Derek Winnert

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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

The Devil’s Own * (1997, Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitchell Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 7884

Director Alan J Pakula’s The Devil’s Own (1997) is a poor and diabolically misguided action crime drama using the IRA, gunmen and terrorism as a subject for thriller entertainment. Brad Pitt makes the mistake of playing deadly […]

Dec, 05

Ten Tall Men *** (1951, Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore, George Tobias) – Classic Movie Review 7487

Director Willis Goldbeck’s 1951 Technicolor adventure Ten Tall Men is an engaging, light-hearted send-up of French Foreign Legion movies like Beau Geste. It finds Burt Lancaster evidently enjoying himself as the US sergeant, Mike Kincaid, […]

Aug, 23

Path of Blood *** (2018, documentary, director Jonathan Hacker) – Movie Review

Uniquely upsetting and disturbing, Path of Blood is a real-life horror film that needs to be handled with great care. Uniquely upsetting and disturbing, Path of Blood is a terrifying real-life horror film putting the […]

Jul, 12

The FBI Story ***½ (1959, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6,658

The 1959 thriller film The FBI Story stars James Stewart as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Chip Hardesty. The FBI controlled every move and the production had J Edgar Hoover breathing down their neck constantly. […]

Feb, 07

The Siege of Sidney Street *** (1960, Donald Sinden, Peter Wyngarde, Nicole Berger, Kieron Moore) – Classic Movie Review 6584

Directors Robert S Baker and Monty Berman’s 1960 historical film about the once famous London East End gunfight battle between armed British police (and army) and Russian anarchists in January of 1911 is a solid rather […]

Jan, 20

La Chinoise [The Chinese Girl] **** (1967, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Francis Jeanson) – Classic Movie Review 6062

Writer/ producer/ director Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary-minded 1967 French film is perhaps more of a political tract on behalf of Maoism than an actual movie. Just before the real-life 1968 left-wing revolt of students, artists and […]

Oct, 08

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