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Director Jack Smight’s hard-boiled 1966 detective-mystery thriller casts Paul Newman in an ideal guise as Lew Harper, an archetypal Los Angeles mean streets private eye, who is hired by the rich, wounded and woeful Mrs […]
Director Jane Campion’s 1996 period drama literary adaptation is a chilly but excellent version of the Henry James novel, set in 1870s England. Everything about it is extremely plush, subtle, expert and just right. Nicole […]
Director Ronald Neame’s famous 1972 definitive disaster movie launched the Seventies vogue for the genre and still provides a good measure of entertainment. It’s cast strongly with an all-star cast who include five Oscar winners: […]
James Stewart stars in this landmark 1953 Western in which he plays Lin McAdam, whose marksmanship competition winner’s prize Winchester rifle is stolen at a contest by the runner-up next-in-line, Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally). McAdam’s […]
Director Stanley Kubrick’s ground-breaking 1962 film of Vladimir Nabokov’s famous controversial tale of an older man’s obsession for a young, under-age girl is a darkly comic study in obsession. It takes social realism and turns it […]
‘This morning we were married, and now you think I’m going to kiss you, hold you, call you my wife!’ – Robert Mitchum. With a beautifully crafted, literate screenplay by James Agee based on the […]