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Gewoon Vrienden [Just Friends] *** (2018, Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean, Tanja Jess, Nazmiye Oral) – Classic Movie Review 12,385

The 2018 Dutch feel-good romantic comedy drama film Gewoon Vrienden [Just Friends] has a few sharpish edges and odd corners built in, but mostly it is a real smooth fun ride. The romance of two […]

Jan, 08

The Wedding Banquet [Xi yan] *** (1993, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua, Sihung Lung) – Classic Movie Review 10,761

Co-writer/ director Ang Lee’s 1993 comedy drama The Wedding Banquet [Xi yan] is a funny, touching, carefully observed little film with strong performances. Ang based the first half of his movie on the true story […]

Jan, 06

The Lost Language of Cranes ***½ (1991, Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker) – Classic Movie Review 10,725

Nigel Finch’s 1991 British drama film The Lost Language of Cranes is a revealing, frank and moving version of David Leavitt’s novel, meticulously played, especially by the remarkable Brian Cox. In the US, it was […]

Dec, 30

Too Much Sun * (1990, Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Macchio, Eric Idle, Andrea Martin, Leo Rossi, Howard Duff, Allan Arbus) – Classic Movie Review 10,363

Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Macchio and Eric Idle star in the would-be controversial, but actually quite dodgy 1990 comedy Too Much Sun, co-written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. After the death of multi-millionaire Old […]

Sep, 29

Colonel Redl [Oberst Redl] **** (1985, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl) – Classic Movie Review 9344

Hungarian director István Szabó’s 1985 Colonel Redl [Oberst Redl] [Redl Ezredes] is a startlingly powerful film of a subject already familiar from John Osborne’s stage play A Patriot for Me, with a clever screenplay based […]

Feb, 03

To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] ***** (1979, Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson) – Classic Movie Review 8603

Story-writer/ co-producer/ director Franco Brusati’s 1979 drama To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] is an exquisitely performed, delicately told story of two mixed gay couples spending a weekend in the country. A brother, Nicky (Erland Josephson), […]

Jun, 18

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams **** (1973, Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Ron Rickards, Dori Brenner, Tresa Hughes) – Classic Movie Review 4251

Joanne Woodward is superb as Rita, a middle aged, menopausal New York City homemaking mother who falls apart when her mother (Thirties star Sylvia Sidney in her first film for 17 years) dies suddenly. Rita’s emotional […]

Aug, 27

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