Derek Winnert

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Passages *** (2003, Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos) – Classic Movie Review 12,665

Ira Sachs’s 2023 French romantic drama film Passages is a smart but spectacularly chilly film without a sympathetic character in sight, particularly its incredibly selfish, nasty film-director ‘hero’ (Franz Rogowski). Director Ira Sachs’s 2023 French romantic drama film Passages […]

Oct, 08 · in Reviews

The Last Day [Le Dernier Jour] *** (2004, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Laurent, Nicole Garcia, Thibault Vinçon, Bruno Todeschini) – Classic Movie Review 12,664

The bleak and gloomy, though fascinating 2004 French romantic drama film The Last Day [Le Dernier Jour] is an impressive showcase for its young star Gaspard Ulliel, and he shows he’s got what it takes. […]

Oct, 07 · in Reviews

Strange Way of Life [Extraña forma de vida] ** (2023, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, George Steane, Manu Ríos) – Classic Movie Review 12,663

Pedro Almodóvar’s Western short film Strange Way of Life is over-produced and under-realised, with a lot of expertise put into something so simple and flimsy. But Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal go to it with […]

Oct, 06

Love Is a Ball [All This and Money Too] ** (1962, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Hope Lange, Ricardo Montalban, Telly Savalas) – Classic Movie Review 12,662

The 1962 United Artists widescreen colour film Love Is a Ball [All This and Money Too] is a middling romantic comedy with the elegant Charles Boyer matchmaking in the pretty French Riviera scenery. Glenn Ford […]

Oct, 06

Mr Peabody and the Mermaid ** (1948, William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey) – Classic Movie Review 12,661

Universal Pictures’ 1948 American romantic fantasy comedy film Mr Peabody and the Mermaid stars William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Mr Peabody goes fishing and catches an alluring mermaid. Director Irving Pichel’s […]

Oct, 05

Ghost Ship * (1952, Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, John Robinson, Hugh Latimer, Patricia Owens, Melissa Stribling, Joan Carol) – Classic Movie Review 12,660

The soggy, cheap-looking 1952 British B-movie horror thriller film Ghost Ship stars the real-life husband and wife team of Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court. Incredibly, it is the third of four times Vernon Sewell filmed the […]

Oct, 03

Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard *** (1939, Mary Clare, Edward Lexy, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Ireland, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 12,659

Mary Clare stars in her only title role as the investigating Mrs Pym, Scotland Yard’s only female detective, in the 1939 British comedy-drama thriller film Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard. Director Fred Elles’s 1939 British […]

Oct, 03

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