Derek Winnert

Trees Lounge **** (1996, Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Jr, Chloë Sevigny) – Classic Movie Review 6157

For his impressive, laid-back 1996 writer-director debut, the ever-quirky actor Steve Buscemi gives himself the fat star role as Tommy Basilio, a washed-up, unemployed car mechanic, one of a bunch of the low-lives hanging out […]

Oct, 30 · in Uncategorized

The Tree of Wooden Clogs [L’Albero Degli Zoccoli] ***** (1978, Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli) – Classic Movie Review 6156

‘We invite you to visit a time and place when life was still a sacred matter.’ Italian movie master Ermanno Olmi writes, photographs, edits and directs this rigorous, realistic and majestic 1978 historical film drama […]

Oct, 30 · in Uncategorized

Land and Freedom **** (1995, Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín) – Classic Movie Review 6154

Director Ken Loach’s British 1995 Spanish Civil War wartime drama stars Ian Hart as David Carr, an unemployed Liverpool communist-supporter who leaves to join the anti-Fascist fight in Spain in the spring of 1936. He […]

Oct, 30

In Name Only *** (1939, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Helen Vinson) – Classic Movie Review 6155

Director John Cromwell’s 1939 drama stars Cary Grant as rich Alec Walker who falls for a young widowed artist, single mother Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), but there is one snag. His venomous, gold digging wife Maida […]

Oct, 30

Yellow Submarine ***** (1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) – Classic Movie Review 6153

Director George Dunning’s stupendous 1968 animated feature Yellow Submarine is a hugely enjoyable psychedelic cartoon film of The Beatles’ surreal journey with Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the music-hating Blue […]

Oct, 29

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [Ieri oggi domani] *** (1963, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè) – Classic Movie Review 6151

Director Vittorio De Sica’s easy-going 1963 Italian portmanteau comedy of three tales now appears rather uneven and a shade clumsy at times, though it was highly popular and much praised on release, and went on to […]

Oct, 29

Communion *** (1989, Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen) – Classic Movie Review 6,152

The spooky 1989 sci-fi horror film Communion is based on the book by Whitley Strieber, and stars a haunted Christopher Walken as Strieber, facing his alleged real-life encounter with extra-terrestrials.  Director Philippe Mora’s 1989 autobiographical […]

Oct, 29

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