Derek Winnert

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A Passage to India **** (1984, Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, James Fox, Nigel Havers, Richard Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 3178

After a 14-year gap, writer-director David Lean made a spectacular comeback in 1984 with his accomplished and satisfying adaptation of the E M Forster classic novel about the eye-opening first visit to India of a […]

Dec, 21

Where Angels Fear to Tread *** (1991, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Rupert Graves, Barbara Jefford) – Classic Movie Review 2642

Director Charles Sturridge, maker of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (the 1981 mini-series) and A Handful of Dust (1988), challenges the Ismail Merchant- James Ivory team head on here with an E M Forster adaptation in […]

Jun, 26

Maurice ***** (1987, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt) – Classic Movie Review 450

Bookended by A Room with a View (1985) and Howards End (1992), the 1987 middle film in director James Ivory’s and producer Ismail Merchant’s E M Forster trilogy is adapted from the gay author’s most […]

Nov, 25

Howards End ***** (1992, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Samuel West, Prunella Scales, Jemma Redgrave, James Wilby) – Classic Movie Review 449

James Ivory’s triple Oscar-winning 1992 film is in many ways his masterpiece, certainly a close tie with The Remains of the Day (1993). Director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant’s third adaptation of an E M […]

Nov, 25

A Room with a View ***** (1985, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rupert Graves) – Classic Movie Review 169

James Ivory’s 1985 triple-Oscar-winning classic film A Room with a View formed the basis of Helena Bonham Carter’s long career and is the best thing that Julian Sands ever did. James Ivory’s 1985 triple-Oscar-winning classic […]

Aug, 17

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