Sunday, May 19, 2024

Classic Reviews

Classic Film Review: ‘Andrei Rublev’ Is Dazzling In Its Boundless Ambition

There is enough content in Andrei Rublev (1966) to fit into about three different films. I could easily see a director who wasn’t Andrei Tarkovsky choosing to cut this film up into...

Classic Film Review: ‘Fellini Satyricon’ Represents Federico Fellini At His Laziest

Federico Fellini is a director who inspires fierce devotion from his greatest fans. His most fervent devotees are particularly drawn to the work that he produced following Nights of Cabiria (1957). He...

Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Had Nothing New To Say

I suppose it’s a bad idea to start off a review of a film about a legendary rap group with the admission that I am completely averse to this genre of music....

Classic Film Review: ‘Fame’ Needed That Norman Jewison Touch

Director: Alan Parker Writers: Christopher Gore Stars: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi Synopsis: Young men and women audition for coveted spots at the New York High School of Performing Arts....

Classic Movie Review: A Look at ‘Fargo’ 25 Years Later

It’s been 25 years since Joel and Ethan Coen, in their smorgasbord of dark-comedy delight, released one of their masterpieces: Fargo. Their early career was filled with key films like Bloody Simple,...

Classic Film Review: ‘In the Mood for Love’ Is Intellectually Challenging

This is one of those situations where I find myself just loving a film, even though I know that I’m meant to absolutely lose my head over it. Critics and friends had...

Classic Film Review: After 45 years, ‘The Bad News Bears’ is still one of the scrappiest underdog films

This week saw the return of major league baseball for the 2021 season. In recent years, I’ve found that I like to indulge in my fandom by not only watching games, but...

Classic Film Review: ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’ Was Too Muted For My Taste

Has anybody ever met one of the blonde ice queens who seem to populate every film ever made by a sexually frustrated auteur? They seem to exist as figments of their imagination....

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