Derek Winnert

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The Guru *** (1969, Rita Tushingham, Michael York, Utpal Dutt) – Classic Movie Review 9233

Director James Ivory’s 1969 comedy drama The Guru stars Michael York as English pop singer Tom Pickle, who goes to Bombay, India, to learn the sitar (this is the late Sixties) with maestro Ustad Zafar […]

Jan, 06

Smashing Time ** (1967, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Ian Carmichael, Anna Quayle, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 8837

Director Desmond Davis’s 1967 slapstick British colour musical comedy film Smashing Time takes us back to 1967 when London’s Carnaby Street was the height of fashion. Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave star as plain Brenda and flamboyant Yvonne, […]

Aug, 17

Vox Lux *** (2018, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Jennifer Ehle) – Movie Review

The 30-year-old writer-director Brady Corbet’s second film Vox Lux (2018) is his edgy, ambitious, confident and stylish follow-up to his The Childhood of a Leader (2015). It is equally provocative and dynamic, as well as […]

May, 08

Amy **** (2015, Amy Winehouse) – Movie Review

Director Asif Kapadia’s 2015 documentary Amy is extremely well done, informative and moving, but also very depressing and upsetting. Amy Winehouse had it all – an incredible jazz voice, the ability to turn her emotional pain into […]

Jul, 01

Johnny Suede **** (1991, Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Richard Boes, Cheryl Costa) – Classic Movie Review 1782

Writer-director Tom DiCillo’s gleefully quirky and playful 1991 debut comedy is now a firm cult favourite. But it took awhile to gain its status after opening in only one cinema in America, before getting good reviews and […]

Oct, 26

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