Derek Winnert

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Prospero’s Books ***** (1991, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1313

Cult writer-director Peter Greenaway’s joyful 1991 film of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a dazzling delight, both visually and aurally, respecting and adorning the play big time. A pioneering work with delight as much in technical innovation as in artistic imagination, […]

Jun, 09

Three Days of the Condor **** (1975, Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow, Cliff Robertson) – Classic Movie Review 1154

Director Sydney Pollack’s sizzling 1975 suspense classic thriller offers an eagerly taken perfect role for Robert Redford as Joseph Turner, an innocent bookish CIA researcher on the run from the evil Joubert (Max Von Sydow) […]

Apr, 28

The Last Days of Disco *** (1998, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, Matt Keeslar, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals) – Classic Film Review 920

Modish cult writer-producer-director Whit Stillman’s 1998 musical romantic comedy drama stars Chloë Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale, who are among a group of friends hanging out at a trendy New York disco in the late 80s […]

Mar, 16

You’ve Got Mail **** (1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton) – Classic Movie Review 883

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan re-team with director Nora Ephron for a bid to top Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with a modernised remake of the James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan classic The Shop around the Corner (1940). […]

Mar, 07

Before Sunset ***** (2004, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 858

It’s 2004, and nine years on from their first tentative but passionate encounter in Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic drama Before Sunrise (1995), Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now a writer, is back in Europe for a book […]

Mar, 02

The Book Thief *** (2013, Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Nico Liersch) – Movie Review

Ontario-born Sophie Nélisse stars as the spirited and courageous young German girl Liesel, who is subjected to the horrors of World War Two Germany and is sent to live with a foster family. She finds comfort in this […]

Feb, 26

Adaptation **** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 824

Director Spike Jonze’s 2002 comedy drama film Adaptation is a quietly dazzling cult favourite from the maker of Being John Malkovich and Her. There were four Oscar nominations, but there was only one win: Chris […]

Feb, 13

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