Derek Winnert

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Lady Sings the Blues **** (1972, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor) – Classic Movie Review 9,634

Director Sidney J Furie’s 1972 musical drama film Lady Sings the Blues is Diana Ross’s finest hour in the movies, acting her socks off as the great but tragic blues singer Billie Holiday. The film’s […]

Apr, 13

Bird **** (1988, Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker) – Classic Movie Review 8366

Director Clint Eastwood’s outstanding 1988 film about America’s renowned Forties Kansas City, Missouri, jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker – jazz’s most venerated artist – is obviously truly a labour of love. Bird is beautifully atmospheric with […]

Apr, 16

La La Land **** (2016, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, J K Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt) – Movie Review

Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s 2016 comedy drama musical La La Land is a good and clever film, graced with two award-worthy performances from Ryan Gosling as struggling jazz pianist Seb and Emma Stone as Mia, the aspiring actress he falls […]

Oct, 20

Alfie ***** (1966, Michael Caine, Vivien Merchant, Shirley Anne Field, Millicent Martin, Jane Asher, Julia Foster, Shelley Winters, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 4.339

After a decade of supporting parts, Michael Caine finally made it to the top of the film biz ladder with this appealing, diverting and poignant tale (based on Bill Naughton’s play and novel) of the cockney Casanova Alfie, […]

Sep, 11

Play Misty for Me **** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills) – Classic Movie Review 2078

The 1971 psychological thriller Play Misty for Me is a carefully crafted, tense and exciting chiller full of creepy sequences. It represents an auspicious directorial début by the ambitious, 41-year-old Clint Eastwood, effortlessly making the transition […]

Jan, 16

Farewell, My Lovely **** (1975, Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Harry Dean Stanton, Anthony Zerbe, Joe Spinell, Sylvia Miles) – Classic Movie Review 740

Director Dick Richards just caught Robert Mitchum, aged 58, while he was still in his world-weary prime in 1975 to play classic private eye Philip Marlowe in this enjoyable, taut and atmospheric remake of Raymond […]

Jan, 25

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