Derek Winnert

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Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear] ** (1994, Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sally Kellerman) – Classic Movie Review 9403

Robert Altman follows his masterworks The Player and Short Cuts with a much lesser movie in the same style, the 1994 satirical comedy-drama  Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear], as models, designers and journalists gather for Paris Fashion […]

Feb, 19

Stolen Holiday *** (1937, Claude Rains, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 7419

Director Michael Curtiz’s impeccably presented, impressively played and well scripted 1937 romantic crime drama Stolen Holiday is based on a fictionalised version of the exploits of real-life Russian Jewish financier and conman Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky. […]

Aug, 09

Save the Tiger **** (1973, Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford ) – Classic Movie Review 4078

Director John G Avildsen’s 1973 drama finds Jack Lemmon on his best Oscar-winning form as the harassed, disillusioned businessman Harry Stoner, who is haunted by memories of his World War Two war buddies while he […]

Jul, 25

Raising Helen *** (2004, Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin, Hayden Panettiere, Felicity Huffman, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 4056

Kate Hudson plays a young woman who becomes the guardian of her sister and brother-in-law three children (Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin) after the couple are killed in a car accident. Director Garry Marshall treads carefully in this enjoyable 2004 laughter and tears […]

Jul, 20

Absolute Beginners *** (1986, Eddie O’Connell, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, Ray Davies, James Fox) Classic Movie Review 3257

Director Julien Temple’s 1986 ambitious attempt to adapt Colin MacInnes’s 1959 realistic novel about youth and racism in London into a big-budget fantasy musical fails to hit enough of the right notes. However it does […]

Jan, 11

Fellini’s Roma **** (1972, dir Federico Fellini) – Classic Movie Review 1318

Rome wasn’t built in a day – for Fellini’s Roma it took forever to recreate a huge section of it in Cinecittà’s studios in Rome. But it was worth it. Roma looks a brilliant treat. Writer-director […]

Jun, 13

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