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Swann (1996, Miranda Richardson, Brenda Fricker) – Classic Film Review 1200

Director Anna Benson Gyles‘s 1996 literary heart-warmer with intelligence and soul provides a lovely acting showcase for talented Miranda Richardson and Brenda Fricker. Richardson plays a hit author Sarah Maloney, who is asked to write the […]

May, 10

High Heels [Tacones lejanos] **** (1991, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé) – Classic Movie Review 887

Pedro Almodóvar  comes up the weirdest and most contrived of plots for his 1991 movie High Heels (Tacones Lejanos) starring Victoria Abril and Marisa Paredes. ‘I hated you sometimes, but even on those times I […]

Mar, 09

Lift to the Scaffold [Ascenseur pour l’échafaud] ***** (1958, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Lino Ventura) – Classic Movie Review 544

Director Louis Malle’s 1958 debut feature Ascenseur pour l’échafaud [Lift to the Scaffold] [Elevator to the Gallows] is a brilliant, haunting and complex film noir thriller. It made an international star of the 30-year-old Jeanne […]

Dec, 18

The Servant ***** (1963, Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig) – Classic Movie Review 23

James Fox was 23 when he starred with Dirk Bogarde in this Sixties movie masterwork, The Servant (1963), lovingly spruced up, digitally restored and re-released for its 50th birthday in 2013. It is in perfect […]

Jul, 06

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