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Movie Classics

Casablanca

Based on the unpublished stage play Everybody Comes To Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, Casablanca is a film that remains a firm part of popular culture today. More…

Casablanca
Shadow Of A Doubt

Perhaps not Hitchcock’s most celebrated film but it’s a tense noir about an idealistic young woman who comes to suspect her favourite uncle of being an infamous serial killer. More…

Shadow Of A Doubt
Cool Hand Luke

Paul Newman stars as one of cinemas coolest cats in this drama of a prisoner trying to find his place – but with its religious undertones, is Luke a re-imagining of Jesus? More…

Cool Hand Luke
The Long Hot Summer

Paul Newman sizzles in this classic southern fried melodrama, based on a story by William Faulkner, playing Ben Quick, a rough and ready barn-burning Rancher. More…

The Long Hot Summer
The Sting

The Sting was one of my favourite movies from an early age and it’s stood the test of time well. Newman, Redford and co. are a joy to watch even when you know the ending. More…

The Sting
The Hustler

Low-life pool player Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) is taken in by gambler Bert Gordon (George C. Scott) to learn the art of the hustle. But does Eddie have any character? More…

The Hustler
Point Blank

John Boorman’s 1967 film, Point Blank, sees Lee Marvin stealing a large amount of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation. More…

Point Blank
The Wild Geese

Based on the novel by Daniel Carney, The Wild Geese – a satisfying action romp – sees a group of aging mercenaries played by stars of yesteryear, including Richard Burton. More…

The Wild Geese
The Bridge On The River Kwai

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, The Bridge On The River Kwai is one of those films which really makes you wonder why we fight and what the sense of it is. More…

The Bridge On The River Kwai
Harvey

A heart-warming tale that sees the eccentric Elwood P. Dowd convinced that an invisible rabbit accompanies him around town, much to the despair of his long-suffering sister. More…

Harvey
Alfie

Meet Alfie Elkins, a confident, charming and utterly selfish man. However, his callous ways start to show themselves as certain events make him rethink his lifestyle. More…

Alfie
My Fair Lady

It’s a battle of accents, class and stubbornness in My Fair Lady as ‘Enry ‘Iggins trains a cockney flower girl into a high-society lady for a bet. More…

My Fair Lady
Charade

Stanley Donen’s espionage yarn sees Audrey Hepburn falling for Cary Grant whilst trying to decide who she can trust as various crooks chase her late husband’s fortune. More…

Charade
The Maltese Falcon

Humphrey Bogart stars as private detective Sam Spade in John Huston’s jet black Noir which sees him vying with various criminals on the trail of a coveted avian statue. More…

The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep

When we think of film noir, we immediately think of films like Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep, with its detective and femme fatale falling for each other as a case unfolds. More…

The Big Sleep
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