Reviews by fernando

A minor Ray, could be a 30's or 40's warner movie with court plot sustaining drama, mmmm. Derek is so handsome that it's diffiuclt to underline its devilish character; the Bogart monologue points to his victimization

Irresistible two faced cynicial morbo De Mille. Hayakawa is pure clisé of the eroticized stranger. Surprising narration for 1915 standards

The beauty of ballet, its peaks and downs in a proffesional company and that's all. Cold and distnat as some altman films. There´s a duo on a set ourdoors during a storm, pretty.

Douglas, amusing old master; with this awkward end of sixties material, human fable of comertial exploitation against a men/monkeys, good english supporting cast...

Good social material for Zinneman, Brando is a great debutante, but too many narration by edition effect, when one expects the dramatic acting crisis...

Borzage is always great (even here he has two wonderful travellings, one quiet following Durbin and Tone in a street, the other with Durbin running to Tone in the end), but the conventional priod girl lookinf fot her opportunity in NY is so poor...

Mamoulian (and Fonda, Cregar, even limited Tierney) amuse in this crazy romantic comedy not so idiot plot comedy. Fonda and Gene dance and runs naively, through the plot.

The basis for a soap opera saga, Peyton Place, is not too medidated by Wood or producers; some weakness now and then; dialogues ok and homogeneous good cast (Cummings deserved better filmography, reagan at his best, friendship and insanity dominates over conventional romantic love, Field better than Sheridan, even Coleman is ok)...

Poetic of development, in Calcutta or in Latin America, so similar. A woman has to work and there's a cold war at home...

Some tamed expressionism, some idiot plot of men leaving an intrepid woman in the bare hands of Blue Beard/ Carradine...