Classic Cinema
Flower Drum Song (1961)
7/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall, Benson Fong, Jack Soo
Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Music for Rodgers and Hammerstein, this classic, musical comedy-romance stars Nancy Kwan as a young C... Read more
Flying Deuces (1939)
6.9/10
Director: Edward Sutherland
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Charles Middleton
Laurel and Hardy join the Foreign Legion, but it's not as much fun as they might have thought. Sinister Charles Middleton is the commander and he mean... Read more
Follow That Dream (1961)
6.6/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen
Elvis Presley is at his delightful best as a naive but sexy country boy in this lighthearted romp about a backwoods family homesteading along the Flor... Read more
Foolish Wives (1922)
7.2/10
Director: Erich Von Stroheim
Starring: Erich Von Stroheim, Maud George, Mae Busch
Publicised as the first film to cost a million dollars, praised for it's extravagant visual design and condemned for it's portrayal of a rogue count's... Read more
For Love of Ivy (1968)
6.3/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O...
Ivy (Abbey Lincoln) has been housekeeper and loyal confidante to the Austin family for nine years. When she surprises everyone by announcing that she... Read more
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
7/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Katina Paxinou all won Oscars for their work in this adaptation of the classic Ernest Hemingway novel. Overall, it won... Read more
Forbidden Games (1952)
8/10
Director: Rene Clement
Starring: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly
A timeless evocation of childhood innocence corrupted, Rene Clement's ("Purple Noon") undisputed masterpiece tells the story of a young girl orphaned... Read more
Forbidden Planet (1956)
7.6/10
Director: Fred M Wilcox
Starring: Robby the Robot, Warren Stevens, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis
'The best of the science fiction interstellar productions of the fifties', according to Pauline Kael. The action takes place in the year 2257 on the p... Read more
Forever Darling / The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Director: Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Marjorie Main
Double Feature: "The Long, Long Trailer" is a riotous comedy in which a cumbersome travel trailer creates havoc for a newlywed couple (Lucille Ball an... Read more
Francis of Assisi (1961)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway
Michael Curtiz brings the life of St Francis to the screen in this colourful religious epic. Dolores Hart co-stars as the noblewoman who forsakes her... Read more