Derek Winnert

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Pennies from Heaven *** (1981, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper) – Classic Movie Review 6889

Director Herbert Ross’s ambitious and intelligent 1981 American musical romantic drama film Pennies from Heaven is adapted for American audiences by Dennis Potter from his classic 1978 BBC TV drama miniseries, changing its setting from London and the Forest of Dean […]

Apr, 06

Splendor **** (1989, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Marina Vlady) – Classic Movie Review 4048

Italian writer-director Ettore Scola’s affectingly nostalgic 1989 salute to the cinema is as good and glorious as the much more lauded Cinema Paradiso (1988). Marcello Mastroianni is splendid as Jordan, the owner and manager of the […]

Jul, 19

The Smallest Show on Earth ***** (1957, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Miles) – Classic Movie Review 1643

Small is beautiful. Happy days with the ramshackle, debt-ridden old London fleapit cinema called The Bijou in the 1957 Brit comedy film The Smallest Show on Earth. Director Basil Dearden’s adorable 1957 British comedy classic […]

Sep, 07

The Tingler **** (1959, Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman) – Classic Movie Review 1146

William Castle: ‘And remember this: A scream at the right time may save your life.’ In producer-director William Castle’s 1959 thoroughly enjoyable chiller chef d’oeuvre The Tingler, Vincent Price stars as Dr Warren Chapin, a pathologist […]

Apr, 25

True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756

Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]

Jan, 26

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