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The Detective *** (1968, Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman) – Classic Movie Review 3998

Gordon Douglas’s second thriller in row of three finds Frank Sinatra starring as troubled New York City Detective Joe Leland, in the 1968 film The Detective. It’s a cop movie, not a private eye thriller, […]

Jul, 11

Querelle *** (1982, Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau) – Classic Movie Review 3949

Writer-producer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1982 film adaptation of the legendary Jean Genet novel Querelle de Brest, which deals lustily with homosexual love, prostitution, drugs and crime, is visually, sexually and emotionally extravagant and lurid. Set […]

Jun, 29

Ode to Billy Joe **** (1976, Robby Benson, Glynnis O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 3,707

The good-looking 1976 romantic drama film Ode to Billy Joe explains why young Billy Joe McAllister (Robby Benson) jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, according the classic 1967 song by Bobbie Gentry. ‘What the song didn’t […]

May, 14

Love! Valour! Compassion! *** (1997, Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover) – Classic Movie Review 3378

Eight gay men gather three times a year (Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day) in a country house in director Joe Mantello’s 1997 movie version of Terrence McNally’s Tony-award-winning Broadway play Love! Valour! […]

Feb, 18

A Special Day [Una Giornata Particolare] **** (1977, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren) – Classic Movie Review 3,286

The 1977 Italian drama A Special Day [Una Giornata Particolare] is a special film, with Marcello Mastroianni superb as a persecuted gay radio announcer who meets a lonely mother (Sophia Loren) in Rome when Adolf […]

Jan, 20

Party Monster *** (2003, Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid, Chloë Sevigny, Marilyn Manson, Dylan McDermott, Mia Kirshner, Natasha Lyonne) – Classic Movie Review 2853

It’s a shock in 2003 to see a grown-up Macaulay Culkin (aged 23) in his first film since Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster and Richie Rich in 1994 as real-life party organiser Michael Alig, […]

Aug, 27

Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]

Apr, 22

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