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Classic Film Review: An English Child’s Eye View of WWII — “Hope and Glory

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

There’s a glorious nostalgia to the great British director John Boorman’s World War II memoir, “Hope and Glory.” The sentiment is what sticks with you, a naive child’s memories of not the fear, violence and loss, but of the freedom, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Pinter, Losey and Bogarde wind up the Clockwork Creepiness of “The Servant”(1963)

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s been so long since I reviewed anything scripted by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter that I had to refresh my memory about the traits associated with the phrase “Pinteresque.” Let’s see, an “atmosphere of menace,” suspense and tension heightened by … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Hemmings and Redgrave, The Yardbirds and 1960s London — Antonioni’s “Blow-Up” (1966)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

A young photographer is shaken to his core when he finally sees the beyond the Mod London surface gloss he so ably captures in “Blow-Up,” a vivid snapshot of a moment in time and a patient, chilling thriller about a … Continue reading →

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