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The Dressmaker **** (1988, Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 12,098

Stand by for acting fireworks! Director Jim O’Brien’s 1988 British drama film The Dressmaker is set in England during the Second World War, and stars Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, and Pete […]

May, 05

Peppermint Soda [Diabolo Menthe] *** (1977, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel) – Classic Movie Review 11,804

Writer-director Diane Kurys’s French 1977 drama Peppermint Soda [Diabolo Menthe] stars Eléonore Klarwein and Odile Michel, and won the Prix Louis-Delluc. This autobiographical tale from début director Kurys follows one year in the lives of two […]

Dec, 19

My Sister Eileen **** (1955, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Horace McMahon, Dick York, Tommy Rall) – Classic Movie Review 7260

Wacky Betty Garrett and alluring Janet Leigh star as Ohio country girls Ruth and Eileen Sherwood in co-writer/ director Richard Quine’s 1955 musical remake of Rosalind Russell’s 1942 comedy My Sister Eileen about the adventures […]

Jul, 06

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid *** (1982, Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Reni Santoni, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 6896

Director Carl Reiner’s enjoyable 1983 black and white parody movie stars Steve Martin in a fun, likeable modern-day film noir spoof comedy in which detective Rigby Reardon (Martin) is sent on a chase by sexy […]

Apr, 07

The Keeping Room ***½ (2014, Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, Sam Worthington, Kyle Soller) – Movie Review

Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Muna Otaru deliver exceptional performances in this fresh-seeming, women-led take on the classic Western written by Julia Hart and directed in Romania by Daniel Barber, the director of Harry Brown (2009). A trio […]

Sep, 14

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