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I Live My Life ** (1935, Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Aline MacMahon, Eric Blore, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Treacher, Hedda Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 6769

Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1935 screwball comedy romantic drama stars Joan Crawford, who is from the right side of the tracks this time as pampered, bored New York society girl, Kay Bentley. But she […]

Mar, 06

Shirley Valentine **** (1989, Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Alison Steadman, Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Sylvia Syms, Bernard Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6556

Producer-director Lewis Gilbert follows his 1983 hit Educating Rita with another hit version of a theatre play by Willy Russell, with another actress on Oscar nominated form and Russell again providing his own screenplay (as […]

Jan, 14

Eleni ** (1985, Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 6502

Director Peter Yates’s third collaboration with screen-writer Steve Tesich is an awfully limp 1985 true-life drama film about New York journalist Nick (John Malkovich)’s trip back to Greece to investigate the death of his mother […]

Dec, 31

The Bad Lord Byron *** (1949, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Linden Travers, Sonia Holm, Mai Zetterling) – Classic Movie Review 6123

Director David MacDonald’s entertaining 1949 historical biopic was originally scorned because it lacks a seriousness of purpose. But now it can be admired as an enjoyable piece of good fun, as well as for its […]

Oct, 21

Never on Sunday [Pote Tin Kyriaki] **** (1959, Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis) – Classic Movie Review 3680

A triumph for writer, producer, director, star Jules Dassin and his actress wife Melina Mercouri, this lusty 1959 romantic comedy drama is a vivacious delight all round, with delightful performances, a sparkling script and a […]

May, 09

Z ***** (1969, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant) – Classic Movie Review 3679

The real-life 1963 murder of prominent Greek leftist Gregorios Lambrakis forms the basis for this brilliant, fast-paced political thriller from political film-maker Constantin Costa-Gavras that won the 1970 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (Algeria). […]

May, 08

Phaedre *** (1962, Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone) – Classic Movie Review 3540

Melina Mercouri makes a predictably commanding Phaedre, who, though married to powerful Greek shipowner Thanos (Raf Vallone), seduces her stepson Alexis (Anthony Perkins) in her husband Jules Dassin’s interesting but rather heavy-going, free 1962 movie […]

Apr, 07

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