Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "17th century"

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Rembrandt **** (1936, Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 4514

Producer-director Alexander Korda’s splendid 1936 historical biopic focuses on Charles Laughton’s moving depiction of an artist declining into old age and poverty – in this case the 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 […]

Oct, 23

Warlock **** (1989, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E Grant) – Classic Movie Review 4412

Julian Sands stars as the pure evil Warlock, hotly pursued by witchfinder Giles Redferne (Richard E Grant), in the often thrilling and sometimes terrifying 1989 supernatural horror movie Warlock. Julian Sands stars as the pure […]

Sep, 26

Tous les Matins du Monde [All the Mornings of the World] ***** (1991, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Guillaume Dépardieu, Anne Brochet, Carole Richert, Michel Bouquet, Caroline Sihol, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Claude Dreyfus) – Classic Movie Review 4157

Co-writer/ director Alain Corneau’s magical, gorgeous-looking, and utterly haunting 1991 French film is the tale of 17th-century love, betrayal and music (superbly arranged and played by Jordi Savall), with Depardieu père et fils – Gérard […]

Aug, 11

The Blood on Satan’s Claw *** (1971, Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 4094

‘A CHILL-FILLED Festival of HORROR!’ Director Piers Haggard’s intriguing and skillful 1971 British costume horror thriller movie The Blood on Satan’s Claw stars Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Barry Andrews. It is produced by Tony […]

Jul, 28

The Pirates of Blood River *** (1962, Christopher Lee, Kerwin Mathews, Peter Arne, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Andrew Keir, Glenn Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 3280

In co-writer/director John Gilling’s 1962 high adventure yarn The Pirates of Blood River, pirates attack the French Huguenots for their gold. The movie stars Kerwin Mathews as the dashing Huguenot hero Jonathon Standing battling the […]

Jan, 18

The Devils **** (1971, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Georgina Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3032

Vanessa Redgrave stars in Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) as a sexually repressed hunchback nun so obsessed with a priest (Oliver Reed) that she accuses him of witchcraft and says he has possessed her.  Writer-producer-director […]

Nov, 03

The Scarlet Letter * (1995, Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 2948

Director Roland Joffe’s 1995 drama stars Demi Moore as Hester Prynne, the mother of an illegitimate child in 17th-century Puritan-ruled New England. Gary Oldman also stars as the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, the preacher. Refusing to […]

Oct, 03

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