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- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
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As You Desire Me *** (1932, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim) – Classic Movie Review 5320
Director George Fitzmaurice’s 1932 romantic drama stars a ravishing bleached-blonde Greta Garbo as alluring, alcoholic Budapest bar entertainer Zara. She is also an amnesiac, who has been carrying on with a novelist (Erich von Stroheim), […]
The Sea Gull **** (1968, James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Radd, Eileen Herlie, Alfred Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 4375
James Mason is outstanding as successful novelist Trigorin in director Sidney Lumet’s fine, faithful, though long and gloomy 1968 film version of the Anton Chekhov classic play The Sea Gull. With this cast and crew […]
I Capture the Castle ** (2002, Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Cavill, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas) – Classic Movie Review 3009
Alas, Dodie Smith’s distinguished novel makes a disappointing, bloodless love story and coming-of-age movie, set in England in the Thirties. Romola Garai stars as young gel, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, in and out of love against […]
The Naked Truth [Your Past Is Showing] **** (1957, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 1864
Producer-director Mario Zampi’s eager-to-please 1957 British black and white comedy The Naked Truth [Your Past Is Showing] is a minor but definite vintage pleasure. A broad, mostly successful black farce, it is based on […]
Deconstructing Harry ** (1997, Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) – Classic Movie Review 1801
Writer-director Woody Allen’s misfiring 1997 comedy explores the trouble with Harry Block, a nerdy, neurotic New York writer, with more than his fair share of troubles in his creative and erotic life. He has three ex-wives […]
Before Night Falls ***** (2000, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1630
This richly imagined journey into the life and writings of the brilliant openly gay Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) is a devastating, overwhelming piece of cinema, directed and co-written with passion and brilliance […]
The Best Man (1999, Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut) – Classic Film Review 1183
Writer-director Malcolm D Lee’s 1999 ensemble comedy drama stars Taye Diggs as writer Harper Stewart, who lives in Chicago with his beautiful, devoted girlfriend Robin (Sanaa Lathan). His first book, an autobiographical novel entitled Unfinished Business, has been selected […]