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Ae Fond Kiss… **** (2004, Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz) – Classic Movie Review 4215

Romeo and Juliet in Glasgow. Strict Pakistani Scot Casim (Atta Yaqub) is set to marry Jasmine, a cousin he has never met, thanks to the arrangement made by his traditional family. But then it is […]

Aug, 21

The Snake Pit **** (1948, Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi. Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 4178

Director Anatole Litvak’s brutal and gruelling 1948 20th Century Fox American psychological drama film The Snake Pit features a blistering Oscar-nominated Best Actress performance from Olivia de Havilland that shines through this tale of a woman committed […]

Aug, 15

Smile **** (1975, Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd) – Classic Movie Review 4173

Producer-director Michael Ritchie casts a sharp, mocking and cynical eye on small-town American values in this incisive, extremely funny and enjoyable 1975 satirical comedy movie that offers a Nashville-style kaleidoscopic coverage of competitors and organisers at […]

Aug, 14

The Commune [Kollektivet ] ***½ (2016, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Thomas Vinterberg’s raw, incisive and involving 2016 Danish drama about an up-scale hippy commune in the Seventies focuses on the disintegration and death of a marriage in its tale of the clash between personal desires […]

Aug, 01

The Family Way **** (1966, John Mills, Marjorie Rhodes, Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Avril Angers, Murray Head, Wilfred Pickles, Barry Foster, Liz Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 4032

Director Roy Boulting’s hit British 1966 film adaptation of Bill Naughton’s play All in Good Time is warm hearted, enjoyable and good natured. It stars Hywel Bennett and Hayley Mills as a young couple, Arthur and Jenny Fitton, agonising over […]

Jul, 16

Without Love *** (1945, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3856

Director Harold S Bucquet’s 1945 comedy is a less well-known and lesser pairing of the screen and real-life team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, based on a play by Philip Barry, author of the Broadway […]

Jun, 13

Adam’s Rib ***** (1949, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday, Jean Hagen) – Classic Movie Review 3,854

George Cukor’s smart and sophisticated 1949 film Adam’s Rib is one of the great Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies. They are are on top form as married lawyers who are adversaries in an attempted […]

Jun, 13

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