Derek Winnert

Tristana ***** (1970, Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos) – Classic Movie Review 5838

‘Somewhere between the innocent girl and the not so innocent mistress is the bizarre, sensuous story of Tristana’ Co-writer/ director Luis Buñuel’s 1970 masterwork stars a cucumber-cool Catherine Deneuve, who shines in one of best […]

Aug, 01 · in Reviews

In This Corner of the World [Kono sekai no katasumi ni] **** (2016, voice of Rena Nounen) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Sunao Katabuchi’s extraordinary 2016 anime animation is based on a Manga by Fumiyo Kono. Rena Nounen [Non] provides the voice of Japanese heroine Suzu, who enters into an arranged marriage at the age of 18 in the […]

Aug, 01 · in Reviews

Patti Cake$ **** (2017, Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Cathy Moriarty, Mamoudou Athie, McCaul Lombardi) – Movie Review

Writer-director Geremy Jasper’s 2017 tale of outsiders triumphing over, well what?, pretty much everything, is a huge crowd pleaser, even for folks who don’t share its taste in music. Australian actress Danielle Macdonald stars in the role […]

Aug, 01

47 Meters Down ** (2017, Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine) – Movie Review

Mandy Moore and Claire Holt star as disillusioned American sisters vacationing in Mexico agree to join a couple of dodgy looking local blokes and a grizzled sea captain on an illegal cage dive to see […]

Aug, 01

Wish Upon ** (2017, Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee) – Movie Review

Joey King stars as motherless teenager Clare Shannon, whose dad likes to earn a living digging around for treasure in the trash he finds in dumpsters. One day, they discover a cute Chinese box that turns out […]

Aug, 01

2 Days in the Valley *** (1996, Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Glenne Headly, Charlize Theron) – Classic Movie Review 5575

‘The nights are cool. But the days are murder!’ Writer-director John Herzfeld’s cool 1996 black comedy crime thriller revolves around 48 hours of intersecting lives of a group of 10 characters and crimes in the San Fernando Valley, in […]

Aug, 01

Mr Klein [Monsieur Klein] **** (1976, Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Lonsdale, Louis Seigner, Juliet Berto, Francine Bergé) – Classic Movie Review 5837

Alain Delon is excellent as Monsieur Robert Klein in director Joseph Losey’s complex and fascinating 1976 mystery drama film Mr Klein, which follows a case of confused identity in Vichy France in 1942. Alain Delon […]

Jul, 31

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