Drax (@drax) - PALnet

Drax

Blogger, film critic, columnist (writes in Croatian and English)

2 days ago

Movies & TV Shows

Film Review: The Troops of St. Tropez (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, 1964) When someone mentions French cinema in the 1960s, the first thing that comes to mind is the French New Wave. In terms of box office, the most successful French films at the time…

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2 days ago

Retro Film Review: Seven Days in May (1964) For many people around the world (and in the USA, at least before last year’s unpleasantness) the outcome of the 2000 US presidential election was nothing short of a coup d’état.…

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Retro Film Review: Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d'une femme de chambre, 1964) In one of the Marty Mystere comic books, a shady character of a tough mercenary reveals his intellectual side by quoting a scene from a Luis Buñuel film. This scene, as surreal…

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5 days ago

Movies & TV Shows

Film Review: The Pink Panther (1963) “Fonzie syndrome”, or the supporting character that becomes more popular than intended, is a phenomenon usually associated with television. There are, however, instances of such…

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17 days ago

Retro Film Review: Spartacus (1960) The 1950s weren’t the happiest of times for Hollywood talents with leftist sentiments, since in the atmosphere of Cold War hysteria many were considered to be Communists. Many of…

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18 days ago

Retro Film Review: Psycho (1960) It is common knowledge that the reputation of some films, even the classic ones and those generally regarded as masterpieces, changes through the times. But few films suffer…

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28 days ago

Retro Film Review: Bonjour tristesse (1958) @@ -55,35 +55,35 @@ nal/ -9SwQzbaNyWdhzNglAXroWbHLHts +8yMZzM3whMT0LKnBAp9Sms3sY6r .jpg @@ -298,16 +298,18 @@ ble for +a teenager @@ -343,18 +343,19 @@ est-sell -er…

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about 1 month ago

Retro Film Review: ...And God Created Woman (Et Dieu... créa la femme, 1956) When French film director Roger Vadim died last month, most of the obituaries dealt less with his work and more with the fact that he had been married to or had romantic…

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about 1 month ago

Retro Film Review: East of Eden (1955) In the 20th century, one of the easiest ways for people to become immortal came in the form of early, premature death. At least, that was the case with celebrities who became…

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about 2 months ago

Retro Film Review: Rear Window (1954) Cinema as an art form owes its popularity and very existence to the fact that human beings tend to enjoy experiencing things, people and situations they are not likely to…

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