Derek Winnert

Sitcom ***½ (1998, Adrien de Van, Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van) – Classic Movie Review 5379

Writer-director François Ozon’s 1998 French surreal black comedy is shockingly funny and, at heart, thoughtful and intelligent. It traces the arrival of a pet rat that causes chaos in the household of a wealthy suburban […]

May, 01 · in Uncategorized

Sisters [Blood Sisters] **** (1972, Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 5,378

Brian De Palma casts Margot Kidder, Charles Durning and Jennifer Salt in his enjoyable, shocking, graphic 1972 psychological horror murder thriller Sisters [Blood Sisters]. Co-writer/ director Brian De Palma again employs Charles Durning and Jennifer Salt, who starred in his […]

May, 01 · in Reviews

Greetings ***½ (1968, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Warden, Gerrit Graham, Richard Hamilton, Megan McCormick, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 5377

Co-writer-director Brian De Palma’s 1968 satirical comedy stands out as an early collaboration with star Robert De Niro in a one-moment-in-time story about three Vietnam War draft evaders (Jonathan Warden as Paul Shaw, Gerrit Graham […]

May, 01

Hi, Mom! **** (1970, Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 5376

Writer-director Brian De Palma’s 1970 black comedy is a sequel to his 1968 Greetings, with Robert De Niro starring again, reprising his character of Jon Rubin as a Vietnam vet and maker of porn movies, who […]

May, 01

Killers Three **½ (1968, Robert Walker Jr, Dick Clark, Diane Varsi) – Classic Movie Review 5375

Director Bruce Kessler’s intense and involving 1968 western crime drama stars Robert Walker Jr and Dick Clark, who play ex-con Johnny Warder and Roger, backwoodsmen from North Carolina, who rob a bootlegger’s safe with Johnny’s […]

May, 01

The Last Waltz **** (1978, The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond) – Classic Movie Review 5.374

Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 rockumentary film of the 1976 farewell gig by The Band is a model of excitement and dynamism. No wonder The Last Waltz has been called one of the greatest concert films. […]

May, 01

The King of Comedy **** (1982, Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard) – Classic Movie Review 5373

Director Martin Scorsese’s serious comedy was desperately undervalued (at least by the cinema-going public) back in 1982. However, it is one of Scorsese’s best films. Paul D Zimmerman won the 1984 BAFTA Film Award for Best Original Screenplay. […]

May, 01

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