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The sin of Nora Moran (1933)  - Average poverty row melodrama. 

East Meets West (1936 - b/w) - George Arliss up the Khyber.

The Citadel (1938 - b/w) - Typical MGM prestige product, based on the AJ Cronin novel, though made in Wales and England. Has ads for Wrigley's, and Crosse and Blackwell's. The 1983 adaptation from BBC/MGM is much better, and doesn't cut off the story halfway to create a happier end. 

Vendetta (1950 - b/w) - terrible Howard Hughes period vanity project for his love Faith Domergue. Almost poverty row level. 

Hindle Wakes (1952 - b/w) - routine adaptation of the play with Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Joan Hickson and Bill Travers.

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954 - b/w) - Rote Gabin gangsterer.

One Way Ticket to Hell (1955) - Dreary narrated-but-no-dialogue juvenile drug saga. 

Faces (1968)/Shadows (1959)/A Woman Under the Influence (1974)/Opening Night (1977) - Cassavetes isn't quite the sort of cinema   I'd watch otherwise. I can see why he is revered. 

Tall Story (1960 - b/w) - rote high school comedy with Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins.

All the young Men (1960) - Rote Korean war drama with Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier.

Platinum High School (1960 - b/w) - astonishingly not directed by Al Zugsmith. 

This Rebel Breed (1960) - Jew Mark Damon plays an Afro-Mexican cop fighting delinquents. With Rita Moreno and Diane Cannon before she decided that she'd stick out if she spelt her name Dyan.

The Sinister Urge (1960) - Dreary Ed Wood vehicle.

The Angel Wore Red (1960 - b/w) - well, if it was either Ava or Dirk, I couldn't tell, the film was in black and white. 

Bridge to the Sun (1961) - depressing Japanese-set WW2 melo with Carroll Baker and James Shigeta.

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1961) - Rote gangster drama with Ray Danton.

ON THE FIDDLE (1961) _ ROUTINE BRITCOM WITH CONNERY PRE-OO7

Black Gold (1962 - b/w) - ropey 1920s-set neo-western. 

81/2 (1963) - Get this confused with la Dolce Vita.

In The French Style (1963 - b/w) - Typical Jean Seberg studio froth, with Stanley Baker and a French fella who looks a bit like Stan.

Wall of Noise (1963) - Ty Hardin melodrama nonsense about a jockey. 

the Stripper (1963) - Joanne Woodward is Kim Novak.

Twilight of Honor (1963 - b/w) - Tiring legal drama with Richard Chamberlain, nick Adams and Claude Rains. 

Wives and Lovers (1963) - bland romcom.

Allez France (1964) - Anglo-French comedy with an all-star cast showcased And You Have been Watching - Jean Richard, Mark Lester, Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors, arthur Mullard (pronounced Mull-er), Percy Herbert, Bernard Cribbins ("Bernar Cribbins"), Colin Blakely, Godfrey Quigley, Ross Parker (the man who wrote) , Georgina Cookson, Colin Gordon, Ferdy Mayne, Reg Lye, a chicken,  but though credited, "Donal Donally" and Tim Brinton, John Comer and Billy Kearns don't get the treatment. 

Also watched Jean Richard in sentimental b/w Louis de Funes comedy Mon pote le gitan (1959). 

See also Certains l'aiment froide (1959)

the Interns (1962)/the new Interns (1964) - turgid medical soap.

Dear Heart (1964 - b/w) - rote family comedy with Glenn Ford.

In Harm's Way (1965 - b/w) - typical bloated Preminger. 

Monster A Go Go (1965 - b/w) - Did I see this boredom before?

The Slender Thread (1965 - b/w) - Heartbreaking, angry turn from Sidney Poitier as he tussles with suicidal Anne Bancroft.

Seealso A Patch of Blue (1966).

Synanon (1965) - Bleak b/w mental drama with Chuck Connors, Alex Cord, Eartha Kitt and Stella Stevens. 

Doctor Zhivago (1965) - It's what you think it is. 

Guide (1966)/Jewel Thief (1967 ) - 60s Bollywood films look better than any other era.

Camelot (1967) - Everything looks slightly wrong. And Franco Nero as an ersatz Robert Goulet, shorn of his tache and therefore not himself, poor fella. Especially as he ended up meeting the wretched Redgrave woman. 

UlysseS (1967) - What a disgraceful, rude film. But with a staggering cast of almost very actor in the country  - Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roeves being Scottish as Dedalus, TP McKenna, Anna Manahan. Chris "father Jim of Rugged Island" Curran, Fionnuala Flanagan before she emigrated, Geoffey and Eddie Golden, Martin Dempsey. Maire Hastings, David Kelly, Des Perry, Rosaleen Linehan and Des Keogh, Maureen Potter, Maureen Toal (then Mrs. O'Shea), jim Bartley, Barry Cassin, Brendan Caldwell, Danny Cummins, May Cluskey, Tony Doyle, Eugene Lambert without judge, Thomas Macanna, Pamela Mant, Derry Power, Ann "he got his lad out" Rowan, Cecil Sheehan, Cecil Sheridan, OZ Whitehead and Biddy White Lennon, that's basically a good chunk out of the entire Irish acting population plus import tax and a box of Ritz crackers. And Pauline Melville, too, before she went alternative. 

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) - Cuban political-artiness.

IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO (1968) - REPETITIVE RACIAL ACTIONER WITH RAYMOND ST JACQUES AGAINST DANA WYNTER AND KEVIN MCCARTHY. TO THINK WYNTER ENDED UP IN RTE'S BRACKEN.

LES CHEMINS DE KATMANDU (1969) - AIP EASTERN PSYCHEDELIA BUNKUM WITH JANE BIRKIN.

1000 CONVICTS AND A WOMAN (1970) - ROPEY AIP PRISON SAGA. 

ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DESINOVICH (1970) - COLD THEATRICAL ADAP. 

ROAD TO SALINA (1970) - ROPEY ARTY EXPLOITER.

Violent City (1970) - Breakneck Italian action at its best. Bronson, Savalas, Ireland and a golly doll. 

 KING LEAR (1970) - IS IT SET IN THE PRESENT? THE COSTUMES SEEM A BIT ANACHRONISTIC. STILL, NICE TO SEE SUSAN ENGEL IN A JUICY PART. 

Fantasia Among the Squares (1971) - Baffling French comedy but lovely European view of the US, with added Lino Ventura and Weetabix. 

Glen and Randa (1971) - Unlikeable hippie teen apocalyptica. 

Melody (1971) - 18 year old Jack Wild almost convincing as a  12 year old, but his voice is crackling (Flight of the Doves was shot after this, I presume). Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde as the lovers. What a strange film. James Cossins' head and the ending are pure CFF. 

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) - The angriest film ever made. Features people called Nick Ferrari and Bob Maxwell, who have nothing to do with British tabloids. 

Les Hommes (1972) - Rote Eurocrime with Henry Silva, Michel Constantin and Marcel Bozzuffi.

Horowitz in Dublin (1973) - A forgotton curio filled with time capsule footage of the Irish capital, seemingly a pilot for a Brannigan-style series starring Harvey Lembeck a world away from either Bilko or Beach Party as a New York cop in Dublin, with Sinead and Cyril Cusack plus Al lettieri and Cesare Danova, plus the likes of Liam  Redmond, Martin Dempsey and Tom Hickey.  Seeing Lembeck surronded by Jacob's biscuit products is certainly a sight. Future Fair City regular Clive Geraghty plays the heroic sidekick. Was there an Irish Sunday Express?

The Happy Hooker (1975) - How did lynn Redgrave get into this POS?

Brotherhood of Death (1976) - There is some energy in this mostly dreary blaxploitation cyborg Vietnam vet anti-Klan picture.

Mad Dog Morgan (1976) - A rotuine western with Dennis Hopper as an Irish hoodlum, but in Australia with the usual great Aussie faces. 

The Seniors (1978) - Dodgy sex comedy with Dennis Quaid.

The Crippled Masters (1979) - Seemingly an average kung fu quickie, but then the titular characters appear. Jesus. A kung fu Freaks.

Out of the Blue (1980) - Bleak Canadian teen drama with the unforgettable Linda Manz as an Elvis obsessive plus directed/starring Dennis Hopper, with Raymond Burr and Sharon Farrell. 

The Jazz Singer (1980) I'm betting the lords Grade and Delfont insisted on Neil Diamond blacking up. "The Minstrels are still big with northerners. Trust me, Mr. Fleischer."

Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) - Arty, erotic Bukowskiploitation with Ornella Muti, Ben Gazzara and Susan Tyrrell.

Sorceress (1982) - Appealingly junky sword and sorcery. Bits of the score of Battle Beyond the Stars and Piranha are used.

Greystoke The legend of Tarzan Lord of the  Apes (1984) - Moments hit at pulp goodness and there's lovely Al whitlock mattes,, but a post-Raiders Tarzan shouldn't have been this stately. but it's an origin story. It's a prequel to a film never made. 

The Cotton Club (1984) - Typical Coppola. 

Alphabet City (1984) - Arty no wave New York gang pic.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - actually, it's quite grotty.

Truly Madly Deeply (1990) - a typical 90s BBC drama.

King Lear (1986) - It's like Godard served up a plate of rubbish just to make the Cannon Group look deliberately lazy. 

The Messenger (1986) - Fred Williamson tosh. Still, the man has charisma. 

Belly of an Architect (1987) - Brian Dennehy roams around Rome. Not Greenaway's best. 

Timesweep (1987) - Idioitic though intriguing-sounding horror set in a haunted film studio. With a dull, mainly middle-aged cast of amateurs. 

Moonstruck (1987) - it's nice enough. John Mahoney was a bit of a surprise. 

Nightfall (1988) - Dreary Asimov adap with Sarah Douglas, David Birney and Alexis Kanner.

The Carpenter (1988) - bleary-eyed fauxmerican Canadian thriller starring a Poundland Sigourney Weaver/susan Sarandon/Jenny Agutter hybrid, and Wings Hauser.

The Rainbow (1988) - Ken Russell erotica that somehow looks cheap as chips. It looks like a BBC Sunday serial. Bits look to be on videotape. McGann has an aldi Robert Powell vibe here. 

Deepstar Six (1989) - Another bland underwater Alien of 1989. 

Casualties Of War (1989) - typical 80s Nam drama, but why did De Palma bring back the female lead in the coda, put a flase nose and then get Amy Irving to dub her in her Far Pavilions voice? A thin John C Reilly?

The Bride with White Hair (1993) - Sumptuous wuxia ghost sotry. 

Diggstown (1993 ) - Routine boxing comdram with Lou Gossett, Bruce Dern and James Woods.

Cold Fever (1995) - Sub-Jarmusch quirkiness. 

KOLYA (1999) - THE DIRECTOR'S ODE TO HIS OWN DA.

Pups (1999) - Natural born kiddie killers.

The Hours of the Day (2003)  -sleazy Spanish serial killer.

Frozen Land (2005) - SOV Finnish noir.

Madame Edoard (2004) - Baffling french chef-in-drag comedy with Michel Blanc and Andrea Ferreol.

Why Don't You Just Die (2018) - Interesting Russian domestic western.