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L’ennemi naturel [The Natural Enemy] ***½ (2004, Jalil Lespert, Aurélien Recoing, Patrick Rocca) – Classic Movie Review 12,648

The 2004 French psychological crime thriller film L’ennemi naturel [The Natural Enemy] is bleak, dark and disturbing. Jalil Lespert stars as a young French police inspector sent to a seaside small town to investigate the […]

Sep, 20

The Three Weird Sisters *** (1948, Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall) – Classic Movie Review 12,185

Director Daniel Birt’s 1948 British melodrama film The Three Weird Sisters is based on Charlotte Armstrong’s novel The Case of the Weird Sisters, and stars Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall, Nova Pilbeam and Raymond Lovell. Dylan Thomas had a […]

Jun, 20

Ring of Fire *** (1961, David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin) – Classic Movie Review 10,847

Andrew L Stone’s taut 1961 Metrocolor thriller drama film Ring of Fire has more than its fair share of tension and suspense. Writer-producer-director Andrew L Stone’s taut, tense and highly tolerable 1961 Metrocolor thriller drama film Ring […]

Jan, 29

One Deadly Summer [L’été meurtrier] ***½ (1983, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon) – Classic Movie Review 10,720

Director Jean Becker’s excellent 1983 French thriller One Deadly Summer [L’été meurtrier] is based on Sébastien Japrisot’s novel and stars Isabelle Adjani, who gives a very striking portrayal of a young woman drifting towards psychosis […]

Dec, 28

Summer and Smoke *** (1961, Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, John McIntire, Pamela Tiffin, Thomas Gomez, Earl Holliman, Lee Patrick, Malcolm Atterbury) – Classic Movie Review 10,418

Director Peter Glenville’s fiery 1962 drama of repressed love Summer and Smoke offers more Tennessee Williams Southern poetic passion, with Geraldine Page grabbing her chance to repeat her off-Broadway role as a hurt and fading […]

Oct, 15

The Hard Way *** (1943, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) – Classic Movie Review 10,213

Director Vincent Sherman’s attractive 1943 backstage yarn The Hard Way stars Ida Lupino as ambitious steel-town gal Helen Chernen, who boosts her younger sister Katherine (Joan Leslie) into marriage with music man Albert Runkel (Jack […]

Aug, 22

Intimate Lighting [Intimní Osvetlení] **** (1965, Zdenek Bezusek, Vera Kresadlová, Jan Vostrcil, Karel Blazek, Miroslav Cvrk, Dagmar Redinová, Jaroslava Stedra) – Movie Review 10,190

Director Ivan Passer’s sweet, affectionately viewed 1965 Sixties Czech New Wave cinema social comedy Intimate Lighting [Intimní Osvetlení] is about the constant pleasures of friendship, with its wry smiles tinged with sadness. Milos Forman’s ex-writer […]

Aug, 17

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