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Just Like a Woman * (1992, Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freeman, Susan Wooldridge) – Classic Movie Review 12,318

The 1992 British comedy film Just Like a Woman stars Julie Walters as a landlady who falls for her personable new young American lodger (Adrian Pasdar) but soon there is a strange woman on the […]

Sep, 22

The Savage Eye *** (1960, Barbara Baxley, Gary Merrill, Herschel Bernardi) – Classic Movie Review 9101

Writers/ producers/ directors Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers and Joseph Strick’s odd but engaging 1959 docu-drama The Savage Eye stars Barbara Baxley, who is believable as Judith McGuire, a disillusioned woman trying to see if there […]

Nov, 26

La Cage aux Folles *** (1978, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier) – Classic Movie Review 7228

Director Édouard Molinaro’s rather rancid, risqué 1978 French farce La Cage aux Folles about an elderly gay couple, one of whom is the flamboyant drag queen Albin (Michel Serrault), at the St Tropez night-club run […]

Jun, 27

The Naked Civil Servant ****½ (1975, John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Katherine Schofield, Stanley Lebor, Quentin Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 4952

‘Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It’s cheaper.’ Director Jack Gold’s glittering, crisply entertaining 1975 TV movie is a triumph, with a dazzling performance by John Hurt as real-life […]

Jan, 28

M Butterfly ** (1993, Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon) – Classic Movie Review 4366

Whatever has gone wrong with this stage to film transfer of the hit Broadway and London West End play by David Henry Hwang about a French diplomat serving in Beijing in 1964, who falls for Chinese opera […]

Sep, 15

All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] ***** (1999, Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña) – Classic Movie Review 3582

Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 13th feature film is this triumphant Oscar-winning 1999 drama starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña. The film is dedicated ‘To all actresses who have played actresses. To all women who […]

Apr, 17

The Crying Game **** (1992, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2096

Writer-director Neil Jordan’s striking and involving 1992 political thriller greatly impressed audiences with its unusual story and weird mix of sex and terrorism, especially in America, where it was a surprise hit, taking $62.5million there after […]

Jan, 21

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