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Wiener-Dog **** (2016, Greta Gerwig, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn) – Movie Review

Writer-director Todd Solondz strings together four otherwise apparently unconnected tales with the linking device of the titular Wiener-Dog as it travels around the country, spreading chaos, comfort and joy to various humans. The tales are all quite intense, and […]

Jun, 04

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore ***** (1974, Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter III, Billy Green Bush, Lelia Goldoni, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Curtin, Diane Ladd, Vic Tayback, Mia Bendixsen) – Classic Movie Review 3,425

Martin Scorsese’s 1974 romantic drama film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is a triumph, not least for Oscar-winning Ellen Burstyn but also for Kris Kristofferson as Alice’s good-hearted suitor. Hey, is this you? ‘A picture […]

Feb, 28

The Age of Adaline *** (2015, Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker, Ellen Burstyn) – Movie Review

Blake Lively stars as Adaline Bowman a young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, who stops ageing after an accident at the age of 29. In her 40s, she starts worrying about […]

May, 06

The Last Picture Show ***** (1971, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson, Sam Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, Randy Quaid, Clu Gulager) – Classic Movie Review 2,284

Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 movie triumph The Last Picture Show is an outstanding adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenager (Timothy Bottoms)’s coming of age in the 1950s. Director Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 movie […]

Mar, 19

The Calling *** (2014, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn) – Movie Review

Sub-Fargo genre serial killer thriller The Calling is a very average entertainment, but in a good way. It fails to carve out any new ground in a crowded market, or be unique or special in any […]

Oct, 10

Providence **** (1977, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch) – Classic Movie Review 1314

Director Alain Resnais’s lovingly crafted 1977 drama was his first English-language film. It’s a total treat for the discerning. The great and good John Gielgud steals the acting honours even from Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, […]

Jun, 11

Playing by Heart (1998, Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Phillippe, Jay Mohr, Dennis Quaid) – Classic Film Review 977

Couples encounter love lost and found in Los Angeles in director Willard Carroll’s intelligent, starry, feel-good 1998 conversation piece, with the concept (11 articulate people work through affairs of the heart in LA) and dialogue […]

Mar, 24

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