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  Gangsters and Philantropists 1963

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Oct 2021

  The Polish Jerzy Hoffmann and Edward Skórzewski had made 17 documentaries together before shooting their first feature film, a comedy "Gangsterzy i filantropi" in 1962. The film has two segments (a third one was turned dow by the Polish censure board) that are loosely connected.

  In the first segment "Gangsters", an elegant gentleman gangster nicknamed "Professor" plans to commit a perfect crime, a money truck robbery, with his regular sidekick 'Parmesan', the twins 'the Siamese brothers', Baldy and the taxi…

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  Bedlam 1946

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Oct 2021

  "Bedlam" was Val Lewton's 11th film for RKO Radio Pictures, since they hired him in 1942 to lead their B-film horror unit. He had made films with Jacques Tourneur, but also with two newcomers, Robert Wise and Mark Robson. For this new film he is inspired by 'A Rake's Progress' a series of paintings/engravings by William Hogarth, about Tom Rakewell, a rich heir who squanders his fortune on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling. In the 8th and final plate Tom…

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  The Thief of Paris 1967

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Sep 2021

  After shooting 'Viva Maria!' in 1965, Louis Malle, starts preparing his new film 'Le voleur'. He casts Jean-Paul Belmondo as the main character, but will regret it afterwards. When in 1969 an interviewer asks him, if it has been an advantage to have worked with so many 'vedettes' (stars) like Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, and Belmondo, Malle resolutely answers that there are many more disadvantages than advantages to using 'star-actors' in a film. Not that he…

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  Ménage 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct 2021

  With his films Bertrand Blier often had the intention to shock and change public morality. In 1985, 11 years after 'Les Valseuses', he feels the time is right to address the taboo of homosexuality. He plans to do so with another film about a threesome, his third after the aforementioned Valseuses and 'Préparez vos mouchoirs' in 1978.

  Only two of the original 'Valseuses' trio are available, Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. Patrick Dewaere has shot himself in 1982. Bernard Girardeau will…

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