Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Four Days of Naples [Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli] **** (1962, Regina Bianchi, Aldo Guffre, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel) – Classic Movie Review 12,992

The 1963 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination deservedly went to this powerfully staged and extremely potent re-enactment of the 1943 blood-stained but successful revolt by the citizens of Naples against the Nazis.  Director Nanni […]

Jul, 10 · in Reviews

Men in War *** (1957, Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Aldo Ray, Vic Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 12,991

‘The part of the military machine that bleeds!’ ‘One more step and I’ll fill your guts with lead!’ Director Anthony Mann’s 1957 war film Men in War is based on the novel Combat by Van […]

Jul, 10 · in Uncategorized

A Thousand Clouds of Peace *** (2003, Juan Carlos Ortuno, Juan Torres, Perla de la Rosa, Salvador Alvarez) – Classic Movie Review 12,990

Julián Hernández’s starkly poetic neorealist 2003 Mexican romantic drama film A Thousand Clouds of Peace showcases his dazzling style and imagination. Juan Carlos Ortuño stars as Gerardo who searches for love, but seems totally lost.  […]

Jul, 09

Broken Sky [El cielo dividido] **** (2006, Ángel Hoppe, Fernando Arroyo, Alejandro Rojo) – Classic Movie Review 12,989

Julián Hernández’s highly impressive 2006 Mexican romantic drama film Broken Sky [El cielo dividido] tells the story of an overwhelming first love almost inexplicably turning sour. Writer/ director Julián Hernández’s highly impressive, emotional and moving […]

Jul, 08

Relentless ** (1948, Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 12,988

George Sherman’s great-looking 1948 Technicolor Western film Relentless stars Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, and Barton MacLane. ‘Violence… love… and sudden death!’ It’s a Western, so what else is new? Nothing much, […]

Jul, 07

The Vintage * (1957, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan, Pier Angeli, Theodore Bikel, Leif Erickson) – Classic Movie Review 12,987

Italian brothers (Mel Ferrer and John Kerr), on the run from a murder, hide out in the vineyards of France, putting sisters (Michèle Morgan and Pier Angeli) in a sexual spin. ‘THEY WERE PEOPLE OF […]

Jul, 06

36 Hours *** (1964, James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint) – Classic Movie Review 12,986

The 1964 thriller 36 Hours stars James Garner as a US Army Major kidnapped by the Germans to brainwash him into believing World War Two is over so he will divulge Allied invasion plans. ‘The […]

Jul, 06

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