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Nazarín **** (1959, Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo) – Classic Movie Review 11,369

Director Luis Buñuel’s powerful and darkly surreal 1959 black and white Mexican satirical drama Nazarín stars Francisco Rabal as Catholic priest Father Nazario, who is despised when he wanders among the poor in the footsteps […]

Jul, 05

The Man Who Knew Infinity **½ (2015, Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Toby Jones, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Northam, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry) – Movie Review

The Man Who Knew Infinity tells a thought-provoking, civilised story, Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel are excellent, and the Cambridge shooting is good too. Writer-director Matt Brown’s old-fashioned 2015 biopic of Indian maths genius Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar […]

Apr, 07

Sullivan’s Travels ***** (1941, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 2593

As World War Two rages, writer-director Preston Sturges calls Hollywood to task for its frivolity in his brilliant 1941 serio-comic road movie. Sturges’s movie is a classic satire, still funny, relevant and worthwhile. Joel McCrea […]

Jun, 13

Holiday **** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1,259

George Cukor’s 1938 classic romantic comedy film Holiday is the perfect example of the Hollywood screwball comedy of remarriage that its stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant specialised in and made their own. Director George […]

May, 26

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