Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "troubled family"

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Phone Call from a Stranger *** (1952, Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie, Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6,288

The soapy 1952 portmanteau melodrama film Phone Call from a Stranger has a fine cast headed by Bette Davis. Three fellow flight passengers to Los Angeles tell a troubled married man (Gary Merrill) their worries. […]

Nov, 22

Foxtrot **** (2017, Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray) – Movie Review 

Writer-director Samuel Maoz’s masterful family war drama is imaginatively, often brilliantly staged. Even though the film does not finally quite bowl you over, it has some knockout sequences that can certainly bowl you over. Despite its polished visuals, […]

Sep, 30

The Neon Bible **** (1995, Jacob Tierney, Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, Denis Leary, Frances Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 2,875

Terence Davies’s 1995 drama film The Neon Bible tells the enchanting story of a 15-year-old boy (Jacob Tierney) in Georgia in the Forties, troubled by his high-handed parents and Bible-led life. Gena Rowlands is wonderful […]

Sep, 03

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