Derek Winnert

The Assam Garden **** (1985, Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alex McCowen, Zia Mohyeddin, Iain Cuthbertson Anton Lesser, Ronald Russell) – Classic Movie Review 6164

Director Mary McMurray’s tender and poignant 1985 drama brings back Deborah Kerr to the cinema after a 16-year layoff (since The Arrangement in 1969) as Englishwoman Helen, an ex-Raj widow who returns to England and the […]

Oct, 31 · in Uncategorized

Ulysses **** (1967, Milo O’Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves) – Classic Movie Review 6163

Co-writer/producer/ director Joseph Strick’s superb 1967 British drama is a bold and involving – and admirable – attempt to translate the seemingly unfilmable James Joyce stream-of-consciousness novel to the screen. It is especially notable for […]

Oct, 31 · in Uncategorized

Joe ** (1970, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott, Dennis Patrick, Audrey Caire) – Classic Movie Review 6162

Peter Boyle gives a remarkable performance of repellent power as Joe Curran, in director John G Avildsen’s revolting, nasty-toned 1970 right-wing tract that was a huge hit against the apparent peace-and-love mood of the times […]

Oct, 30

The Legend of the Lone Ranger ** (1981, Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 6161

‘Who was that masked man?’ ‘I don’t know, he was wearing a mask!’ With a half-hearted hearty heigh-ho Silver, Klinton Spilsbury dons Clayton Moore’s old mask as the Lone Ranger in director William A Fraker’s […]

Oct, 30

Pelle the Conqueror [Pelle Erobreren] ***** (1987, Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath) – Classic Movie Review 6160

The exceptional, outstanding performances from Max von Sydow and little Pelle Hvenegaard light up this 1988 Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning Best Foreign Language Film from Danish writer-director Bille August about the humble old widowed farmer […]

Oct, 30

The Legend of the Holy Drinker [La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore] **** (1988, Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas) – Classic Movie Review 6159

Rutger Hauer is on excellent acting form as the alcoholic homeless Paris tramp Andreas Kartak, who is offered 200 francs in money by a wealthy stranger as long as he promises to give it back to […]

Oct, 30

Il Posto [The Job] **** (1961, Sandro Panzeri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich, Mara Revel, Guido Spadea) – Classic Movie Review 6158

Writer-director Ermanno Olmi’s 1961 black and white drama film Il Posto [The Job] tells an acute and perceptive story of a poor young Italian man called Domenico (Sandro Panzeri), a college graduate who is in […]

Oct, 30

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