Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Stockholm"

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Traveller’s Joy ** (1950, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Yolande Donlan, Maurice Denham, Geoffrey Summer, Dora Bryan, Anthony Forwood) – Classic Movie Review 11,004

Director Ralph Thomas’s 1950 black and white British comedy Traveller’s Joy is based on the hit London stage play by Arthur Macrae, and stars Googie Withers, John McCallum and Yolande Donlan. It is the last […]

Mar, 09

The Disappearance of Finbar *** (1996, Luke Griffin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sean Lawlor) – Classic Movie Review 8764

Co-writer/ director Sue Clayton’s 1996 drama The Disappearance of Finbar stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers in his first leading role as young Irishman Finbar Flynn, who vanishes, upsetting his friends. When he resurfaces in Sweden years […]

Jul, 27

The Square **** (2017, Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ruben Östlund’s Stockholm museum satire is provocative, clever and amusing, though it goes on way too long at 142 minutes, and loses its way and its bite in the last 45 minutes. It does […]

Jan, 25

Wild Strawberries [Smultronstället] ***** (1957, Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin) – Classic Movie Review 2933

Swedish writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 world cinema classic traces the spiritual journey of an aged, irascible professor (Victor Sjöström) uncovering his past and present emotional frailties while on a road trip from his home in […]

Sep, 29

Torn Curtain *** (1966, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, Tamara Toumanova) – Classic Movie Review 228

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1966 espionage suspense thriller film Torn Curtain has its moments of tension and suspense. Paul Newman tries hard but is miscast as an American atomic scientist, who seems to defect to East Germany. […]

Sep, 07

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