Derek Winnert

Jules et Jim ***** (1962, Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre) – Classic Movie Review 290

It takes three to tango, apparently. For his brilliant third feature, filmed in 1961 and first shown in Paris in 1962, director Francois Truffaut turns to the lyrical look at love that he was to […]

Oct, 15 · in Reviews

Nebraska ***** (2013, Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Stacy Keach) – Film Review

The 77-year-old Bruce Dern won the Best Actor award at Cannes as booze-addled old Woody Grant, who wrongly thinks he’s won $1million in a Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize giveaway and intends to claim it even […]

Oct, 15 · in Reviews

Only Lovers Left Alive ** (2013, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska) – Movie Review

Only Lovers Left Alive tries to reinvent the vampire story and come up with some new mythology but it ends up being largely a load of camp nonsense as top Brit luvvies pretend to be […]

Oct, 14

Gravity ***** (2013, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris ) – Movie Review

Easily one of 2013’s finest films, Gravity enjoyed ten Oscar nominations, and on the night of March 2 2014 won seven of them, including Best Director, Cinematography, Score and Visual Effects. Alas, it missed out on […]

Oct, 14

Philomena **** (2013, Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Barbara Jefford, Mare Winningham) – Movie Review

Sacked from the BBC News, Martin Sixsmith, a real-life world-weary political journalist is approached at a party by a young woman, who asks him to investigate the story of Philomena Lee, an elderly Irish woman searching for […]

Oct, 14

Inside Llewyn Davis ***** (2013, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman) – Movie Review

Another absolutely corker from the Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis is witty, quirky, funny, atmospheric and deliciously dark-hued. But it is charming, wise, enjoyably melancholic and hauntingly bitter-sweet too. Have the Coens mellowed over the years? […]

Oct, 13

Blood Simple ***** (1984, John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M Emmet Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 289

The Coen Brothers make their film debut in 1984 with the astonishing, thrillingly realised neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. Frances McDormand also makes her film debut and M Emmet Walsh stars as the double-crossing private detective. […]

Oct, 13

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