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Beyond Therapy * (1987, Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti) -Classic Movie Review 7671

Director Robert Altman assembles a lovely cast for the 1987 comedy Beyond Therapy, an incurable misfire film version of a stage play by Christopher Durang, who collaborates with Altman on the screenplay. The scant story […]

Oct, 16

Lizzie *** (2018, Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Denis O’Hare, Kim Dickens ) – Movie Review

The tragic tale of Lizzie Borden offers a grand role for Chloë Sevigny, which she takes on eagerly in director Craig William Macneill’s psychological thriller Lizzie, based on the shocking, infamous 1892 murders. It is […]

Oct, 02

Frida *** (2002, Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas, Roger Rees, Diego Luna) – Classic Movie Review 7195

Director Julie Taymor’s 2002 film Frida is a passionate, swirling and colourful biopic of doomed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, based on the book by Hayden Herrera. It won two Oscars: Best Original Score (Elliot Goldenthal) and Best […]

Jun, 19

Salomé **** (1922, Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 7126

Director Charles Bryant’s extravagant black and white 1922 art nouveau silent movie version of Oscar Wilde’s play cost more than $350,000 to make and is outrageously designed by Natacha Rambova, who was clearly influenced by […]

Jun, 06

Walk on the Wild Side **** (1962, Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck) – Classic Movie Review 7064

Dove Linkhorn: ‘What are you doing here, Kit?’ Kitty Twist: ‘I run the candy concession.’ Despite the film’s original release public relations hysteria as really hot stuff, director Edward Dmytryk’s would-be shocking 1962 movie proves […]

May, 17

Blockers ** (2018, John Cena, Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton ) – Movie Review

Three idiot parents try to stop their daughters from fulfilling their pact to have sex on prom night. So what else is new? Blockers is rude and raunchy, with some hilarious one liners and some […]

Mar, 31

Quai des Orfèvres **** (1947, Louis Jouvet, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Simone Renant, Charles Dullin) – Classic Movie Review 6642

Co-writer/ director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s beautifully acted and exquisitely crafted 1947 French policier thriller Quai des Orfrèvres is outstanding even in a genre the French regularly do so well. In Paris’s equivalent to Scotland Yard, the 36, […]

Feb, 02

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