Derek Winnert

El Norte [The North] **** (1984, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz) – Classic Movie Review 9842

Director Gregory Nava’s timely 1984 milestone immigrant saga El Norte [The North] is the moving, thoughtful and exciting tale of a Guatemalan brother and sister who escape across the US – Mexico border to LA […]

May, 30 · in Reviews

El Dorado *** (1988, Omero Antonutti, Eusebio Poncela, Lambert Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 9841

Director Carlos Saura’s 1988 Spanish historical film El Dorado is a costly, stately and handsome Spanish epic about the Conquistadores’s misfortunes as they go up the Amazon in 1560 to discover El Dorado. Pedro de […]

May, 30 · in Reviews

Father Dear Father ** (1973, Patrick Cargill, Jill Melford, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Noel Dyson, Joyce Carey, Ursula Howells) – Classic Movie Review 9840

Director William G Stewart’s 1973 British comedy Father Dear Father is a pleasant record – if a pointless expansion – of the popular, simple Seventies British TV comedy show into a feature-length format that unfortunately […]

May, 29

Midnight in St Petersberg *** (1996, Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Michael Sarrazin, Michelle Burke, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 9839

Michael Caine returns for the fifth and final time as one-time British secret agent Harry Palmer, in the 1996 made-for-TV thriller Midnight in St Petersburg, the sequel to Bullet to Beijing, released the year before, […]

May, 29

Bullet to Beijing *** (1995, Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara) – Classic Movie Review 9838

Michael Caine returns as Len Deighton’s fictional spy Harry Palmer in the enjoyable 1995 made-for-TV action thriller Bullet to Beijing, following his Sixties hits The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain. Refreshing […]

May, 29

¡Ay, Carmela! *** (1990, Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, Gabino Diego) – Classic Movie Review 9837

Director Carlos Saura’s 1990 Spanish film ¡Ay, Carmela! stars Carmen Maura, who gives a vibrant performance as fiery, patriotic Republican Carmela, who, with her troubadour husband Paulino (Andrés Pajares) and a mute, entertain the Republican […]

May, 28

Blood Wedding **** (1981, Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez) – Classic Movie Review 9836

A thrilling experience, the 1981 Spanish film Blood Wedding [Bodas de Sangre] is one of the great dance movies. Director Carlos Saura watches with his cameras as Antonio Gades rehearses his flamenco version of the […]

May, 28

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