X Y & Zee (Zee And Co.) (1972)
BRIAN G. HUTTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom, 1972. Columbia Pictures Corporation, Zee Company. Screenplay by Edna O’Brien. Cinematography by Billy Williams. Produced by Jay Kanter, Alan Ladd Jr.. Music by … Continue reading
Darling
BBBB (out of 5) A fashion model and actress (Julie Christie) works her way up to the big time by having affairs with all the right men and leaving behind … Continue reading
Marvin’s Room
BBBB (out of 5) Strong adaptation of Scott McPherson’s intimate stage play that is now a beautiful film about rediscovering family. Diane Keaton, in a marvelous performance, plays a woman who has … Continue reading
The Mission
BBB.5 (out of 5) Roland Joffe followed The Killing Fields with this good but less impressive film set in the remote jungles of Brazil. Jeremy Irons plays a priest who travels … Continue reading
Visions Of Eight (1973)
MILOS FORMAN, KON ICHIKAWA, CLAUDE LELOUCH, YURI OZEROV, ARTHUR PENN, MICHAEL PFLEGHAR, JOHN SCHLESINGER, MAI ZETTERLING Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA/West Germany, 1973. Bavaria Atelier, Wolper Productions. Screenplay by David Hughes, … Continue reading
The Grass Is Greener
BBB (out of 5) In this so-so romantic comedy, an old-money British couple (Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr) live in part of their stately aristocratic home while the rest of it … Continue reading
The Innocents
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Spellbinding horror film that is based on the play of the same name, which was itself adapted from the novel The Turn of The Screw by … Continue reading
