Showing posts with label Dramas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dramas. Show all posts
Sunday, 26 November 2017

Frantz, 2016

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In the aftermath of World Wa r I in 1919 Germany, Anna notice a stranger placing flowers on the grave of her fiance, Frantz. She now live...
Monday, 13 November 2017

Soldier of Fortune, 1955

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One of those little seen now adventure movies the studios churned out in the 1950s, usually teaming two stars (like John Wayne and Lana T...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

"Life during wartime" ...

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Given my penchant for  1940s British movies, both of the war years and that grim post-war era, its surprising I never saw WATERLOO ROAD ...
Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Nocturnal Animals, 2016

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Another polarishing experience  - a movie one will either love or hate, as per 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (see below) . Tom Ford's NOCTURNAL AN...
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Saturday, 1 July 2017

20th Century Women

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I had been looking forward to this - movie buff Martin had it as his "personal favourite" film of 2016 - and we all like Annett...
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Saturday, 24 June 2017

A treat: Lee and Dirk in The Vision, 1987

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A thousand thanks to Colin for finding this - one of my Holy Grails - a 1987 BBC film with two of my top favourites, which was only ever ...
Monday, 12 June 2017

America, America, 1963

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Having covered those American dramas we like recently, see below, here is one that slipped through the net, so it seems appropriate to fi...
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Thursday, 8 June 2017

Eighties nights ...

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The Jewel In The Crown / Your Cheatin' Heart / Wish Me Luck How did I ever miss THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN back in 1984? Well, I was...
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Thursday, 1 June 2017

20 Italian classics .....

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Its my delayed Lists week - we start with some Italian favourites, then French , British , Costume films , American dramas and 20 Tras...
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Thursday, 18 May 2017

The wild side ....

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We like a good catfight and here is a doozy, from another of our Guilty Pleasures : the 1962 campfest that is WALK ON THE WILD SIDE , as ...
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Friday, 12 May 2017

Bus Riley's Back In Town

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Let's dust off a "Guilty Pleasure" and have another look at the late Michael Parks ( RIP label) debut in 1965 ... its delir...
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Monday, 17 April 2017

The Pass

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An odd little drama that barely got a look in last year. My movie buff pal Martin hated it with a vengance ....  Nineteen-year-old Jas...
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Monday, 3 April 2017

FEUD ?

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WHEN is this going to be screened here in the UK? The word is good and it looks super, with Susan Sarandon an effective Bette Davis and ...
Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Sixties rarity: Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man, 1962

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Another of those 1962 dramas, another 20th Century Fox literary adaptation, produced as usual by Jerry Wald and this one is directed by d...
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Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Postcards from the edge

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Another visit to La La Land with a return to 1990's POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE , Mike Nichol's satisfying comedy drama from Carrie F...
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Saturday, 4 March 2017

The original boys in the band

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Fascinating going back to the original BOYS IN THE BAND now, after seeing the recent theatre revival in London the other week (review be...
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Saturday, 18 February 2017

A new Boys In The Band

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A new touring production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND turns out to be the first major revival in decades of Mart Crowley's 1968 play, a l...
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Monday, 6 February 2017

New year re-views 4: The Chapman Report, 1962

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I have written about it several times here already, but simply have to again - that favourite lost movie of ours,  THE CHAPMAN REPORT  fr...
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Friday, 3 February 2017

New year re-views 1 - Journey To Italy

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Widely misunderstood and shamefully ignored at the time of its original release in 1954 (though filmed in 1953), but now recognised as si...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Italian rarity: Adua & her friends - hungry for love

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Another Italian rarity, one I had not heard of until recently. How could a film featuring Simone Signoret (just after her ROOM AT THE TOP...
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