Derek Winnert

Reviews

Attic movies

Attics are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters, difficult-to-reach corners, and hard to access. They can be safe havens or places of threat, so what are they in the movies? Attic movie number […]

Oct, 03

East of Piccadilly [The Strangler] *** (1941, Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis) – Classic Movie Review 12,326

The 1941 thriller East of Piccadilly [The Strangler] stars Judy Campbell as a crime reporter who links up with a thriller writer (Sebastian Shaw) to reveal a London Soho silk stocking strangler Director Harold Huth’s […]

Oct, 02

Domenica d’agosto **** (1950, Anna Baldini, Vera Carmi, Emilio Cigoli, Franco Interlenghi, Elvy Lissiak, Massimo Serato, Mario Vitale, Marcello Mastroianni) – Classic Movie Review 12,325

Director Luciano Emmer’s 1950 Italian multi-story comedy and drama film Domenica d’agosto [Sunday in August] is a haunting pleasure and a sweet delight, in which a rich assortment of different people spend a hot Sunday at […]

Oct, 01

Tony Arzenta – Big Guns [No Way Out] **** (1973, Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel, Roger Hanin) – Classic Movie Review 12,324

Duccio Tessari’s always exciting, often thrilling, often violent 1973 Italian-French noir film mob thriller Tony Arzenta – Big Guns [No Way Out] stars Alain Delon, Richard Conte and Carla Gravina.   ‘By mistake they killed his wife and […]

Sep, 26

Deux Hommes dans la Ville [Two Men in Town] [Two Against the Law] **** (1973, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 12,323

José Giovanni’s distinguished 1973 French crime drama Two Against the Law stars Alain Delon as an ex-con desperately struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. Writer-director José Giovanni’s distinguished 1973 French crime and social […]

Sep, 24

The Magician of Lublin ** (1979, Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters, Lou Jacobi) – Classic Movie Review 12,322

Director Menahem Golan’s 1979 drama film The Magician of Lublin stars Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters, and Lou Jacobi, and is based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The Magician of Lublin […]

Sep, 24

Flowers in the Attic ** (1987, Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson) – Classic Movie Review 12,321

Writer-director Jeffrey Bloom’s 1987 American psychological drama film Flowers in the Attic stars Louise Fletcher and Victoria Tennant, and is based on V C Andrews’s extremely popular 1979 Gothic novel. Flowers in the Attic is […]

Sep, 24

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