Cinema Retro

07/10/2025

Molly McQueen has alleged that a failed property exchange makes her the rightful owner of the Abstract Expressionist masterpiece

07/10/2025

The Martin Scorsese documentary series deftly mines his angels and demons in interviews with Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and the man himself.

07/10/2025

Brilliant and underrated film. Hudson’s best performance.

Opened on October 5, 1966

07/10/2025

August 1975, El Paso - "Beyond the room of terrifying evil!" I love it. "It Happened On Sunday" was actually a reissue of 1974 release "It Happened One Weekend", a vanity project created by director/star/writer/composer Palmer Rockey. Rockey self-released the film with a number of four-walled releases spread out over a number of years (the movie was eventually retitled "Rockey's Style" for a 1981 attempt to make it catch on. Of course it did not - I admit I have not seen it (CAN you??), but the soundtrack is available to listen to on YouTube. Astonishing to say the least.

07/10/2025

Ridley Scott has claimed that Hollywood is so "drowning in mediocrity" he's returned to his old films, including 'Black Hawk Down.'

06/10/2025

One of the best spy flicks ever.

John le Carré said in an interview with The Guardian on April 13, 2013: "I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of thirty under intense, unshared, personal stress, and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself. I had written a couple of earlier novels, necessarily under a pseudonym, and my employing service had approved them before publication. After lengthy soul-searching, they had also approved 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.' To this day, I don't know what I would have done if they hadn't."
Le Carré favored Trevor Howard for the role of Leamas in the 1965 film version of his book, but he was rejected for not being enough of a box office draw; Burt Lancaster was also considered, but was rejected for not being able to put on a convincing British accent.
Richard Burton, the eventual choice of the producers, butted heads with director Martin Ritt during the course of the production. The friction actually helped inform Burton's performance, which many consider to be one of his best. Their antagonism is believed to have stemmed from Ritt's irritation with constant set visits from Elizabeth Taylor, then just into her second year of marriage to Burton. To make matters more convoluted, co-star Claire Bloom and Burton had had an affair several years earlier, and Ritt felt the need to come to the young actress' defense.
After Burton became a superstar, he insisted on casting his friends from his days at the Old Vic and West End. Friends of Burton's cast in this movie included Michael Hordern and Robert Hardy.
Although le Carré originally felt that Burton was too glamorous for the part of Alec Leamas. Burton's dedicated, unshowy performance persuaded him otherwise. (Wikipedia/IMDb)
Happy Birthday, Richard Burton!

05/10/2025

04/10/2025

Love this movie. Very witty and the chemistry between Wayne and Douglas is terrific.

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THE WAR WAGON (1967) Starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes, Gene Evans, Emilio Fernández, Hal Needham, Sheb Wooley & Bruce Dern – Shot by William H. Clothier (The Alamo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon, Rio Bravo) – Screenplay by Clair Huffaker (The Comancheros, 100 Rifles) – Directed by Burt Kennedy (Support Your Local Sheriff, The Train Robbers).

04/10/2025

Reloaded! 🔫 Amazon Prime has ditched the gun-less AI botch job James Bond artwork after fan backlash.
Full story: https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/amazon-prime-2025-ditch-gunless-james-bond-key-art

04/10/2025

Spoke to him a few times. Great guy. R.I.P.

He also appeared in the 1960s war films ‘The Victors,’ ‘In Harm’s Way’ and ‘Ambush Bay.’