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Director John Rich’s 1964 musical is a colourful but routine vehicle for Elvis Presley, though it is notable as one the few times that he had the support of a major star – Barbara Stanwyck. […]
Otto Preminger’s stylish and intriguing 1945 film noir thriller Fallen Angel stars Alice Faye, Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell. Producer-director Otto Preminger’s stylish and intriguing 1945 film noir thriller Fallen Angel stars Dana Andrews as slick, down-on-his-luck […]
Director Robert Ellis Miller’s truly affecting 1968 drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is remarkable for the touching performance of young Sondra Locke (aged 24), who was Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress in […]
Time has been kind to this almost forgotten gem of 50 years ago. Jerry Schatzberg’s 1973 drama film Scarecrow stars Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, who light sparks as drifters who meet up and form an […]
Director Stuart Rosenberg’s ambitious 1970 drama is a painstaking, involving and intelligent political allegory, with meaty roles for Paul Newman, his wife Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins, who reward audiences with careful, winning performances. Newman […]
Kevin Costner’s self-directed 1997 post-apocalyptic epic, the land equivalent of Waterworld, got the thumbs down almost everywhere, though it has its impressive moments in that dreadfully long running time of 180 minutes. It’s 2013, and […]
Debut director Luchino Visconti’s 1943 Italian crime thriller film Ossessione marks the second time James M Cain’s irresistible plot rang at cinema box offices. Visconti failed to get rights to the novel and the film […]