Derek Winnert

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Une Partie de Campagne [A Day in the Country] ***** (1946, Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D’Arnoux) – Classic Movie Review 8979

Director Jean Renoir’s delightful 1946 French short feature film Une Partie de Campagne [A Day in the Country] – poetic, humorous and evocative – is a cinematic milestone. Set in 1860, Renoir’s carefully constructed, exquisitely […]

Oct, 13

Casque d’Or ***** (1952, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin) – Classic Movie Review 8,669

The 1952 Casque d’Or is a dazzling example of the postwar French film, perfectly capturing the nostalgic poetic-pessimistic mood of the time. It won one BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress (Simone Signoret). Director […]

Jul, 03

L’Assassin Habite au 21 [The Murderer Lives at Number 21] **** (1942, Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey) – Classic Movie Review 6653

This excellent, highly sympathetic, thriller-cum-character study comedy comes from co-writer/ director Henri-Georges Clouzot, the maker of Les Diaboliques, making a strong impression with his first solo film as director. Pierre Fresnay stars as Le Commissaire […]

Feb, 05

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