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Chris & Don: A Love Story *** (2007, Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy) – Classic Movie Review 12,617

Chris & Don: A Love Story is an insightful and poignant 2007 documentary film chronicling the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his younger lover, artist Don Bachardy. Chris & Don: A Love Story […]

Aug, 20

Surrender ** (1987, Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser and ImanClassic Movie Review 12,217

Writer-director Jerry Belson’s 1987 American comedy film Surrender stars Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Iman and Jackie Cooper in his final film role. You may well feel like conceding under […]

Jul, 05

Le Million ***** (1931, Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert) – Classic Movie Review 9915

René Lefèvre stars as Michel, an impoverished Parisian artist who turns Paris upside-down in a desperate search for his winning million florins Dutch lottery ticket, left in the pocket of his old jacket, given away […]

Jun, 15

The Empty Canvas * (1963, Horst Buchholz, Catherine Spaak, Bette Davis) – Classic Movie Review 9082

The 1964 Italian drama The Empty Canvas [La Noia] [L’Ennuie et Sa Diversion] stars Bette Davis, who makes a mistaken trip to Rome for director Damiano Damiani’s film of Alberto Moravia’s novel La Noia. She […]

Nov, 20

The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] ***** (1992) – Classic Movie Review 8822

Director Victor Erice’s 1992 Spanish drama The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] is a hypnotic rumination on art and life, taken at an audaciously sedate pace and at considerable length by Erice, who […]

Aug, 12

Montparnasse 19 [Les Amants de Montparnasse] **** (Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Gérard Séty, Lino Ventura, Lea Padovani, Lila Kedrova) – Classic Movie Review 8670

Director Jacques Becker’s penultimate film, the 1958 artist biopic Montparnasse 19 [Les Amants de Montparnasse], gives a fascinating insight into the life of Italian tubercular, alcoholic, poor painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), famed for […]

Jul, 03

Maniac ** (1963, Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston) – Classic Movie Review 8302

Director Michael Carreras’s 1963 British black and white horror thriller Maniac stars Kerwin Mathews as Jeff Farrell, an American artist tourist drifter in France, who is seduced by tricksy café owner Eve (Nadia Gray) and […]

Mar, 27

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