 film is a lively, humorous portrait of the gay Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th-century, exploring his life, works and key ideas. They […]

Dec, 30

Bachelor of Hearts ** (1958, Hardy Kruger, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 5944

Director Wolf Rilla’s 1958 British movie stars young German actor Hardy Kruger, whom the Rank Organisation was promoting to turn into an international star, despite the continuing postwar anti-German feeling in Britain and elsewhere. Kruger […]

Aug, 20

The Man Who Knew Infinity **½ (2015, Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Toby Jones, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Northam, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry) – Movie Review

The Man Who Knew Infinity tells a thought-provoking, civilised story, Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel are excellent, and the Cambridge shooting is good too. Writer-director Matt Brown’s old-fashioned 2015 biopic of Indian maths genius Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar […]

Apr, 07

The Theory of Everything ***** (2014, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Maxine Peake, Tom Prior) – Movie Review

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones give superb, award-worthy performances as the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane in director James Marsh’s engrossing, emotionally wrenching film of their relationship. Redmayne deservedly triumphed by winning Best Actor at […]

Dec, 31

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