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The Man Who Never Was **** (1956, Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith, Michael Hordern, André Morell, Geoffrey Keen, William Russell) – Classic Movie Review 3,773
The engaging 1956 British wartime espionage thriller film The Man Who Never Was finds British intelligence officers planting phony papers about the Allied invasion of Europe on a drowned man they call Major Martin to […]
The Big Red One **** (1980, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 3407
Writer-director Samuel Fuller’s semi-autobiographical 1980 war film is spellbinding. His raw, realistic screenplay is based on Fuller’s own experiences of World War Two, as true to historical facts and his personal philosophy as he could make it. The […]
A Bigger Splash ***½ (2015, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton) – Movie Review
Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tilda Swinton have a grand time in director Luca Guadagnino’s intriguing, tantalising mystery drama puzzle. It’s both arty and full on, with the talented starry quartet up for it, […]
La Scorta [The Escort] **** (1993, Carlo Cecchi, Enrico Lo Verso, Claudio Amendola, Tony Sperandeo, Ricky Memphis) – Classic Movie Review 3,208
Italian director Ricky Tognazzi’s taut, exciting 1993 documentary-style 1993 Italian crime thriller film La Scorta [The Escort] is set in Sicily, where the men who protect special investigators find themselves sharing their charges’ constant fear of death. […]
Caro Diario [Dear Diary] **** (1993, Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri) – Classic Movie Review 3054
Writer-director Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in his witty 1993 ironically wry look at life in three chapters like diary entries with personal stories and reflections. (1) Moretti travels around Rome on his Vespa, admiring […]
A Fuller Life ***½ (2013, Samuel Fuller, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bill Duke) – Movie Review
A Fuller Life is a must-see documentary on the life and movies of maverick film director Sam Fuller, poignantly directed by his daughter Samantha, who bursts with curiosity and pride about her dad. Friends and […]
Salvatore Giuliano ***** (1961, Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 1705
Co-writer/director Francesco Rosi’s astonishing, eye-opening 1961 Italian classic provides a dark and complex portrait of Sicilian politics after World War Two, centring round its starting point in 1950 when the famous Sicilian 28-year-old guerrilla leader and outlaw […]