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Ediths Tagebuch [Edith’s Diary] ** (1983, Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna, Leopold von Verschuer) – Classic Movie Review 12,875

Angela Winkler won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for the 1983 German psychological thriller film Ediths Tagebuch [Edith’s Diary]. Patricia Highsmith hated the film of her admired novel: ‘a lot of […]

May, 05

The Man from Colorado *** (1948, Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew) – Classic Movie Review 10,957

‘They Turned the West Into a Jungle of Male Killing Male for a Woman!’ Good work from Glenn Ford, relishing his rare bad guy role, is upstaged by an even better William Holden as his […]

Feb, 23

Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] **** (1968, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin) – Classic Movie Review 9922

Director Ingmar Bergman draws on his own recurring nightmares for his troubling 1968 Swedish psychological horror film Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen], which stars Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in a story about the […]

Jun, 16

Thief of Hearts **** (1984, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz) – Classic Movie Review 9237

Director Douglas Day Stewart’s excellent 1984 noir romantic thriller Thief of Hearts stars Steven Bauer as Scott Muller, a burglar smouldering with lust for Mickey Davis (Barbara Williams), a young married woman whose intimate diary […]

Jan, 08

Diary of a Lost Girl [Tagebuch einer Verlorenen] ***** (1929, Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 8733

Director Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s deservedly much admired German late-period silent cult favourite 1929 Diary of a Lost Girl [Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen] stars Louise Brooks as a sweet young rich gal Thymiane, who goes downhill […]

Jul, 19

The Secret Scripture *** (2016, Vanessa Redgrave, Rooney Mara, Theo James, Jack Reynor, Eric Bana, Adrian Dunbar, Susan Lynch) – Movie Review

The Secret Scripture is a bit manipulative and melodramatic, but still enjoyable. It is very romantic and glossy, with sweet performances from a very classy cast. Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara star as the older […]

May, 18

The Lost World **** (1925, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes) – Classic Movie Review 5121

In the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel, Wallace Beery stars as explorer Professor Challenger, who claims that dinosaurs still rule the Earth in the Amazon. And so, as no one […]

Mar, 08

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