On Moonlight Bay (1951)

A great film and a heartening demonstration that romance on the grand scale, as Hollywood used to do it, is still possible

Michael Sragow, writing in salon.com, says that Søren Kragh-Jacobsen’s lovely little film, Mifune, “outlines the emptiness of upward mobility in an age of unapologetic capitalism.” It is one of those observations that tell you far more about the critic than they do about the film, which is not at all about “capitalism,” unapologetic or otherwise,…

Adam Sandler as the new Gary Cooper? If you can believe that, you might actually like this awful, unfunny movie.

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Yet another example of gore, black humor and special effects that only has contempt for the non-special but desirable effect of explaining what is going on

A parable or fairy tale of social renewal from the master cinematic chronicler of the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie