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Choice of Arms [Le Choix des Armes] *** (1981, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve) – Classic Movie Review 10,397

Director Alain Corneau’s 1981 Choice of Arms [Le Choix des Armes] stars Yves Montand and Gérard Depardieu as the old retired robber hood Noel Durieux and the menacing young gangster Mickey, who fight it out […]

Oct, 09

Less Than Zero ** (1987, Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr, James Spader) – Classic Movie Review 10,394

Director Marek Kanievska’s 1987 Less than Zero is a very wobbly film version of the Bret Easton Ellis cult novel, which is much changed and a great deal less interesting. Andrew McCarthy stars as Princeton college […]

Oct, 08

Le diable probablement [The Devil, Probably] **** (1977, Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc) – Classic Movie Review 9820

Antoine Monnier stars as alienated, tormented soul Charles, who is living his life walking under a cloud and decides that suicide is the only option, in writer-director Robert Bresson’s typically distinguished and profound, gloomy and […]

May, 25

Monkey on My Back *** (1957, Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Jack Albertson, Paul Richards) – Classic Movie Review 8920

Director André de Toth’s 1957 Monkey on My Back is a downbeat but compelling biopic about the rise and fall of champion boxer, World War Two war hero and morphine addict Barney Ross. It is […]

Sep, 20

Bird **** (1988, Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker) – Classic Movie Review 8366

Director Clint Eastwood’s outstanding 1988 film about America’s renowned Forties Kansas City, Missouri, jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker – jazz’s most venerated artist – is obviously truly a labour of love. Bird is beautifully atmospheric with […]

Apr, 16

La Luna **** (1979, Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori, Tomas Milian, Alida Valli, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Veronica Lazar) – Classic Movie Review 7835

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1979 incestuous relationship drama La Luna is a frank exploration of the emotional and sexual bonds of a recently-widowed American mother and her teenage son while touring in Italy. Though the film […]

Nov, 26

Corridors of Blood *** (1958, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St John, Finlay Currie, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis de Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 2,898

The nifty 1958 British gothic horror thriller film Corridors of Blood stars great horror icons Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee, along with Betta St John, Finlay Currie and Francis Matthews.  Director Robert Day’s nifty 1958 […]

Sep, 11

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