Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Le Week-end **** (2013, Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum) – Classic Movie Review 13,010

The bittersweet 2013 British-French drama film Le Week-End is witty, stylish and entertaining, with superb performances Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan as a couple on a second honeymoon in Paris. Director Roger Michell’s bittersweet 2013 […]

Jul, 28 · in Reviews

Perfect Understanding ** (1933, Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier) – Classic Movie Review 13,009

Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier star in the 1933 British romantic comedy film Perfect Understanding as a newly married couple who agree to a marriage based on not arguing. Director Cyril Gardner’s 1933 British romantic comedy […]

Jul, 27 · in Reviews

Unidentified [Neidentificat] **** (2020, Bodgan Farcas, Vasile Muraru, Dragos Dumitru, Andrei Aradits, Olimpia Malai, Ana Popescu) – Classic Movie Review 13,008

Bodgan Farcas stars in a compelling tour-de-force as deranged police detective Florin Iespas, obsessed with solving the case of two fatal hotel fires, in the intense, incisive Romanian thriller Unidentified [Neidentificat]. Director Bogdan George Apetr’s […]

Jul, 26

Mr Kingstreet’s War *** (1971, John Saxon, Tippi Hedren, Rossano Brazzi) – Classic Movie Review 13,007

The involving 1971 South African wildlife wartime TV  film Mr Kingstreet’s War stars John Saxon, Tippi Hedren and Rossano Brazzi. Writer/ director Percival Rubens’s 1971 South African TV film Mr Kingstreet’s War stars John Saxon, […]

Jul, 26

Black Book [Zwartboek] ***** (2006, Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn) – Classic Movie Review 13,006

Paul Verhoeven returns home to make the superb 2006 Dutch war drama thriller film Black Book [Zwartboek], starring Carice van Houten as a young Jewish singer who becomes a spy for the resistance in World […]

Jul, 25
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea *** (1976, Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson) – Classic Movie Review 13,005

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea *** (1976, Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson) – Classic Movie Review 13,005

The 1976 British drama film The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea is an impressive oddity based on a novel by Yukio Mishima, and starring Sarah Miles and Kris Kristofferson.  Writer/ director Lewis […]

Jul, 25

Now Barabbas Was a Robber [Now Barabbas] *** (1949, Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Ronald Howard, Stephen Murray, William Hartnell, Kathleen Harrison, Leslie Dwyer, Richard Burton, Kenneth More, Alec Clunes) – Classic Movie Review 13,004

The conscientious 1949 British drama film Now Barabbas tells a series of stories about men in jail, and stars a vintage cast, including Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Ronald Howard, Stephen Murray, William Hartnell, Richard Burton […]

Jul, 24

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