Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "violin"

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Exposed * (1983, Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel, Ian McShane, Bibi Andersson) – Classic Movie Review 9813

Writer-producer-director James Toback’s 1983 film Exposed stars Nastassja Kinski as Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson, the young woman who is exposed in TV and magazines as a top New York City fashion model, and exposed […]

May, 24

Swiss Miss ***½ (1938, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Walter Woolf King, Eric Blore, Charles Judels, Eddie Kane) – Classic Movie Review 6931

Director John G Blystone’s 1938 comedy stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as cheesy mousetrap sellers in the Swiss Alps, who get swindled out of their money by a cheesemaker and become waiters at a […]

Apr, 16

Music of the Heart *** (1999, Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, Aidan Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 6517

Director Wes Craven’s heartwarming, inspirational 1999 drama stars Meryl Streep as a teacher who fights her education board to stop cuts and be able to coach underprivileged Harlem kids the violin. Off his usual territory, […]

Jan, 03

A Heart in Winter [Un coeur en hiver] ***** (1992, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier) – Classic Movie Review 4152

Director Claude Sautet’s entrancing 1992 French romance drama stars Daniel Auteuil as Stéphane, a master violin maker, who falls for beautiful young violin playing virtuoso Camille (Emmanuelle Béart) when she brings her instrument for repairs. […]

Aug, 10

The Man Who Played God [The Silent Voice] *** (1932, George Arliss, Bette Davis, Louise Closser Hale, Violet Heming, Ivan F Simpson, Wade Boteler) – Classic Movie Review 3771

Director John G Adolfi’s mawkish, heart-tugging 1932 movie The Man Who Played God [The Silent Voice] stars George Arliss as Montgomery Royle, a concert pianist who goes deaf after an explosion, and is plunged into despair […]

May, 25

Humoresque **** (1920, Alma Rubens, Gaston Glass, Vera Gordon, Dore Davidson) – Classic Movie Review 3535

Director Frank Borzage’s 1920 silent movie is the original version of the Fannie Hurst story in a collection of stories entitled Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It (1920) that was turned a wonderful vehicle for […]

Apr, 06

Bed & Board [Domicile Conjugale] **** (1970, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer) – Classic Movie Review 2589

Bed and Board [Domicile Conjugale] is often highly amusing, perceptive and very touching, though overall perhaps slightly less so than its 1968 predecessor Stolen Kisses (Baisers Volés). Jean-Pierre Léaud again stars as the twentysomething French hero, […]

Jun, 12

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