Classic Cinema
Black Narcissus (1947)
8/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Sabu, Jean Simmons
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in... Read more
Black Narcissus ( Blu-ray ) (1947)
8/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Sabu
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in... Read more
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
7.4/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Vic Morrow, Sidney Poitier
A well-remembered urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Bill Haley's "Rock a... Read more
Blackmail (1929)
7/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden
Hitchcock's first sound picture, 'Blackmail' is the story of a young girl who stabs an artist to death in defense of her honour. Her boyfriend, a Scot... Read more
Blindfold (1966)
6.1/10
Director: Philip Dunne
Starring: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden
A New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by cert... Read more
Blithe Spirit (1945)
7.2/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford
David Lean adapts Noel Coward once again ('This Happy Breed', 'Brief Encounter') with excellent results. Rex Harrison is an author writing a book on... Read more
Block-Heads and Related Shorts (1938)
Director: John G Blystone
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis
"Block-Heads" is one of the most popular Laurel and Hardy feature films. In World War One, Stan is left to guard a trench only to be discovered - stil... Read more
Blood Alley (1955)
6.3/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Anita Ekberg
Produced during the height of the Cold War and stars John Wayne as he and Lauren Bacall lead a group of Chinese refugees along a dangerous waterway. Read more
Blood and Sand (1941)
7/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, "Blood and Sand" is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bul... Read more
Blood and Sand (1922)
7.2/10
Director: Fred Niblo
Starring: Rudolph Valentino
The mesmerizing Rudolph Valentino stars as a peasant youth who grows to become Spain's most famous matador, but along the way is fatally seduced by a... Read more