Classic Cinema
The Quiet Man (1952)
7.8/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
Galway in the 1920's. After a long and profitable career as a boxer, Irish-born American Sean Thornton returns to his home village to settle down and... Read more
The Razor's Edge (1946)
7.5/10
Director: Edmund Goulding
Starring: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb
W. Somerset Maugham's powerful novel about a flyer who returns from WWI seeking spiritual peace is given a great rendition with Tyrone Power as the fl... Read more
The Reckless Moment (1949)
7.2/10
Director: Max Ophuls
Starring: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick
A noir-soaked drama based on a story, 'The Blank Wall', by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. Joan Bennett stars as a mother who finds the body of her daughte... Read more
The Red Shoes (1948)
8.3/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Al...
'The Red Shoes', the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the m... Read more
The Red Shoes ( Blu-ray ) (1948)
8.3/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Al...
'The Red Shoes', the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the m... Read more
The Red Tent (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Claudia Cardinale
A virtually unknown but first-rate film by Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov. This ripping adventure epic was funded in Italy and based on an actual... Read more
The Reivers (1969)
6.9/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Steve McQueen
An episodic jaunt from rural Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, provides laughs and adventure for a young boy, a scampish farmhand (Steve McQueen) and... Read more
The Return Of Chandu (1934)
6/10
Director: Ray Taylor
Starring: Bela Lugosi
The cult of Ubasti, headquartered on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Princess Nadji of Egypt is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana,... Read more
The Robe (1953)
6.8/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
A lavish costume drama set during the crucifixion of Jesus and the birth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Richard Burton, Jean Simmons star. Trivi... Read more
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961)
6.6/10
Director: Jose Quintero
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St John, Coral Browne
Vivien Leigh stars as a middle-aged actress whose husband dies on their way to an Italian vacation. Electing to remain in Rome, Leigh's trip takes an... Read more