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Peter and Pavla [Cerný Petr] [Black Peter] **** (1964, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil) – Classic Movie Review 7042

Director Milos Forman’s fresh, lively and delightful 1964 Czechoslovak feature debut (after three documentaries) is a satirical comedy drama full of youthful enthusiasm. Ladislav Jakim plays the young shop detective Peter [Petr], who is getting […]

May, 12

North to Alaska *** (1960, John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Fabian Forte, Capucine, Ernie Kovacs) – Classic Movie Review 5957

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1960 Northern Western blockbuster North to Alaska is bright, brisk and breezy old-style comedic action adventure with John Wayne and Stewart Granger well cast as turn-of-the-last-century gold-miner prospectors, Sam McCord and George […]

Aug, 22

Deadline at Dawn **** (1946, Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Osa Massen, Lola Lane, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 5259

This 1946 thriller is the sole movie direction effort of Harold Clurman, luminary and co-founder of the renowned New York-based collective Group Theater that ran from 1932 to 1941. Another member of the Group Theater, the […]

Apr, 06

Marty ***** (1955, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti) – Classic Movie Review 5050

Director Delbert Mann’s simple, kind-hearted and affecting 1955 drama triumphed at the 1956 Academy Awards, winning four of the most important Oscars, including Best Picture for producer Harold Hecht and Best Actor for Ernest Borgnine. Borgnine […]

Feb, 23

Le Bal **** (1983, Étienne Guichard, Régis Bouquet, Francesco De Rosa) – Classic Movie Review 3287

Writer-director Ettore Scola’s beautiful, wordless 1983 French film tells the 50-year story of a ballroom in France from the 1920s onwards. Le Bal condenses five decades of 20th-century European history into a single night at a dance hall […]

Jan, 20

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