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Gaslight (1944) 94% EDIT “Gaslight... has been translated into a distinguished suspense film, gripping and intense by George Cukor as director. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) 95% EDIT “Uncompromising as it is, the narrative has been set forth with singular skill and realism.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Born Yesterday (1950) 95% EDIT “Bound to be a smash hit both for the expert fun of the dialogue and for the marvelously comic characterizations given by Judy Holliday and Broderick Crawford. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 13, 2025 Full Review Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) 39% 1/4 EDIT “Slow and unfunny, the special effects are far from special.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 28, 2025 Full Review Barbarella (1968) 65% EDIT “The dead-pan comic dialogue survives for a while, but the rest of this luridly spectacular Dino De Laurentiis production subsides into a routine has of oozing space scenery and as much sex as it can hold. ” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Alice in Wonderland (1933) 60% EDIT “Long before the end arrives, the magic of Lewis Carroll's original text seems to have evaporated completely.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Only Yesterday (1933) 100% EDIT “Margaret Sullavan, an actress whom this picture brings for the first time before the cinema public, is a player who takes her place immediately among the genuinely distinguished stars of the screen.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 23, 2024 Full Review The Mad Miss Manton (1938) 84% EDIT “There is little coherency in the narrative, but it runs smoothly if ridiculously on its course, taking in a tense moment or two on its way in one of these dramatic episodes.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 22, 2024 Full Review Jailhouse Rock (1957) 67% EDIT “The plot is a threadbare excuse for half of a dozen Presley songs, most of them delivered with his familiar style of loose-limbed energy.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 12, 2024 Full Review National Velvet (1944) 98% EDIT “The pleasant day-dreaming mood of the author's main idea is enriched by delightful characterization and by color photography which, especially in the outdoor scenes, is breathtaking. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 26, 2024 Full Review The Devil Dancer (1927) 71% EDIT “A tremendous amount of money must have been lavished on The Devil Dancer. In fact, it is depressing to consider how much, when one views the paltriness of the effect.” – Sydney Morning Herald Dec 5, 2023 Full Review State Fair (1933) 100% EDIT “From the first to last, it is the truth to life, the richness of human interest, which makes the story so absorbing. The characters have been brilliantly acted, under the experienced direction of Henry King. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 9, 2023 Full Review Bringing Up Baby (1938) 97% EDIT “Unfortunately the narrative is too heavy with action. Movement and dialogue are so incessantly rapid that they occasionally become overwhelming. But the clean, fast fun of the film cannot be denied.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jul 26, 2023 Full Review The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 86% EDIT “As a sheer conglomeration of nonsense, The Bitter Tea of General Yen might be equalled, but it would be difficult to surpass.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 24, 2023 Full Review The Black Pirate (1926) 100% EDIT “Apart from its plot, however, all who are Interested in the advance of the motion pictures as an art medium should make a point of seeing it on account of Its wonderful photography in natural colours.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 22, 2023 Full Review The Dark Angel (1935) 94% EDIT “The camerawork and direction are soothingly efficient. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 10, 2023 Full Review Flower Drum Song (1961) 79% EDIT “It is a conventional musical comedy, with the emphasis on comedy, and a score full of attractive melodies without distinction. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 25, 2023 Full Review Safety Last (1923) 97% EDIT “Seven reels of even the best farce must involve gaieties of rather thin humour, and Harold Lloyd's latest picture, Safety Last... is no exception to the rule. There also periods in it, however, when the fun is quite irresistible.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 21, 2023 Full Review Diabolique (1955) 95% EDIT “Clouzot, as usual, establishes a climate of evil unpleasantness right from the start, and yet it is useless to deny the peculiar fascination that this Clouzot unpleasantness exerts. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 26, 2023 Full Review Frankenstein (1931) 94% EDIT “Splendidly directed. One could wish that an equal artistic sincerity were lavished more often on films of finer dramatic calibre. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 13, 2023 Full Review Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 97% EDIT “The result is a brilliant piece of technical ingenuity by artists who have infused then cardboard creations not only with the life itself but with wit and beauty.” – Sydney Morning Herald Dec 20, 2022 Full Review Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 99% EDIT “The temper of the film is quite unstrained; it captures the spirit of an age of leisure.” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 10, 2022 Full Review King Kong (1933) 97% EDIT “Artistically, King Kong is not a film of first-rate importance, but it is not likely to disappoint those who have a taste for a novel and spectacular show. Nothing quite of the same kind has been shown on the screen before. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 8, 2022 Full Review Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 97% EDIT “Altogether, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington may be classed as one of the screen's most distinguished productions.” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 8, 2022 Full Review The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 99% EDIT “The manner in which the pen friendship formed by James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan develops with the other aspects of the tale shows Mr. Lubitsch's adroitness in getting the most out of any story he screens, especially the comedy element.” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 7, 2022 Full Review
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