Derek Winnert

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Suspiria **** (1977, Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Udo Kier, Miguel Bosé) – Classic Movie Review 4276

Co-writer/ director Dario Argento’s iconic 1977 Italian Gothic supernatural horror movie Suspiria is an extremely scary, effective shocker from the Italian horror maestro known as the Master of the Thrill. Jessica Harper stars as a […]

Sep, 01

A Child Is Waiting **** (1963, Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Bruce Ritchey, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill, Paul Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 4246

Burt Lancaster gives a commanding performance as Dr Matthew Clark, the psychiatrist in charge of an institution for mentally handicapped children in this sincere, moving and emotionally wrenching 1963 movie version of acclaimed American writer Abby Mann’s acclaimed […]

Aug, 27

Goodbye, Mr Chips **** (1939, Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid, Lyn Harding, Austin Trevor, Terry Kilburn, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 4140

Director Sam Wood’s vintage 1939 drama Goodbye, Mr Chips puts the spotlight on Robert Donat, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his masterly portrayal of a prim and proper classics teacher at a boys’ boarding […]

Aug, 07

Running On Empty **** (1988, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley) – Classic Movie Review 4093

Director Sidney Lumet’s thoughtful and intelligent 1988 thriller stars Judd Hirsh and Christine Lahti, who give ideal performances as counterculture couple Arthur and Annie Pope, married former Sixties radicals who blew up a napalm research facility […]

Jul, 27

Like Grains of Sand [Nagisa no Shindobaddo] *** (1995, Yoshinori Okada, Kôta Kusano, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Takada, Kouji Yamaguchi) – Classic Movie Review 4035

Yoshinori Okada and Kôta Kusano star in writer-director Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s intense, subtle and moving 1995 Japanese gay film about the complex relationships between a close-knit group of four teenage friends and focusing on a high school […]

Jul, 17

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie *** (1969, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Celia Johnson, Gordon Jackson, Jane Carr) – Classic Movie Review 4,020

Maggie Smith won the 1970 Best Actress Oscar for her delightful playing of the headstrong Thirties Edinburgh schoolmarm Jean Brodie, in the enjoyable 1969 drama film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. When she was […]

Jul, 14

The Browning Version **** (1951, Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde White, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Peter Jones, Sarah Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 4,012

Anthony Asquith’s 1951 British drama film The Browning Version is based on the 1948 play by Terence Rattigan and stars Michael Redgrave as an ageing classics master at an English public school forced into retirement […]

Jul, 13

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