Review: Equus
[Originally published in Movietone News 56, November 1977] Sidney Lumet was just the right director for Equus, and just the wrong one. His certified ability to entice performances of considerable force...
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[Originally published in Movietone News 43, September 1975] by Ken Eisler The National Health, adapted by Peter Nichols from his own stage play, remains pure farce, but the form has undergone a...
View ArticleReview: Love among the Ruins
[Originally published in Movietone News 40, April 1975] The first of the best films of 1975 has been and gone, and won’t be back, at least at your naborhood theatre. Love among the Ruins appeared on...
View ArticleReview: Murder on the Orient Express
[Originally published in Movietone News 39, February 1975] There’s an air of bad faith, not unlike the scent of bathroom deodorizer, about Murder on the Orient Express. I’m as fond of “production...
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