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Les Diaboliques [Diabolique] ***** (1955, Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault) – Classic Movie Review 2354i

Co-writer/director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1955 French spine-tingling suspense classic is based on the ingenious tale Celle Qui N’Etait Plus by the clever writers of Vertigo, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. This stupendous, vintage gem of a mystery […]

Apr, 04

Sudden Fear **** (1952, Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2,088

Joan Crawford commands the screen forcefully as a woman who marries a murderous man, in the twisty and stylish 1952 cat-and-mouse film noir thriller Sudden Fear. Joan Crawford commands the screen forcefully in the twisty […]

Jan, 18

Broadway Danny Rose **** (1984, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte) – Classic Movie Review 1811

  Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s wry and warm 1984 movie about life on the lower rungs of the showbiz ladder is delightfully quirky and affectionate. The third of Allen’s 13 movies with Mia Farrow, and Allen’s […]

Nov, 06

Born Yesterday ***** (1950, Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden) – Classic Movie Review 1307

Director George Cukor’s 1950 comedy classic stars the scintillating Judy Holliday, who won a Best Actress Oscar as Billie Dawn, the delightfully ditzy showgirl mistress of brash and boorish millionaire junk-metal dealer Harry Brock (Broderick […]

Jun, 08

The Lion in Winter ***** (1968, Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Jane Merrow, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Terry) – Classic Film Review 1000

Director Anthony Harvey’s superb, stirring, sterling triple-Oscar-winning 1968 classic costume period drama is the cat-fighting story of duelling divas at Christmas at the English court. It won Oscars for Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and […]

Mar, 26

8½ [Otto e Mezzo] ***** (1963, Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo, Barbara Steele, Madeleine Lebeau, Rosella Falk, Guido Alberti, Edra Gale) – Classic Movie Review 634

Federico Fellini’s legendary seventh solo film from 1963 focuses on the trials and tribulations of film-making. With six previous movies and three halves, he calls it 8½. Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale and Sandra […]

Jan, 05

My Beautiful Laundrette **** (1985, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 461

Director Stephen Frears’s 1985 heart-warmer raises the spirits. It stars future double-Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis, who first captured the attention on screen here as Johnny, a gay, reformed racist punk. The Beautiful Laundrette of the title is […]

Nov, 30

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