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The Lodger **** (1944, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood) – Classic Movie Review 2639

Director John Brahm’s thrilling 1944 American Victorian melodrama horror film The Lodger provides a wonderful role for Laird Cregar, who is superb as Mr Slade, the mysterious stranger who finds lodgings in London’s Whitechapel district […]

Jun, 25

Lust for Life **** (1958, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald) – Classic Movie Review 2364

Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1958 portrait of the artist offered Kirk Douglas one of his three chances to win an Oscar but in the event he never won and had to be content with an honorary […]

Apr, 06

Love Affair ** (1994, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn) – Classic Movie Review 2328

Director Glen Gordon Caron’s 1994 turgid romance is a bloated and pretty disastrous attempt to re-film director Leo McCarey’s 1939 classic and his remake, An Affair to Remember. Warren Beatty stars in an ideal role […]

Mar, 29

The Woman in the Window ***** (1944, Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 2174

Fritz Lang’s superb 1944 film noir thriller The Woman in the Window stars Edward G Robinson as a professor obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to his men’s club. While […]

Feb, 13

The Picture of Dorian Gray **** (1945, George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 1887

Hurd Hatfield stars in the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray as the beautiful young man who unwittingly makes a pact with the Devil to keep his youthful beauty while his portrait in the […]

Nov, 25

Vanity Fair *** (2004, Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Romola Garai) – Classic Movie Review 1751

Likeable and engaging, director Mira Nair’s 2004 film is a very fair if slightly uninspired stab at filming a difficult novel, plodding relentlessly through the seemingly endless and complex detail and plotlines of William Makepeace […]

Oct, 07

Girl with a Pearl Earring **** (2003, Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 1665

Director Peter Webber’s civilised 2003 drama stars Scarlett Johansson as the Dutch maid Griet who becomes the model for 17th-century artist Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (1632-75), played by Colin Firth. Olivia Hetreed‘s literate screenplay for this highly […]

Sep, 12

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