Jan 6, 2026
Dir: Victory Handbury | Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Lewis, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffiths, Maxine Audrey | UK, Noir thriller, 89'
Stylish and unmistakably Losey with its sinister vibe, striking camerawork by...
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Dec 28, 2025
Dir.: Willy Rozier; Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Francois Calve, Howard Vernon; France 1952, 76 min.
Also known in the UK/US under the title The Girl in the Bikini, this was the second...
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Dec 25, 2025
Dir: Joseph H.Lewis | Noir Thriller | US | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Helen Walker, Jean Wallace
“I live in a maze, Mr. Diamond, a strange, blind and backward maze. All...
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Dec 19, 2025
Director: Luchino Visconti | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Anna Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Cortese | 120min | Drama | Italy
Conversation Piece is often as poignant as Death in Venice but...
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Dec 1, 2025
Dir: Jean Vigo | France Drama 89’ 1934
Jean Vigo’s cinematic swansong has a tragic history behind its tender love story. L’Atalante the French director’s only feature was a ravishing...
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Nov 17, 2025
Dir: Tony Richardson | Cast: Rita Tushingham, Peter Danquah, Robert Stephens, Dora Brian, Murray Melvin | UK Drama
Reviewed by Richard Chatten
Tony Richardson confirmed his position at the vanguard of the...
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Oct 26, 2025
Dir: Paul Cox | Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan | Australia Drama 93’
Reviewed by Richard Chatten
One of only two films I've ever watched on video that...
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Oct 5, 2025
Writer/Director: Richard Linklater | Cast:Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke | 165’ US Drama
It has to be said, Boyhood is an unusual beast: a 165 minute, high-concept coming-of-age drama. Filmed...
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Sep 16, 2025
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni | Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti | Drama | Italy | 122’
Reviewed by Alan Price
Antonioni’s great early 1960s trilogy (L’Avventura, La Notte and L’Eclisse) continues...
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