Derek Winnert

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Before Night Falls ***** (2000, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1630

This richly imagined journey into the life and writings of the brilliant openly gay Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) is a devastating, overwhelming piece of cinema, directed and co-written with passion and brilliance […]

Sep, 03

Dead Poets Society **** (1989, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles) – Classic Movie Review 1543

‘No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.’ – John Keating. Director Peter Weir’s inspiring, heart-felt 1989 triumph stars Robin Williams in one of his career best performances as a […]

Aug, 13

Swann (1996, Miranda Richardson, Brenda Fricker) – Classic Film Review 1200

Director Anna Benson Gyles‘s 1996 literary heart-warmer with intelligence and soul provides a lovely acting showcase for talented Miranda Richardson and Brenda Fricker. Richardson plays a hit author Sarah Maloney, who is asked to write the […]

May, 10

Total Eclipse ** (1995, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer) – Classic Movie Review 1038

Director Agnieszka Holland’s 1995 adaptation of Christopher Hampton’s play (with a screenplay by the playwright himself) about the destructive mutual passion of the 19th-century French poets Arthur Rambeau and Paul Verlaine is a depressing fiasco […]

Apr, 02

Kill Your Darlings **** (2013, Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C Hall) – Movie Review

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) in this riveting biographical drama about the early adult years of the beat generation literary stalwarts. Kill Your Darlings is extremely engrossing, beautifully crafted and marvellously well done. […]

Dec, 04

Moulin Rouge **** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo) – Classic Movie Review 436

Fancy a musical? Come to that, fancy Ewan McGregor or Nicole Kidman? All three are here in this 2001 firecracker as you’ve never seen them before, all-singing, all-dancing in an outrageously flamboyant show set in […]

Nov, 22

Orphée [Orpheus] ***** (1949, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa) – Classic Movie Review 117

The French poet Jean Cocteau realises the full magic of the cinema in this 1949 masterpiece of the French avant garde, one of the most exquisite fantasies in the movies. Set in present-day Paris, Orphée […]

Aug, 01

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