Derek Winnert

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The Golem [Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam] ***** (1920, Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch) – Classic Movie Review 2909

Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]

Sep, 13

Saved! *** (2004, Jenna Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Martin Donovan) – Classic Movie Review 2852

Co-writer/director Brian Dannelly’s 2004 release stars Jenna Malone as Mary, a girl attending a Christian high school, whose school pals condemn her when she gets pregnant. Mary thinks she has the perfect Christian boyfriend in Dean (Chad […]

Aug, 27

Mr Skeffington ***** (1944, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring) – Classic Movie Review 2700

The 1944 American drama film Mr Skeffington stars Bette Davis as a selfish, vain and bitchy woman who marries Jewish financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) only to save her brother from going to prison. Director […]

Jul, 14

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ***** (1925, Ramon Novarro, Francis X Bushman, May McAvoy) – Classic Movie Review 2292

Director Fred Niblo’s glorious 1925 silent movie masterpiece of General Lew Wallace’s bestselling 1880 novel is an all-time film classic. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ stars Ramon Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur, the head of a […]

Mar, 21

Fiddler on the Roof ***** (1971, Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon) – Classic Movie Review 2,115

Producer-director Norman Jewison’s triple Oscar-winning 1971 movie of the all-time great musical Fiddler on the Roof soars to the rooftops thanks to a great show and the spirited Topol’s charismatic star turn. On the route […]

Jan, 26

Brighton Beach Memoirs **** (1986, Blythe Danner, Jonathan Silverman, Bob Dishy, Brian Drillinger, Stacey Glick, Judith Ivey) – Classic Movie Review 2006

Infuriatingly, Matthew Broderick doesn’t get to recreate his superb Broadway performance as Eugene Morris Jerome, the young teenage son of a Jewish family through whose eyes we see the typically Woody Allen-style family squabbles and […]

Dec, 28

Exodus *** (1960, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 1,948

Director Otto Preminger’s ambitious 1960 historical epic film Exodus about the birth of the state of Israel just never seems to end at 217 minutes. Comedian Mort Sahl, attending a preview, stood up and shouted: […]

Dec, 11

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