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Bastards (Les salauds) – Film Review
Vincent Lindon stars as supertanker captain Marco Silvestri, who is called back urgently to Paris, where his sister Sandra (Julie Bataille) is desperate. Her husband has committed suicide, the family business has gone under and her […]
Strange Days *** (1995, Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Film Review 760
Britain’s Ralph Fiennes is oddly cast as American ex-cop turned cynical cyberpunk Lenny Nero in a sea of troubles in director Kathryn Bigelow’s nastily violent ‘apocalypse soon’ sci-fi thriller, made in 1995 but set cannily […]
Thelma and Louise ***** (1991, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 702
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon enjoy roles to die for as female buddies Thelma and Louise in director Ridley Scott’s rousing 1991 film, advertised as the first feminist, buddy-buddy road-movie. A weekend break from the […]
The Virgin Spring [Jungfrukällan] ***** (1960, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom) – Classic Movie Review 665
Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1959 retelling of a Swedish folk tale, set in 14th century Sweden, about a spring appearing where a young woman is killed makes for a chilling and compelling film. It won the […]
Blackmail ***** (1929, John Longden, Anny Ondra, Cyril Ritchard) – Classic Movie Review 444
Alfred Hitchcock’s lively, imaginative 1929 pioneering thriller is remarkable as Britain’s first talking picture. It’s a treasured relic of a bygone era. A highly impressive piece of work considering its age and filming difficulties, Blackmail is a slightly […]
Cape Fear **** (1991, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Illeana Douglas, Joe Don Baker) – Classic Movie Review 177
Martin Scorsese boldly remakes J Lee Thompson’s much-admired 1962 thriller masterwork Cape Fear, based on John D MacDonald’s novel The Executioners. Scorsese has the right actor in mind in his regular star Robert De Niro, […]
Marnie ***** (1964, Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker) – Classic Movie Review 154
It is easy to relish the charismatic characters of arch manipulator and lying thief, brilliantly played by the stylish star duo of Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren, in Alfred Hitchcock’s dark 1964 romantic thriller film […]