Derek Winnert

Mephisto ***** (1981, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági) – Classic Movie Review 9348

Director István Szabó’s 1981 Mephisto stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, who gives a tour-de-force performance in this 1981 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner about a leftist 1920s German theatre actor, Hendrik Hoefgren (famous for his playing […]

Feb, 05 · in Reviews

For a Few Extra Dollars [Per pochi dollari ancora] *** (1966, Giuliano Gemma, Dan Vadis, José Calvo, Ángel del Pozo, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Sernas) – Classic Movie Review 9347

Giuliano Gemma (billed as Montgomery Wood) stars in director Giorgio Ferroni’s superior 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film For a Few Extra Dollars [Per pochi dollari ancora] as former Confederate raider Gary Diamond, now a guide who […]

Feb, 04 · in Reviews

Arizona Colt [Man from Nowhere] *** (1966, Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Corinne Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 9346

Director Michele Lupo’s 1966 Spaghetti Western film Arizona Colt [Man from Nowhere] stars Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, and Corinne Marchand. The veteran Spanish character actor Sancho plays bandit Gordo, who frees a group of prisoners […]

Feb, 04

Blood for a Silver Dollar [Un dollaro bucato] *** (1965, Giuliano Gemma, Evelyn Stewart, Pierre Cressoy) – Classic Movie Review 9345

Co-writer/ director Giorgio Ferroni’s 1965 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film, Blood for a Silver Dollar [Un dollaro bucato], also known as Le dollar troué, One Silver Dollar, and Un dólar agujereado, stars Giuliano Gemma and Evelyn […]

Feb, 04

Colonel Redl [Oberst Redl] **** (1985, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl) – Classic Movie Review 9344

Hungarian director István Szabó’s 1985 Colonel Redl [Oberst Redl] [Redl Ezredes] is a startlingly powerful film of a subject already familiar from John Osborne’s stage play A Patriot for Me, with a clever screenplay based […]

Feb, 03

Charly *** (1968, Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala) – Classic Movie Review 9343

Director Ralph Nelson’s 1968 drama Charly stars Cliff Robertson, who swept to triumph as best actor at the 1969 Academy Awards as Charly Gordon, an adult man with a cognitive disability. He is selected by […]

Feb, 03

Days and Nights in the Forest [Aranyer Din Ratri] **** (1970) – Classic Movie Review 9342

Days and Nights in the Forest [Aranyer Din Ratri] (1970) is one of Satyajit Ray’s most delicate and subtle films, following the fortunes of four educated male friends from Calcutta on holiday staying at an […]

Feb, 03

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