Classics

The genre formally known as ‘Nostalgia’, we determine ‘Classics’ to be all titles that pre-date 1970, but don't hold us to it…

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Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952): Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon…; Masterpiece of Hollywood navel-gazing, with charismatic producer Kirk Douglas clawing his way to success on a Freudian subtext, using and discarding friends en-route through 'ruthless but necessary' business decisions. Dir. Minnelli choreographs his lucid B&W images with an equally deadly precision. Also…
Lady from Shanghai (1948): Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles; A bold experiment from Orson Welles in which his Irish traveller joins Rita Hayworth and others aboard a luxury yacht where a murder-mystery evolves. Wordy narrative is charged with atmosphere and that classic finale.
7th Heaven (1927): Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell; Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for both its visual sublime and intense appreciation of physical gestures and human faces.
Charlie Bubbles (1967): Dir. Albert Finney
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli…; Albert Finney plays the titular character, an ennui-ridden author whose return to his hometown of Manchester is less than triumphant. Finney's sole directorial outing -scripted by Shelagh Delaney- is an enigmatic, slightly surreal variation on the kitchen sink dramas in which he made his name, with the…
Stranger on the Run (1967): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Henry Fonda, Anne Baxter, Michael Parks…; Henry Fonda is once again THE WRONG MAN in this tasty Don Siegel western. Fonda plays an embittered ex-con who falls foul of a ruthless small-town sheriff who pins him for a crime he didn't commit.
Wrong Box, The (1966): Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine…; A classic black farce where two Victorian siblings (Richardson and Mills) scramble tooth and nail to collect a massive legacy, each trying to outwit and disinherit the other from the legacy. Superb cast of the best British comedians gather for proceedings. Story by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Butterfield 8 (1960): Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher…; A purring Elizabeth Taylor stars in this high-strung melodrama as a bed-hopping New York model, who questions her ways when she falls in love with a married socialite. Taylor famously loathed the movie - the last required on her MGM contract - despite its success, and it garnering her a Best Actress Oscar.…