Derek Winnert

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn **** (1945, Peggy Ann Garner, James Dunn, Dorothy McGuire Joan Blondell, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 5813

Director Elia Kazan’s warm, meticulous, fully-realised and believable 1945 movie re-creation of life in working-class Brooklyn in the early 1900s before World War One is based on Betty Smith’s novel. It centres on one Irish […]

Jul, 25

The Miracle Worker ***** (1962, Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson) – Classic Movie Review 3509

Securing the role against studio choices Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman or Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Bancroft re-creates her Tony-winning Broadway stage performance as the devoted but determined Boston teacher Annie Sullivan, who tutors and cares for […]

Mar, 30

Being Human ** (1994, Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 1570

With the best will in the world, writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1994 offbeat epic fantasy comedy drama just can’t be judged an unqualified success, though it’s a highly ambitious and intelligent project. Robin Williams teams with the Scottish director […]

Aug, 19

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