Derek Winnert

Irma Vep **** (1996, Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard) – Classic Movie Review 2476

Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as a French film director who takes Hong Kong action star Maggie Cheung (playing herself) to be his sexy, rubber-suited super-villainess Irma Vep (an anagram of vampire) in his remake of Louis […]

May, 12 · in Reviews

A Fuller Life ***½ (2013, Samuel Fuller, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bill Duke) – Movie Review

A Fuller Life is a must-see documentary on the life and movies of maverick film director Sam Fuller, poignantly directed by his daughter Samantha, who bursts with curiosity and pride about her dad. Friends and […]

May, 12 · in Reviews

The Tribe [Plemya] **** (2014, Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy) – Movie Review

Grigoriy Fesenko stars as Sergey, a deaf teenager who enters a hellish specialised boarding school where, to survive, he becomes part of a wild gang unleashing violence on each other and pimping girls to truck […]

May, 12

Clouds of Sils Maria ***** (2014, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz) – Movie Review

Juliette Binoche is on commanding form as Maria Enders, a fading veteran star actress who reluctantly agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier. Back then Maria […]

May, 12

Pitch Perfect 2 **** (2015, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Banks) – Movie Review

In this welcome, aca-magical sequel to the 2012 hit, the all-girl Barden Bellas a cappella group are humiliated at a performance before the US President at Lincoln Center. Banned from collegiate a cappella, it’s all over for […]

May, 12

Barbarella **** (1968, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea) – Classic Movie Review 2,475

The 1968 sci-fi film Barbarella stars Jane Fonda as the title space traveller sent to find Durand Durand (Milo O’Shea), who has created a weapon that could destroy humanity. ‘I want to make something beautiful […]

May, 12

The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] ***** (1924, Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller) – Classic Movie Review 2474

Director F W Murnau’s tear-jerking 1924 tragic drama The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] provides a marvellous showcase for the great silent movie actor Emil Jannings. He gives a superb display of silent film acting […]

May, 11

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