Derek Winnert

Listen to Britain **** (1942, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Myra Hess) – Classic Movie Review 9140

The 1942 essay film Listen to Britain is a rousing classic wartime documentary short from ace British documentarian Humphrey Jennings, embodying the recorded sounds of vignettes in the nation’s life, as civilians struggle with surviving […]

Dec, 09 · in Reviews

Chances Are *** (1989, Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 9139

Director Emile Ardolino’s cute 1989 fantasy romance Chances Are is about a woman, Corinne Jeffries (Cybill Shepherd), still faithful to her murdered lawyer husband, Louie Jeffries (Christopher McDonald). Many years later, Louie comes back to […]

Dec, 08 · in Reviews

My American Uncle [Mon Oncle d’Amérique] **** (1980, Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre) – Classic Movie Review 9138

Director Alain Renais’s offbeat, humorous 1980 film My American Uncle [Mon Oncle d’Amérique] is a character study of a technical manager at a textile factory (Gérard Depardieu), a self-educated actress (Nicole Garcia) and a writer/politician […]

Dec, 08

Chandu on the Magic Island *** (1935, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young) – Classic Movie Review 9137

In 1935, the last eight episodes of the 1934 American 12-episode fantasy film serial The Return of Chandu were edited into a second feature film of 65 minutes, released as Chandu on the Magic Island. Written […]

Dec, 08

The Return of Chandu *** (1934, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival) – Classic Movie Review 9136

Chandu the Magician returns from the hit 1932 Chandu the Magician in The Return of Chandu (1934) and he is played by a different actor – the very same man who played his madman foe […]

Dec, 07

Chandu the Magician *** (1932, Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi) – Classic Movie Review 9135

Directors Marcel Varnel and William Cameron Menzies’s 1932 radio broadcast sci-fi mystery fantasy thriller Chandu the Magician features a battle royal between Chandu the Magician (Edmund Lowe) and Roxor (Bela Lugosi), a world-dominating madman with […]

Dec, 07

Music Is My Future [Music in Darkness] *** (1948, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand, Naima Wifstrand) – Classic Movie Review 9134

The 1948 Swedish film Music Is My Future [Musik I Mörker] [Music in Darkness] is the fourth film from master film-maker Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay is by Dagmar Edqvist, based on the novel by Dagmar […]

Dec, 07

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