Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Villa Rides *** (1968, Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Maria Grazia Buccella, Charles Bronson, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 9676

An oddly hairy Yul Brynner struggles against his miscasting as the Mexican revolutionary bandit Pancho Villa (played by Wallace Beery in 1934’s Viva Villa!, by Rodolfo Hoyos Jr in 1958’s Villa!!, and by Telly Savalas […]

Apr, 25 · in Reviews

Author! Author! *** (1982, Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy) – Classic Movie Review 9675

Director Arthur Hiller’s 1982 comedy Author! Author! Stars Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, and Bob Dishy, and has a screenplay by Israel Horovitz. Although Al Pacino is odd casting (since he is not exactly […]

Apr, 25 · in Reviews

Aunt Clara *** (1954, Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, A E Matthews, Fay Compton, Nigel Stock, Jill Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 9674

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1954 Ealing Studios-style British comedy Aunt Clara stars Margaret Rutherford as the straight-laced old treasure Aunt Clara Hilton, who inherits a pub, five greyhounds and a brothel from her rich uncle. She […]

Apr, 24

Au-delà des grilles [Le mura di Malapaga] [The Walls of Malapaga] **** (1949, Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi) – Classic Movie Review 9673

War-torn Italian slums in Genoa provide a stable background for director René Clément’s moving depiction of a tragic encounter between Pierre Arrignon (Jean Gabin), a French fugitive killer pursued by the law, and a frustrated […]

Apr, 24

An Autumn Afternoon [Sanma no aji] **** (1962, Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada) – Classic Movie Review 9672

Yasujirô Ozu’s elegant and elegiac final film An Autumn Afternoon (1962) serves as a fine epitaph for one of the world’s great directors. In the autumn of his life, Yasujirô Ozu directed the elegant and […]

Apr, 24

Good Morning [Ohayô] **** (1959, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kôji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu) – Classic Movie Review 9671

Good Morning [Ohayô] (1959) is a gently mocking Japanese comedy of social manners from director Yasujirô Ozu that centres on the refusal of Keitarô Hayashi (Chishû Ryû) to buy a television set for his two […]

Apr, 24

Early Summer [Bakushû] **** (1951, Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima) – Classic Movie Review 9670

Early Summer [Bakushû] (1951) is a typical drama film from esteemed Japanese master director Yasujirô Ozu about the emotional turmoil of a family torn between old and new traditions. Written by Ozu and Kôgo Noda, […]

Apr, 24

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