Claire Bloom Archives

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

Rating: ★★

Dec 19, 2002Brothers Grimm Anthology/Biopic

Anthology of Brothers Grimm stories from George Pal where the brothers are wound in as characters. The film’s effectiveness is killed by Pal pitching everything down at a mawkish and simple-minded level

Director: George Pal, Henry Levin

Actors: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, …

Category: Fantasy

19 December 200216 June 2025 by Roog

The Haunting (1963)

Rating: ★★★★★

Nov 3, 1999Haunted House

This is the finest haunted house film of all. In Robert Wise’s hands, the ghosts are unseen and only ever psychological and suggested – the results are terrifying. Adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House

Director: Robert Wise

Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, …

Category: Horror

3 November 19992 April 2026 by Roog

Charly (1968)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 8, 2000Experiment Turns Intellectually Handicapped Man Into a Genius

Adaptation of the classic story Flowers for Algernon with Cliff Robertson winning a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as an intellectually handicapped man who undergoes an experiment that turns him into a genius

Director: Ralph Nelson

Actors: Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 August 20001 January 2026 by Roog

The Illustrated Man (1969)

Rating: ★★

Apr 12, 2003Ray Bradbury Anthology

An anthology that adapts three stories from Ray Bradbury's short story collection but does so with singularly heavy-handed regard. The best aspect of the film is the framing story with a brooding Rod Steiger in the title role.

Director: Jack Smight

Actors: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas

Category: Science Fiction

12 April 20036 May 2026 by Roog

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Rating: ★★

Apr 14, 2001Greek Mythology Adventure

This would be the last of the films made by stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen where he turns his creations towards conducting another Greek Mythology adventure. With an all-star cast playing the Greek gods.

Director: Desmond Davis

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, …

Category: Fantasy

14 April 20013 January 2026 by Roog