Derek Winnert

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Saint Laurent *** (2014, Gaspard Ulliel, Louis Garrel, Jérémie Renier, Helmut Berger) – Classic Movie Review 12,669

Gaspard Ulliel stars as famed fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, with Louis Garrel as his lover and Jérémie Renier as his partner, in the stylish, often fascinating 2014 epic French biopic Saint Laurent. Co-writer/ director […]

Oct, 12

Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear] ** (1994, Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sally Kellerman) – Classic Movie Review 9403

Robert Altman follows his masterworks The Player and Short Cuts with a much lesser movie in the same style, the 1994 satirical comedy-drama  Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear], as models, designers and journalists gather for Paris Fashion […]

Feb, 19

Do Not Disturb ** (1965, Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Sergio Fantoni, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Gardiner, Maura McGiveney) – Classic Movie Review 6078

Director Ralph Levy’s fairly daft but bright enough 1965 farcical comedy of gentle misunderstandings successfully teams Doris Day with Rod Taylor. Based on William Fairchild’s play Some Other Love, it is a frothy marital mix-ups comedy […]

Oct, 11

Une Femme Mariée [A Married Woman] **** (1964, Macha Méril, Bernard Noël, Philippe Leroy) – Classic Movie Review 4200

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard amusingly explores the effects of the media on women’s lives in his involving and erotic depiction of cool married woman Charlotte (Macha Méril)’s love affair with an actor, Robert (Bernard Noël), though […]

Aug, 19

The Neon Demon *** (2016, Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Bella Heathcote, Keanu Reeves, Desmond Harrington) – Movie Review

Elle Fanning stars as 16-year-old aspiring model Jesse, who comes from small town USA to Los Angeles, where she is targeted by a group of beauty-obsessed women. Nicolas Winding Refn’s pervy, a bit dodgy, David Lynch-style arty exploiter is […]

Jul, 08

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie **½ (2016, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley) – Movie Review

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley belatedly hit the big screen as the horrific, monstrous London media stereotypes Edina and Patsy, who are growing old disgracefully. They are the St Trinian’s older gals. Saunders writes the […]

Jul, 01

Zoolander 2 ** (2016, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig) – Movie Review

Yes it’s good to see Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson back on screen as Derek Zoolander and Hansel in the long-awaited sequel to the hilarious Zoolander (2001). It’s been 15 years since the original Zoolander and fashions change […]

Feb, 11

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