Derek Winnert

The Crossing *** (1990, Russell Crowe, Robert Mammone, Danielle Spencer) – Classic Movie Review 5805

Director George Ogilvie’s 1990 Australian romance drama tells an attractive love triangle yarn. It is set in a small country town in Sixties Australia, keenly acted by the young Russell Crowe, Robert Mammone and Danielle […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Crossing Delancey **** (1988, Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles) – Classic Movie Review 5804

Amy Irving stars as Izzy, a modern single 30-something who lives alone in her smart New York apartment, works in a bookshop and has lots of female friends and a Jewish grandmother who gets the matchmaker […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Hester Street **** (1975, Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Mel Howard) – Classic Movie Review 5803

Writer-director Joan Micklin Silver’s appealing and atmospheric 1975 little gem is based on the 1896 novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan. Carol Kane stars as the Russian Jewish immigrant Gitl who […]

Jul, 23

Heart Beat *** (1980, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey) – Classic Movie Review 5802

John Heard stars as the Beat Generation pioneer Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) in this intriguing, quite fascinating 1980 movie of the love and literary life of the American novelist and poet (On […]

Jul, 23

Head Over Heels [Chilly Scenes of Winter] **** (1979, John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Gloria Grahame, Kenneth McMillan, Nora Heflin, Griffin Dunne) – Classic Movie Review 5801

Writer-director Joan Micklin Silver’s bitter-sweet 1979 romantic comedy movie is a little gem of a winner about John Heard’s character Charles’s passion for his old girlfriend Laura (Mary Beth Hurt). Simple and offbeat, told in […]

Jul, 23

Between the Lines **** (1977, John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum, Jill Eikenberry, Stephen Collins, Bruno Kirby, Gwen Welles) – Classic Movie Review 5,800

Joan Micklin Silver’s attractively played, perceptively written and hugely entertaining 1977 cult movie Between the Lines focuses on life on a Boston youth-slanted alternative newspaper. Director Joan Micklin Silver’s attractively played, perceptively written and hugely entertaining […]

Jul, 23

Cutter’s Way [Cutter and Bone] **** (1981, Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott, Nina Van Pallandt) – Classic Movie Review 5,799

Ivan Passer’s involving and gripping 1981 film version of Newton Thornburg’s novel Cutter and Bone is always fascinating, with lovely performances from ideally cast Jeff Bridges and John Heard in their prime. Director Ivan Passer’s […]

Jul, 23

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