Derek Winnert

Taking Lives ** (2004, Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Dano, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez, Tchéky Karyo) – Classic Movie Review 3026

Director D J Caruso’s teasing 2004 thriller starts by setting you up for a gripping thriller only to disappoint. In tiny roles, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Dano do well as the centre part of the […]

Nov, 02 · in Uncategorized

Le Dernier Métro [The Last Metro] **** (1980, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Andrea Ferreol, Paulette Dubost, Sabine Haudepin) – Classic Movie Review 3021

Co-writer/director François Truffaut’s endearing1980 film is a fine tribute to the French theatre and the spirit of bravery and resistance. You can smell the greasepaint backstage and feel the mood of the wartime Nazi Occupation […]

Nov, 01 · in Uncategorized

La femme d’à côté [The Woman Next Door] *** (1981, Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin) – Classic Movie Review 3022

Writer-director François Truffaut’s 1981 romantic drama is his 20th and penultimate film, which reteams him with Gérard Depardieu from his previous movie, The Last Metro (1980). Depardieu stars as a marine engineer called Bernard Coudray, […]

Nov, 01

Vivement Dimanche! [Finally, Sunday!] *** (1983, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Serge Rousseau) – Classic Movie Review 3023

François Truffaut’s 21st and last feature film before his tragically early death at 52 from a brain tumour on 21 October 1984 is a surprisingly bright and jolly comedy thriller – a movie toast to […]

Nov, 01

Original Sin *** (2001, Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 3025

‘This is not a love story but a story about love.’ Antonio Banderas stars as a Cuban businessman who is completely happy when he takes Angelina Jolie as his mail-order-bride wife. But, soon, it turns […]

Nov, 01

Mississippi Mermaid [La Sirène du Mississippi] **** (1969, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 3,024

Ah, yes, love leads to an uncertain future when you lie, cheat, rob and murder. François Truffaut turns a Cornell Woolrich novel into the moody and engaging 1969 film noir Mississippi Mermaid with the right […]

Nov, 01

L’Amour a Vingt Ans [Love at 20] **** (1962, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay) – Classic Movie Review 3020

Five directors from around the world present their different perspectives on what love is like at the age of 20 in a 1962 omnibus anthology of separate episodes united by their theme, the score of Georges […]

Oct, 31

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