Derek Winnert

Die Marquise von O… [The Marquise of O] **** (1976, Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel) – Classic Movie Review 9466

Eric Rohmer’s witty and affecting adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist’s famous novella Die Marquise von O… [The Marquise of O] is set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. It focuses on the honourable German […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle [4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle] *** (1987, Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde) – Classic Movie Review 9465

Writer-director Eric Rohmer’s 1986 French film Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle [4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle] is a lesser but still delightful and fascinating work by the esteemed director of Claire’s Knee (1970). It […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] **** (1990, Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel) – Classic Movie Review 9464

Writer-director Éric Rohmer’s subtle and appealing 1990 French film A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] stars Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester and Florence Darel. It is a typical but high level Rohmer film casting a […]

Mar, 05

A Winter’s Tale [A Tale of Winter] [Conte d’hiver] **** (1992, Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti, Hervé Furic) – Classic Movie Review 9463

Writer-director Eric Rohmer’s 1992 A Winter’s Tale [A Tale of Winter] [Conte d’hiver] is his beguiling Tale of the Four Seasons about a pretty young hairdresser called Félicie (Charlotte Véry), who has a holiday romance […]

Mar, 05

Autumn Tale [Conte d’automne] **** (1998, Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt, Didier Sandre) – Classic Movie Review 9462

Autumn Tale [Conte d’automne] (1998) is the last of Éric Rohmer’s four seasonal tales, preceded by A Tale of Springtime, A Tale of Winter and A Summer’s Tale. It is the fourth film of his […]

Mar, 04

Full Moon in Paris [Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune] **** (1984, Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini) – Classic Movie Review 9461

Full Moon in Paris [Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune] (1984) is another charmer from Eric Rohmer, with the delightful Pascale Ogier as one of the director’s typically complex, determined and willful heroines Louise, who […]

Mar, 04

The Aviator’s Wife [La femme de l’aviateur] **** (1981, Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière) – Classic Movie Review 9460

The Aviator’s Wife [La Femme de l’Aviateur] (1981) is an excellent conversation piece from Eric Rohmer (the opening one of his Comédies et Proverbes series) about a young Frenchman François (Philippe Marlaud) and the eponymous […]

Mar, 04

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