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“(OK) A lesser Wise, sensitive romance between an ethic desertor gool man Fonda and cynical star model Lindsay Wagner, But she is passionate and he tender, so rmance is 'wisely' strong...Wise gets disracted in Morocco and Paris landscape...” read more

“(OK) Fires were started and currentluy running in London, so heorics on firemen were welcome. Jennings builds its tale scenmatically, make them play and sing and act with some stereotypes, but has power in the action moments...” read more

“(YT) Europeans were way ahead Deren, in surrealism expression. But here is Los Angeles modenity, house design, light, ryhmic corporal movements, clothing. The feminist side is more innovative or meaningfull...” read more

“(OK) As elegant and rich in direction as 'Kane', but less ambitious, more natural and fluent. Splendour and decadence as theme and social backgrounds, informs the best stories. Besides that, the richess of each character, Agnes Moorehead jealousy and repentance for instance....” read more

“(MU) Rigth, simple, minimalist and effective as a toy story with orphan boys, just place between choral and protagonism...” read more

“(OK) After somber "Lucky Lady", Donen hits the bell of nostalgia and right tone, birght dyptic, tongue in cheek visit to melodrama, with musical and boxing background. Scott is brilliant...” read more

“(OK) One og¿f the best Hollywood approaches on chaotic prerevoltionary China, wih missonaries escaping not just from violence but form the idea of nation. That the dramtic cliam of reverend Larry Gates. McQueen is excellent , supporting everybodies figth...” read more

“(MU) Too self centered in his quest and the quest of another european before him; and despises the possibility of presenting more information on Joean and bossa nova and Brasil. He even goes to Diamantina, ant the wonderfull town is almost absent...” read more

“(MU) Exceptional, the richess of images, tableux vivants or simple visual lines of a poem on religion, love and ancient society...” read more

“(OK) Some problems of rytm and repetitions, a violent change of tone (first, the bullets seems artificial, all is lucky and happy; then violence explode and the film doesn't cope with Robby Benson's death...” read more

“(OK) Maybe overrated, the plot is so contrived being serious (The death of Ouspenskaya, tha appartion of Louis Hayward loving and not loving, Bellamy miscast), the dancing is poor; but Lucille Ball, Russell Metty photo and some scenes as Maureen and Lucille fight and Maureen shouting at the public..” read more

“(OK) Wise is always ok, even going for genres he doesn't domain. Argument has some corny stuff for 1957 (as corny as Jean is believing she is not), exceeding in fluffy almost naif Paul Douglas, therés no comic alibi for the sentimental stuff; but in the other hand, acting is impecable, (Jean and To” read more

“(OK) Episodic, irregular narration, becuase that´s the literary origin, and Donen wanted to make special numbers on Lerner lyrics. Bof Fosse snake ins a little film inside this; each planet is an episode. But there's a core of the film, in the relationship between little prince and the aviator...” read more

“(OK) Expressionism in set design, in gothic terror, in madness of the feminine character. Nice variation in 'phantom of the opera' when you hace the phantom asking the man to replace him int thel love of his idealized girl...” read more

“(YT) One of the best dialogues, clowned by Carole Lombard. Powell has most punchlines, and is hard on Gail Patrick. Pallette and Brady are excellent supports. Too much in the house and the slums are too Hollywood produced, but that 'laboratory' look donde mess the film...” read more

“(MU) Pretty sweet swan songs, with envolving effective intense travellings, an agonic cameo by Marianne Faithfull, some explanations of creative process by Cave and Ellis...” read more

“(MU) Effective Sergio Grieco's nunsploitation, with interesting finale of the nuns straving in the walled convent. But that's not the ending, there´s a happy one in a Romeo and Juliet lost trace...” read more

“(OK) Wise is a wise man, as bad man Cagney, reddemed in the eyes of Papas and Dubbins, after the barefeet martyrdom of McNally, Dano and Vic Morrow. Great scenes of the frustrated lynching and the effective lynching, Cagney meditative while Papas plays piano in the distance...” read more

“(OK) Laurel & Hardy in domestic abstraction (a bit 'WC Fieldiesque') and a funny, intense escape to a convention....” read more

“(MU) The last film of husband Nick Ray (We can´t go home again) didn't deserve a documentary by widow Susan, divorced from the best of his filmography, a waste...” read more

“(OK) Donen at his most theatrical film, even if he looks for park and neigborhood. But Burton and Harrison are too verbal, they describe everything in a sardonic way that leaves nothing to another kind of action...Maybe was a way to cold down the too hot topic for 1969” read more

“(MU) Great documentarian, Rosi doesn't need words and explanations in this somber yet vivid, exploration in war territories and borders. The great scene of the mother in the cell of his death sob is worth the film. The therapy piece of history essayed by the mental partients is perfect for make some” read more

“(OK) Oh, how it gets bigger¡ While viewing it for the 2nd time and afeter viewing it: sex and ethics till the end, Stanwyck and Asther copulates not touching theirselves, just to the end, when he 'tea suicide'; Connolly is the bad conscience, this is Sternberg with deepness...” read more

“(MU) Cult film, three layered, two multi characters (they are friends, gudes, cat and mouse, surfer bank robbers, anti system) ; iconic and glorious with the presidents masks, aged in the gratuituos fights...” read more