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One Night Stand *** (1997, Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr, Kyle MacLachlan) – Classic Movie Review 5434

Unfaithfully married LA ad director Max (Wesley Snipes) tries to sort out the mess of his life after he has a sexy one night stand with Karen (Nastassja Kinski) in director Mike Figgis’s well-acted and […]

May, 11

The Terence Davies Trilogy **** (1983, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley, Terry O’Sullivan, Sheila Raynor, Wilfrid Brambell) – Classic Movie Review 5156

Writer-director Terence Davies’s outstanding first film is an impressive achievement in bleak memoir, cohering satisfyingly, though made up from three autobiographical short films made over a period of six years or so. The anthology film […]

Mar, 15

It’s Only the End of the World [Juste la fin du monde] ** (2016, Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux) – Movie Review

Gaspard Ulliel stars as young gay, terminally ill writer Louis, who returns home after a long time away of 12 years to re-connect (if possible) with his family and eventually tell them that he is […]

Feb, 22

Mouchette ***** (1967, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini) – Classic Movie Review 4373

Writer-director Robert Bresson’s touching and personal 1967 film is the companion piece to his 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar. Nadine Nortier stars as the alienated French rural teenager Mouchette, who meets poacher Arsène (Jean-Claude Guilbert), […]

Sep, 17

Cries & Whispers [Viskningar och rop] ***** (1972, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan) – Classic Movie Review 3933

Producer-writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s haunting and shattering 1972 Swedish movie represents the quintessence of Bergman’s art, with three of his best, most famous players all at their peak, while Kari Sylwan is equally memorable. And there is […]

Jun, 27

The Plague of the Zombies *** (1966, André Morell, Jacqueline Pearce, John Carson, Diane Clare, Brook Williams) – Classic Movie Review 3303

André Morell stars as Sir James Forbes, the old professor who sets about to investigate The Plague of the Zombies (1966), and Jacqueline Pearce (aka Servalan) plays Alice Thompson, who turns out to be an […]

Jan, 30

Now Is Good **½ (2012, Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario, Joe Cole, Josef Altin) – Movie Review

Smart but sickly romance, with Dakota Fanning as Tessa Scott, a girl with leukaemia who compiles a list of things she’d like to do before dying, including losing her virginity. Fortunately, along comes that handy […]

Nov, 06

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