Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Goodbye, Mr Chips **** (1939, Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid, Lyn Harding, Austin Trevor, Terry Kilburn, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 4140

Director Sam Wood’s vintage 1939 drama Goodbye, Mr Chips puts the spotlight on Robert Donat, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his masterly portrayal of a prim and proper classics teacher at a boys’ boarding […]

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

Goodbye Lover *** (1998, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Arquette, Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, Mary-Louise Parker, Alex Rocco, André Gregory, John Neville) – Classic Movie Review 4139

Director Roland Joffé’s 1998 movie stars Dermot Mulroney as Jake, who is understandably very upset when he finds out that his sultry wife Sandra, Patricia Arquette, is carrying on a hot affair with his older […]

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

The Goodbye Girl **** (1977, Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 4138

The likeable 1977 film The Goodbye Girl provides a great showcase for Richard Dreyfuss, who won the 1978 Best Actor Oscar as a struggling off-Broadway actor reluctantly forced to live with an unemployed divorced dancer […]

Aug, 07

The Hawks and the Sparrows [Uccellacci e Uccelini] ***½ (1966, Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi) – Classic Movie Review 4136

Writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1966 bitter-sweet parable film, about an old father (the grizzled iconic comedian Totò) and his son (the director’s mop-topped discovery Ninetto Davoli) who go on their travels along the road in the […]

Aug, 07

Gossip ***½ (2000, James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Joshua Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 4137

Cross Urban Legend with Cruel Intentions, add a dash of Scream and a bit of Dial M for Murder, and you get director Davis Guggenheim’s splendidly teasing and extremely stylish 2000 thriller. Well, they seem to be borrowing […]

Aug, 07

The Gospel According to Matthew [Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo] **** (1964, Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate) – Classic Movie Review 4135

Writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s challenging and outstanding 1964 film is a beautiful, moving, masterly version of the life of Jesus Christ from an unexpected film-maker, who provocatively sees the story from a Marxist viewpoint and […]

Aug, 07

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters **** (1985, Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Otani, Go Riju) – Classic Movie Review 4134

Co-writer/ director Paul Schrader’s 1985 movie about the prolific and controversial Japanese novelist, writer and militarist Yukio Mishima is a startling and accomplished American art film. Japan’s greatest author Mishima turned his art into action […]

Aug, 06

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