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Retrospective

A collection of articles written about films celebrating a notable anniversary at the time.

Film Review Retrospective

A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)

Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name.

by Conall McManus 25th June 202425th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

An ageing group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

by Conall McManus 24th June 202424th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

CHINATOWN (1974)

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

by Conall McManus 20th June 202420th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

by Conall McManus 18th June 202418th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

THE WAY AHEAD (1944)

A group of British Army recruits during World War II are gradually shaped into soldiers...

by Barnaby Page 16th June 202416th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

SLACKER (1990)

A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.

by Alexander Boucher 14th June 202415th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (1999)

Dr Evil is back and has invented a time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo...

by Devon Elson 12th June 202411th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

BLACK ORPHEUS (1959)

A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.

by Conall McManus 11th June 202412th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929)

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

by Conall McManus 6th June 202411th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City...

by Conall McManus 4th June 20244th June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)

A maverick teacher returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

by Conall McManus 1st June 20241st June 2024
Film Review Retrospective

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

by Conall McManus 30th May 202430th May 2024
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Frame Rated is a digital publication dedicated to critical analysis, in-depth reviews, and features across the cinematic and television landscape.

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