Written and directed by Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard is a film that shows while Hollywood can make stars; it can just as easily destroy them – as Norma Desmond finds out. More…
Based on the James Jones novel, Keir Dullea stars as Private Doll, a man determined to stay alive at any cost, in a place that would drive anyone to insanity. More…
Often imitated but never duplicated, screen siren Rita Hayworth sizzles as the ultimate femme fatale, caught in a tug of war, in this film noir classic from 1946. More…
The Code of Production, murder and execution. And that’s all before filming started on the most iconic of all the film noir classics, Double Indemnity. More…
For all that surrounded its production, Elizabeth Taylor’s portrayal of Cleopatra is truly fitting; nobody could have done it better than her, not then and not now More…
With its tragic story but with love conquering all in the end, An Affair To Remember, a remake of Love Affair, is one of the best loved romantic classics of all time. More…
Beneath the sewers of the Paris Opera House, a masked figure dwells. The Phantom is a hideously disfigured composer whose dream is to turn a chorus singer into a star. More…
Often described as the greatest British film ever made, The Third Man is an outstanding example of classic Film Noir littered with subtle hints of Expressionism. More…
What do classic romantic films like An Affair To Remember and Breakfast At Tiffany’s have in common? For starters, they give hope to a world full hopeless romantics. More…
Directed by Sergo Paradjanov, The Colour Of Pomegranates is a like a dream I wish to never wake from. It’s the beautifully visualised story of an 18th century poet’s life. More…
A much celebrated British film, Kind Hearts and Coronets contains one of the best examples of multitasking ever to be seen with Alec Guinness taking on eight roles. More…
Forbidden Planet, set in the year 2257 when a team of astronauts land on a distant planet to investigate the disappearance of a craft, they’re met with an unknown force… More…
What happens when a mild mannered bank clerk plans the perfect robbery? In this classic Ealing Studios comedy, Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) will find out crime doesn’t pay! More…
In this classic World War 2 film, The Cruel Sea, the men are the heroes; the heroines the ships. The only villain is the sea, the cruel sea, that man has made more cruel… More…
Based on the novel ‘Das Geduldige Fleisch’ by Willi Heinrich, Cross Of Iron follows a doomed German platoon at the hands of the Russians on the Eastern Front in 1943. More…
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