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The 1960 Anglo-French horror movie The Hands of Orlac is an intriguing third film of the famous Maurice Renard novel. Co-writer/director Edmond T Gréville’s 1960 Anglo-French horror movie The Hands of Orlac is an intriguing […]
Co-story-writer/producer/director Bob Rafelson’s greatly admired 1970 classic Five Easy Pieces was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. It stars Jack Nicholson, who is stupendous as Robert Eroica Dupea, a middle-class musician drop-out who, along […]
Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]
Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1951 dance movie An American in Paris was a triumph for him and Gene Kelly, as well as Leslie Caron. Half a dozen Oscars, including Best Picture, poured down on this breath-taking MGM musical, […]
French movie director Jacques Demy’s 1967 musical follow-up to his 1964 Cannes Palme d’or-winning hit The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [Les parapluies de Cherbourg] is another devastatingly charming, light-hearted, carefree operetta. It is overloaded with energy, dynamism and […]
The small but perfectly formed Elijah Wood (5ft 6in) stars as Tom Selznick. a classical concert pianist who suffers from stage fright who is making his big comeback performance after five years away. Moments before he starts […]
Director Ted Demme’s 1996 comedy drama stars Timothy Hutton as Manhattan-based jazz pianist Willie Conway, who is hesitating over his wedding to long-time girlfriend, lawyer Tracy Stover (Annabeth Gish). He returns back to his small home […]