Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "title directed by female"

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The Mustang *** (2019, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s appealing and moving 2019 drama The Mustang stars Matthias Schoenaerts as jailed violent convict Roman Coleman, given the chance in prison to participate in Bruce Dern’s rehabilitation therapy programme training […]

Sep, 11

Mary Queen of Scots ** (2018, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Adrian Lester, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, James McArdle, David Tennant) – Movie Review

Director Josie Rourke’s modern re-interpretation of the tragic historical story of Mary Queen of Scots is vivid and ambitious. Unfortunately, it is not a happy, feel-good story, and the film is more on the interesting […]

Dec, 13

The Return *** (2018, Karoline Sofie Lee, Thomas Hwan) – Movie Review

Karoline Sofie Lee and Thomas Hwan play two Danish-Korean adoptees in their early thirties, who leave Denmark and return for the first time to Korea, where they were born and given up for adoption, for […]

Nov, 15

Craig’s Wife *** (1936, Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 7582

Rosalind Russell stars as domineering, control-freak, middle-class, middle-aged housewife Harriet Craig, who marries for money and values her home more than her rich husband Walter (John Boles), in director Dorothy Arzner’s 1936 film Craig’s Wife, […]

Sep, 16

The Spy Who Dumped Me * (2018, Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj) – Movie Review

Another spy spoof – really? In 2018? And another film using The Spy Who Loved Me as its spoof title, following The Spy Who Shagged Me of course. Real spy films are getting played out […]

Aug, 27

Skate Kitchen **** (2018, Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Jaden Smith) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Crystal Moselle’s vibrant and alive Skate Kitchen (2018) boasts a rich, dynamic and truthful performance by Rachelle Vinberg as Camille, a lonely 18-year-old Long Island suburban teenaged skateboarder who makes friends with a posse of girl […]

Aug, 13

Mrs Soffel *** (1984, Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, Jenny Dundas) – Classic Movie Review 7340

Director Gillian Armstrong’s 1984 drama Mrs Soffel looks good on paper: the then new star Mel Gibson on the crest on a wave, Oscar-winning Diane Keaton in mid-career, and bright new star Matthew Modine in […]

Jul, 25

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