Derek Winnert

Reviews

Broken Sky [El cielo dividido] **** (2006, Ángel Hoppe, Fernando Arroyo, Alejandro Rojo) – Classic Movie Review 12,989

Julián Hernández’s highly impressive 2006 Mexican romantic drama film Broken Sky [El cielo dividido] tells the story of an overwhelming first love almost inexplicably turning sour. Writer/ director Julián Hernández’s highly impressive, emotional and moving […]

Jul, 08

Relentless ** (1948, Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 12,988

George Sherman’s great-looking 1948 Technicolor Western film Relentless stars Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, and Barton MacLane. ‘Violence… love… and sudden death!’ It’s a Western, so what else is new? Nothing much, […]

Jul, 07

The Vintage * (1957, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan, Pier Angeli, Theodore Bikel, Leif Erickson) – Classic Movie Review 12,987

Italian brothers (Mel Ferrer and John Kerr), on the run from a murder, hide out in the vineyards of France, putting sisters (Michèle Morgan and Pier Angeli) in a sexual spin. ‘THEY WERE PEOPLE OF […]

Jul, 06

36 Hours *** (1964, James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint) – Classic Movie Review 12,986

The 1964 thriller 36 Hours stars James Garner as a US Army Major kidnapped by the Germans to brainwash him into believing World War Two is over so he will divulge Allied invasion plans. ‘The […]

Jul, 06

Christopher and His Kind *** (2011, Matt Smith, Douglas Booth, Imogen Poots, Pip Carter, Toby Jones) – Classic Movie Review 12,985

Kevin Elyot’s effort to adapt Christopher Isherwood’s autobiography Christopher and His Kind to film shows, and it is uphill work for Matt Smith too. Matt Smith takes a break in 2011 from playing the Doctor […]

Jul, 05

Clapham Junction *** (2007, Rupert Graves, Luke Treadaway, Paul Nicholls, James Wilby, David Leon, Stuart Bunce, Joseph Mawle, Phoebe Nicholls, Samantha Bond) – Classic Movie Review 12,984

Kevin Elyot’s provocative if uneasy 2007 British TV film Clapham Junction chronicles 36 hours in the lives of a number of interconnected gay men in Clapham, South London. Director Adrian Shergold’s and writer Kevin Elyot’s […]

Jul, 05

No Night Is Too Long *** (2002, Lee Williams, Marc Warren) – Classic Movie Review 12,983

Lee Williams and Marc Warren star as star-crossed lovers in the ambitious and compelling 2002 psychological thriller film No Night Is Too Long, based on the novel by Ruth Rendell. Director Tom Shankland’s ambitious and […]

Jul, 05

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