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Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] ***** (1932, Michel Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska) – Classic Movie Review 8627

Writer-director Jean Renoir’s famed 1932 French classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] tells a story about the grubby tramp (Michel Simon) who has lost his dog and didn’t want to be saved […]

Jun, 22

Faces Places [Visages villages] **** (2017, Agnès Varda, JR) – Movie Review

French New Wave film director Agnes Varda and young idealist photographer/ mural artist JR journey in a van through rural France, taking pictures and creating art, while forming a devoted unlikely if friendship. The van […]

Dec, 10

Darling Lili *** (1970, Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival) – Classic Movie Review 7745

Darling Lili or Mata Hari – The Musical! Producer-director Blake Edwards’s 1970 Darling Lili is an appealing and attractive World War One Mata Hari spoof romantic spy drama with songs. It stars Julie Andrews, who gives […]

Nov, 03

Celine and Julie Go Boating [Céline et Julie vont en bateau] **** (1974, Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder) – Classic Movie Review 7631

Director Jacques Rivette’s 1974 French surreal art film Céline and Julie Go Boating [Céline et Julie Vont en Bateau] stars Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier as Céline and Julie, along with Bulle Ogier (as Camille), […]

Oct, 02

Stolen Holiday *** (1937, Claude Rains, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 7419

Director Michael Curtiz’s impeccably presented, impressively played and well scripted 1937 romantic crime drama Stolen Holiday is based on a fictionalised version of the exploits of real-life Russian Jewish financier and conman Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky. […]

Aug, 09

Come to the Stable *** (1949, Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 7249

Director Henry Koster’s 1949 true story comedy drama Come to the Stable stars Loretta Young and Celeste Holm as French nuns Sister Margaret and Sister Scholastica, who arrive and set out win the hearts and help of […]

Jul, 05

Cyrano de Bergerac ***** (1990, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez) – Classic Movie Review 7227

Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s perfect 1990 French film version of the famous classic play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand finds the ideal star in Gérard Depardieu, who deservedly won 1990’s best actor award at Cannes […]

Jun, 28

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