Derek Winnert

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The Bride Wore Red **** (1937, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young) – Classic Movie Review 6,768

MGM’s 1937 vehicle for Joan Crawford, The Bride Wore Red, is a well-crafted, very jolly escapist romantic comedy film, made by Hollywood’s one-time only woman director, Dorothy Arzner. Based on the Ferenc Molnar play The […]

Mar, 06

Dark River ** (2017, Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean) – Movie Review

Writer-director Clio Barnard’s dark and gloomy 2017 drama Dark River is a harrowing, depressing experience and a none too successful movie, afflicted by some of the inevitable clichés of the family abuse genre. However, the two […]

Feb, 25

Pitch Perfect 3 ** (2017, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld) – Movie Review

Pitch Perfect 3 is bright enough for the first hour, with enough warmth and good humour and some enjoyable numbers, but it fizzles out and then just fades away, leaving no good taste or lasting […]

Jan, 05

The Party **** (2017, Patricia Clarkson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones) – Movie Review

‘You’re a first class lesbian and a second rate thinker. Must be all those women’s studies.’ Writer-director Sally Potter’s 71-minute black and white tragic-comedy drama is great – stylish, witty and clever. I hadn’t expected […]

Dec, 28

The Piano **** (1993, Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker) – Classic Movie Review 6387

Director Jane Campion’s triumphant 1993 romantic drama is probably her best, most famous, most successful movie. On a $7 million cost, it earned $40 million in the US alone. It won three Oscars, for Best Actress […]

Dec, 10

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