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Hello Frisco, Hello **** (1943, Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, June Havoc, Ward Bond, George Barbier) – Classic Movie Review 10,735

Director H Bruce Humberstone’s 1943 20th Century Fox wartime hit film Hello Frisco, Hello is an exceptionally bright and breezy Alice Faye musical in which she gets to sing the sweet Best Original Song Oscar-winner […]

Jan, 01

Last Night *** (1998, Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 8095

Writer-director Don McKellar’s 1998 drama Last Night is an incisive, cleverly done and capably acted Canadian oddity about a group of people gathering to face the end of the world that they are expecting immediately […]

Feb, 05

Kings Row ***** (1942, Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Claude Rains, Betty Field, Harry Davenport, Charles Coburn, Nancy Coleman, Maria Ouspenskaya, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 7303

Director Sam Wood’s 1942 American ensemble romantic mystery drama for Warner Bros is a stirring panorama of the troubled people and fractured lives in a Middle America town before 1914. Kings Row is one of […]

Jul, 17

The Trial *** (1993, Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 7007

In a clash of the literary titans, Pinteresque meets Kafkaesque to disappointingly little avail in The Trial (1993). But, nevertheless, this is a respectable Harold Pinter-scripted version of the Franz Kafka novel by director David […]

May, 06

Cries & Whispers [Viskningar och rop] ***** (1972, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan) – Classic Movie Review 3933

Producer-writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s haunting and shattering 1972 Swedish movie represents the quintessence of Bergman’s art, with three of his best, most famous players all at their peak, while Kari Sylwan is equally memorable. And there is […]

Jun, 27

How Green Was My Valley ***** (1941, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall) – Classic Movie Review 71

John Ford’s 1941 black-and-white drama film How Green Was My Valley was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning five, beating Citizen Kane, Sergeant York and The Maltese Falcon for Best Picture. Director John Ford’s 1941 […]

Jul, 20

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