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Un Flic [Dirty Money] **** (1972, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Crenna) – Classic Movie Review 2,821

Jean-Pierre Melville’s rousing, stylish 1972 French crime thriller Un Flic [Dirty Money] features an ideally cast Alain Delon as a rough cop (un flic) and Richard Crenna as a hoodlum, two tough guys involved in […]

Aug, 16

Roberta **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 2250

Director William A Seiter’s 1935 musical marvel stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott and Helen Westley as Roberta. Dunne causes a stir in a gracious performance in one of her best roles […]

Mar, 09

The Kiss **** (1929, Greta Garbo, Lew Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf) – Classic Movie Review 1838

The 1929 film The Kiss is the MGM studio’s – and Greta Garbo’s – last silent movie, a French-set romantic yarn about a jealous ageing businessman husband who gets bumped off – but by whom? […]

Nov, 12

Love Me Tonight ***** (1932, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, Myrna Loy, C Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig) – Classic Movie Review 1358

Producer-director Rouben Mamoulian’s rousing 1932 pre-Code vintage Hollywood musical comedy Love Me Tonight is one of the genre’s highspots. With much of the story told in sung dialogue, it has a reputation as the ultimate […]

Jun, 28

The Past (Le Passe, 2013) – Film Review

Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa), an Iranian man has deserted his French wife, Marie Brisson (Bérénice Bejo), and her two children in Paris to return to his homeland. He returns to France after four years to finalise his divorce only […]

Mar, 27

Shoot the Pianist [Tirez sur le Pianist] **** (1960, Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger) – Classic Movie Review 93

François Truffaut turns David Goodis’s thriller novel Down There into an exuberant, quirky, stylish personal take on the Hollywood B-movie thriller for his second feature, the 1960 film Tirez sur le Pianist [Shoot the Pianist].  […]

Jul, 26

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