Derek Winnert

Maigret et l’Affaire Saint-Fiacre **** (1959, Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch, Paul Frankeur, Michel Vitold) – Classic Movie Review 12,289

‘The day of judgement has arrived. You will die by the end of the Ash Wednesday service.’ This anonymous message sent to his old friend the Countess (Valentine Tessier) sees Inspector Maigret (Jean Gabin) take […]

Aug, 27 · in Reviews

Razzia sur la chnouf [Razzia] [Raid on the Drug Ring] **** (1955, Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Magali Noël, Lila Kedrova) –

Director Henri Decoin’s 1955 French gangster film Razzia sur la chnouf (French for Raid on the Dope) stars Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Magali Noël and Lila Kedrova. The screenplay, based on a novel by Auguste […]

Aug, 26 · in Reviews

Wildhood **** (2021, Phillip Lewitski, Avery Winters-Anthony, Joshua Odjick) – Movie Review

The beautiful, heart-warming 2021 Canadian gay romantic coming of age film Wildhood stars Phillip Lewitski as teenager Link, who meets the two-spirit powwow dancer Pasmay when he takes his younger half-brother on a journey to […]

Aug, 26

Adventures of Captain Fabian ** (1951, Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price) -Classic Movie Review 12,287

Producer/ / director William Marshall’s fairly sprightly 1951 Republic Pictures black and white American adventure film Adventures of Captain Fabian stars Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. The film is based on […]

Aug, 24

Phobia 1980 (Paul Michael Glaser, John Colicos, Susan Hogan, Alexandra Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 12,286

The Canadian-made 1980 horror-thriller Phobia – one of great director John Huston’s few misfires – is about a psychiatrist (Paul Michael Glaser) whose phobia-struck test subjects are being systematically bumped off. Dr Peter Ross (Glaser) […]

Aug, 22

The Painted Desert *** (1931, William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, Clark Gable, J Farrell MacDonald) – Classic Movie Review 12,285

Writer-director Howard Higgin’s 1931 low-budget Pathé Exchange black and white Western film The Painted Desert stars a pre-Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd as Bill Holbrook, a mining engineer going back to his Painted Desert home to […]

Aug, 18

The Easiest Way ** (1931, Constance Bennett, Robert Montgomery, Adolphe Menjou, Marjorie Rambeau, Anita Page, Clark Gable) – Classic Movie Review 12,284

Director Jack Conway’s 1931 MGM drama film The Easiest Way stars Constance Bennett, Robert Montgomery and Adolphe Menjou. Poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks Laura ‘Lolly’ Murdock (Bennett) loves young newsman Jack […]

Aug, 18

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