Derek Winnert

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The Switch ** (1963, Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall, Conrad Phillips, Susan Shaw, Jerry Desmonde, Dermot Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 12,125

The Switch (1963) is Susan Shaw’s last film. She ended up living alone and broke in Soho. ‘They say she died of cirrhosis of the liver and she lived next door to prostitutes in Soho. […]

May, 18

Tiger by the Tail [Cross-Up] ** (1954, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely) – Classic Movie Review 11,547

Director John Gilling’s 1955 British low-budget crime thriller film Tiger by the Tail is a basically pretty dull old British B-movie. But it is much enlivened by its handling and its star Larry Parks (The […]

Sep, 03

Berlin Alexanderplatz ***** (1980, Günter Lamprecht, Claus Holm, Hanna Schygulla, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa) – Classic Movie Review 6205

Writer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder remakes Phil Jutzi’s German classic movie of 1931 and comes up with a towering monument of film-making in an inspired attempt to capture the entire essence of Alfred Döblin’s novel in […]

Nov, 07

Son of a Gun **** (2014, Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander) – Movie Review

Debut feature writer-director Julius Avery’s nerve-jangling Aussie prison drama, then gold heist thriller is an action crime caper with attitude and a commendably tough tone. Filmed on fresh, atmospheric Aussie locations, t’s all it should be – tense, […]

Jan, 28

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