Derek Winnert

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The Flesh of the Orchid [La Chair de L’Orchidée] *** (1975, Charlotte Rampling, Edwige Feuillère, Simone Signoret, Valentina Cortese, Alida Valli, Bruno Cremer) – Classic Movie Review 12,651

Patrice Chéreau’s lurid 1975 French giallo thriller film The Flesh of the Orchid [La Chair de L’Orchidée] stars Charlotte Rampling as disturbed young Claire, whose wicked aunt plots to put her in an asylum and […]

Sep, 23

The Keeper ** (1976, Christopher Lee, Tell Schreiber, Sally Gray, Ross Vezarian, Ian Tracey, Bing Jensen) – Classic Movie Review 11,600

Writer-director Tom Y Drake’s 1976 low-budget Canadian movie The Keeper is a modestly made, comfortably familiar horror film with the admirable Christopher Lee as the sinister, crippled asylum head The Keeper and an ancient plot about […]

Sep, 26

From Noon Till Three *** (1976, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley) – Classic Movie Review 10,405

Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s 1976 From Noon Till Three stars Charles Bronson, who admirably tries to stretch himself by extending his range in this offbeat adult comedy Western satire that tackles the Western myth by […]

Oct, 12

High Wall *** (1947, Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H B Warner) – Classic Movie Review 5,698

Audrey Totter grabs a grand opportunity to shine in the 1947 film noir High Wall as a caring asylum doctor who wants to know whether her crazed patient (Robert Taylor) has murdered his wife. Director […]

Jul, 02

The Wolfman ** (2010, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving) – Classic Movie Review 4324

After his brother is murdered by a werewolf in the woods, haunted Yorkshire nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) is called back to his family estate by his brother’s fiancée Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt) and is reunited […]

Sep, 09

Dheepan **** (2015, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers) – Movie Review

The startling 2015 feature film Dheepan from Jacques Audiard, the maker of A Prophet and Rust and Bone, is quite an eye-opener and an emotional ride, as well as a real impressive piece of film-making, winning the […]

Apr, 11

Strait-Jacket *** (1964, Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater) – Classic Movie Review 3251

‘Tina, bring me the axe’. Joan Crawford stars in the 1964 horror movie Strait-Jacket as an axe-wielding killer. Producer-director William Castle casts the great Joan Crawford, aged 59 in 1964, who follows up her success in […]

Jan, 08

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