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Posts Tagged "surrealism"

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Sherlock Jr ***** (1924, Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 5106

Director and star Buster Keaton’s 1924 film is an unassailable silent comedy classic from one of the greatest comedians of any era. The Great Stone Face plays a projectionist who dreams of detective success to […]

Mar, 05

The Swimmer **** (1968, Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Janet Landgard, Kim Hunter, Diana Muldaur) – Classic Movie Review 5046

Producer-director Frank Perry’s weird but intriguing 1968 surreal drama stars Burt Lancaster as Neddy Merrill, a 50-year-old businessman who decides to jog from pool to pool to swim the eight miles to his home through the […]

Feb, 22

The Exterminating Angel [El Angel Exterminador] **** (1962, Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal) – Classic Movie Review 4883

Co-writer/ director Luis Buñuel starts his glittering series of onslaughts on the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie with this tantalising 1962 Surrealist black comedy. There is perhaps a little too much obvious calculation in the […]

Jan, 12

Stitch! The Movie **½ (2003, voices of Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames) – Classic Movie Review 4824

Hawaii ya? Dr Jumba (voice of David Ogden Stiers) is abducted and other aliens are found, while cute little alien Stitch tries to be at home with little girl Lilo’s Hawaiian neighbours. Disney’s daffy, pleasant […]

Dec, 30

Youth Without Youth **** (2007, Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 4736

Writer-director Francis Ford Coppola’s beautiful 2007 film of Romanian author Mircea Eliade’s surreal novella is a melancholy but humorous fantasy mystery romance drama, taking the viewer on a trip through space, time and identity. It stars […]

Dec, 16

Seven Chances **** (1925, Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 4532

Producer/ director/ star Buster Keaton’s clever and hilarious, classic silent comedy showcases a stressed-out Buster as nearly bankrupt financial broker Jimmie Shannon, who has to find himself a spouse within a few hours to receive […]

Oct, 25

Nostalgia [Nostalghia] **** (1983, Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, Erland Josephson) – Classic Movie Review 4211

Director Andrei Tarkovsky’s haunting and elusive 1983 Soviet-Italian experimental film stars Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano and Erland Josephson. Working in Italy in his first film outside Russia, with most of the dialogue in Italian, Tarkovsky co-writes the […]

Aug, 21

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