Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "loneliness"

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Driftwood * (1997, James Spader, Anne Brochet) – Classic Movie Review 12,102

James Spader drifts out of luck with the arty-farty 1997 Misery clone thriller film Driftwood.  Director Ronan O’Leary’s 1997 thriller Driftwood is an arty-farty Misery clone, with an amnesiac man (James Spader) washed up on […]

May, 06

Summer and Smoke *** (1961, Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, John McIntire, Pamela Tiffin, Thomas Gomez, Earl Holliman, Lee Patrick, Malcolm Atterbury) – Classic Movie Review 10,418

Director Peter Glenville’s fiery 1962 drama of repressed love Summer and Smoke offers more Tennessee Williams Southern poetic passion, with Geraldine Page grabbing her chance to repeat her off-Broadway role as a hurt and fading […]

Oct, 15

Ben *** (1972, Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 9127

Director Phil Karlson’s horror thriller Ben (1972) is the bloody but not too terrible horror sequel to Willard which, by sticking close to the original 1971 film story, can just about please those who enjoyed Bruce […]

Dec, 04

Monsieur Hire ***** (1989, Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier) – Classic Movie Review 8,725

Patrice Leconte’s dazzlingly stylish French crime thriller film 1989 Monsieur Hire stars Michel Blanc as the lonely bachelor who falls for disrobed object of desire Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire), a young woman he has been peeping […]

Jul, 17

A Short Film About Love [Krótki film o milosci] **** (1988, Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska) – Classic Movie Review 8442

Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941–1996) expanded the 61-minute sixth part of his Ten Commandments TV series into an 87-minute cinema feature as A Short Film About Love [Krótki film o milosci]. It is the most romantic […]

May, 07

Powder ** (1995, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen) – Classic Movie Review 6950

Writer/ director Victor Salva’s 1995 drama Powder is a weird Buena Vista Pictures [Walt Disney] teen fantasy tale of a freakish, bald, deathly-white misfit teenager (Sean Patrick Flanery) with paranormal powers, who realises his potential through […]

Apr, 20

Il Grido [The Cry] [The Outcry] **** (1957, Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Betsy Blair, Lynn Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 6280

This downbeat and ambling 1957 Italian personal drama and study in alienation is impressively filmed along Neo-Realist lines by master director Michelangelo Antonioni, who was soon about to make his international name with L’Avventura (1960), […]

Nov, 21

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