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The Green Glove *** (1952, Glenn Ford, Cedric Hardwicke, Geraldine Brooks, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 12,054

The Green Glove (1952) script is by Charles Bennett. The whole stolen bejewelled gauntlet idea is a MacGuffin, which reminds us that Bennett is best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Director Rudolph Maté’s […]

Apr, 10

The Unholy *** (1988, Trevor Howard, Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 11,241

Director Camilo Vila’s 1988 horror The Unholy stars Trevor Howard as blind priest Father Silva, who takes on the forces of Satan, in this powerful, solidly plotted chiller. Ben Cross and Hal Holbrook co-star as […]

May, 25

The Baby of Mâcon ** (1993, Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey, Don Henderson) – Classic Movie Review 10,650

Writer-director Peter Greenaway’s 1993 historical shocker The Baby of Mâcon is a fictional Middle Ages tale about an unexpected baby born to a grotesque woman way beyond child-bearing age is told as a three-act play […]

Dec, 11

Oscar and Lucinda ** (1997, Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 10,629

Minister’s son Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) and heiress Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) fall in love in Victorian England in director Gillian Armstrong’s 1997 movie of Peter Carey’s mid-1800s period novel Oscar and Lucinda. The film is a […]

Dec, 05

Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] *** (1954, Danielle Darrieux, Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi) – Classic Movie Review 9977

Director Claude Autant-Lara’s 1954 French romantic drama Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] is a good-looking, attractively acted adaptation of the once scandalous 1831 Stendhal novel, in which humble Julien Sorel […]

Jun, 29

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage *** (1986, Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang, Polly Adams) – Classic Movie Review 9,625

The 1986 TV movie Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her fifth case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on Agatha Christie’s first novel to feature Miss […]

Apr, 10

Luther *** (1974, Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Judi Dench, Alan Badel) – Classic Movie Review 9132

Director Guy Green’s 1974 film Luther is another interesting item from producer Ely Landau’s American Film Theatre movie series in the Seventies. Released in January 1974, Luther is the fifth of the 13 films. Edward Anhalt […]

Dec, 06

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