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  • Johnny Guitar (1954)
    Review preview for Johnny Guitar

    It's really a vehicle for Joan Crawford as Vienna, a woman holding her own in a brutal world through sheer force of personality.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A saloon owner falls foul of a jealous woman on the Arizona frontier.
  • Mildred Pierce (1945)
    Review preview for Mildred Pierce

    A sharp script full of camp and an emotional punch that knocks us over at the end.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    When a murdered man gasps out her name, is our heroine's remarkable survival story finally at an end?
  • Night Gallery: Season 1 (1970)
    Review preview for Night Gallery: Season 1

    ight Gallery is a rich mixture in terms of writers, cast and adapted material.

    Robert Reid · 3 out of 5
    Cult series... we can't believe it's not the Twilight Zone.
  • What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
    Review preview for What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

    Towering performances from two of the twentieth century's greatest stars, a mercilessly witty script and direction which pulls no punches - quite simply the greatest melodrama of its era.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Two sisters, a former child star and a now disabled Hollywood actress, are bound together by co-dependency and mutual resentment.

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