Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Paper Orchid ** (1949, Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell, Sidney James, Garry Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 12,703

Roy Ward Baker’s lively 1949 British black and white newspaper world crime thriller film Paper Orchid stars likeable Hugh Williams and Hy Hazell, along with Sid James and Garry Marsh. Roy Ward Baker’s lively 1949 […]

Oct, 31 · in Reviews

Paradise *** (1991, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch) – Classic Movie Review 12,702

The 1991 American film Paradise is a tasteful, warm-hearted remake of the French success Le Grand Chemin (1987), this time starring then real-life married couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Writer/ director Mary Agnes Donoghue’s […]

Oct, 31 · in Reviews

Le Grand Chemin [The Grand Highway] **** (1987, Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Vanessa Guedj, Christine Pascal, Pascale Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,701

Jean-Loup Hubert’s superb 1987 French film Le Grand Chemin [The Grand Highway] stars Richard Bohringer and Anémone, who won the César Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Writer/ director Jean-Loup Hubert’s superb 1987 French […]

Oct, 31

The Second Time Around ** (1961, Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 12,700

The mild but gently amusing 1961 comedy Western film The Second Time Around stars Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse, and Thelma Ritter. Debbie and Thelma are the hit turns as the new […]

Oct, 31

Nine and a Half Weeks [9½ Weeks] [Nine 1/2 Weeks] *** (1986, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger) – Classic Movie Review 12,699

The sleaze to tease. Director Adrian Lyne’s 1986 shocker Nine and a Half Weeks stars Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Nine and a Half Weeks is a fascinating dissection of an alluringly intense sadomasochistic relationship, […]

Oct, 30

Deep Water [Eaux Profondes] **** (1981, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey, Christian Benedetti) – Classic Movie Review 12,698

Deep Water [Eaux Profondes] is a deliciously deranged 1981 French psychological thriller with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant on tremendous, quite scary form as a loveless married couple playing a sick marital game on the […]

Oct, 30

Le Dossier 51 [Dossier 51] **** (1978, François Marthouret, Claude Marcault, Philippe Rouleau) – Classic Movie Review 12,697

Director Michel Deville’s disturbing, unsettling 1978 French surveillance crime drama film Le Dossier 51 is an intense and compelling experience, cleverly handled, and full of intrigue and suspense. François Marthouret plays meticulous and honourable French […]

Oct, 30

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