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Charley Varrick ***** (1973, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Jacqueline Scott, Felicia Farr, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Sheree North, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2581

Producer-director Don Siegel’s gritty 1973 neo-noir crime thriller Charley Varrick is a total humdinger. It is flown to glory with the nimblest of serious work from Walter Matthau as Charley Varrick, a former stunt pilot turned […]

Jun, 10

Time Bandits ***** (1981, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2470

Co-writer, producer, director Terry Gilliam’s outstanding, quite magical 1981 British time-travel fantasy movie about dwarves taking a little boy with them on adventures through time is dark, weird and wonderful. With the young boy Kevin […]

May, 11

Providence **** (1977, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch) – Classic Movie Review 1314

Director Alain Resnais’s lovingly crafted 1977 drama was his first English-language film. It’s a total treat for the discerning. The great and good John Gielgud steals the acting honours even from Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, […]

Jun, 11

Prospero’s Books ***** (1991, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1313

Cult writer-director Peter Greenaway’s joyful 1991 film of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a dazzling delight, both visually and aurally, respecting and adorning the play big time. A pioneering work with delight as much in technical innovation as in artistic imagination, […]

Jun, 09

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