Derek Winnert

A Matter of Life and Death [Stairway to Heaven] ***** (1946, David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey ) – Classic Movie Review 604

‘This is a story of two worlds the one we know and another which exists only in the mind of a young airman whose life and imagination have been violently shaped by war. Any resemblance to […]

Dec, 31 · in Reviews

A Canterbury Tale **** (1944, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet) – Classic Movie Review 603

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1944 wartime film tells an extremely mysterious and engaging story about a British tank soldier called Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price in his debut), an American Army sergeant (John Sweet) […]

Dec, 31 · in Reviews

Black Narcissus ***** (1947, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Kathleen Byron, Sabu) – Classic Movie Review 602

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1947 film Black Narcissus, about five Anglo-Catholic nuns who have set up a school and infirmary in a ramshackle old building on the edge of a cliff in […]

Dec, 31

Across the Tracks *** (1990, Ricky Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress, David Anthony Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 601

The young Brad Pitt and Rick Schroder star in writer-director Sandy Tung’s 1990 drama about a kid trying to adjust to his old life when he returns from reform school. It’s an agreeable youth-oriented coming-of-age […]

Dec, 31

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou **** (2004, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seymour Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 600

Effortlessly strange, the 2004 comedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is another crazy cult hit movie from Wes Anderson, the maker of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. It boasts a dazzling ensemble cast, who take […]

Dec, 30

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ***** (1943, Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook) – Classic Movie Review 599

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s unique, warm-hearted 1943 epic drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a master-crafted jewel in the crown of British cinema as one of the nation’s best ever […]

Dec, 30

Face/Off *** (1997, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen) – Classic Movie Review 598

The incredibly popular but silly, empty and shockingly violent action thriller Face/Off from 1997 continued Hong Kong director John Woo’s mediocre American career. Though, with Woo’s slick, robust handling plus John Travolta and Nicolas Cage’s […]

Dec, 30

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