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Sweetie ** (1989, Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos) – Classic Movie Review 6389

Début director Jane Campion’s 1989 Australian tragi-comedy film is the tale of two deeply weird sisters, the phobic Kay (Karen Colston), who is afraid of trees, and the deranged and extroverted Sweetie (Genevieve Lemon). They […]

Dec, 11

Crimes of the Heart *** (1986, Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, Hurd Hatfield) – Classic Movie Review 5875

Beth Henley reworks her own Pulitzer-prizewinning play as a vehicle for three of Hollywood’s top Eighties stars, Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, and Sissy Spacek as Lenny, Meg and Becky ‘Babe’ Magrath, eccentric Southern sisters undergoing […]

Aug, 07

The Painted Veil *** (1934, Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent) – Classic Movie Review 5319

Director Richard Boleslawski’s 1934 romantic drama stars the great Greta Garbo, unique Thirties superstar, who graces this plush but soapy drama with her lustrous presence in a lesser vehicle but still interesting from her best […]

Apr, 19

Mystery in Mexico *** (1948, William Lundigan, Ricardo Cortez, Jacqueline White, Tony Barrett) – Classic Movie Review 5293

Director Robert Wise’s 1948 mystery crime thriller is a very tolerable, short (66 minutes) little RKO Radio Pictures B-movie about an insurance claims snoop who is asked by his company to investigate the mystery of the disappearance […]

Apr, 15

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes ** (1955, Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young, Scott Brady, Rudy Vallee) – Classic Movie Review 5167

Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain star in director Richard Sale’s disappointingly stodgy 1955 sequel to the fabulous Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) as dark-haired Broadway showgirl sisters who go to Paris to find fame and romance. The […]

Mar, 16

Untamed Youth **½ (1957, Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, Lurene Tuttle, John Russell, Don Burnett) – Classic Movie Review 4863

Director Howard W Koch’s 1957 rock ‘n’ roll, juvenile delinquency, youth drama exploitation movie, written by John C. Higgins and Stephen Longstreet, stars Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson as American starstruck sisters Penny and Jane Lowe. Alas, […]

Jan, 08

You Were Never Lovelier **** (1942, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 4712

Director William A Seiter’s lovely and delightful 1942 Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth musical is the follow-up to their previous year’s hit musical You’ll Never Get Rich (1941). Adolphe Menjou co-stars as Eduardo Acuña, a rich Argentine hotelier […]

Nov, 27

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