Derek Winnert

Pather Panchali ***** (1955, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee) – Classic Movie Review 7740

Pather Panchali (1955) is Indian writer-producer-director Satyajit Ray’s first film and the start of his stunning Apu trilogy charts the growth of Apu Ray (Subir Banerjee), a small boy born in a poor Bengali village, […]

Nov, 02 · in Reviews

Aparajito ***** (1956, Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Karuna Bannerjee, Kanu Bannerjee, Kanu Bannerjee, Kamala Adhikari) – Classic Movie Review 7739

Writer-producer-director Satyajit Ray’s 1956 Indian masterpiece Aparajito [The Unvanquished] is the wonderfully touching middle episode in Ray’s majestic epic family drama the Apu trilogy, which takes the saga from the hero’s infancy of Pather Panchali […]

Nov, 02 · in Reviews

Atlantis: The Lost Continent ** (1961, Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, Edward Platt, William Smith, Frank DeKova, Jay Novello) – Classic Movie Review 7738

‘SIGHTS NEVER BEFORE SEEN – Adventure never before experienced!’ Fantasy-film producer-director George Pal’s 1961 sci-fi adventure Atlantis: The Lost Continent is based on a play by Sir Gerald Hargreaves and stars Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, […]

Nov, 01

Woman on Top *** (2000, Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau) – Classic Movie Review 7737

Charm is high on the menu for director Fina Torres’s tasty, carefree romantic comedy soufflé Woman on Top (2000). Penélope Cruz cooks up a delightful turn as a Brazilian chef called Isabella Oliveira, who moves to […]

Nov, 01

Woman on the Run **** (1950, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith, Ross Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 7,736

Ann Sheridan and Dennis O’Keefe star in the strong and solid 1950 film noir thriller Woman on the Run, nicely filmed in black and white by cinematographer Hal Mohr on exciting San Francisco locations. Co-writer/ […]

Nov, 01

The Female Animal ** (1958, Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, George Nader, James Gleason, Jerry Paris, Ann Doran, Gregg Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 7735

‘It is said that when a woman fights for a man, she is like an ANIMAL!’ Director Harry Keller’s kitsch 1957 film noir romantic melodrama The Female Animal stars Hedy Lamarr in her last movie, […]

Nov, 01

Female on the Beach *** (1955, Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling, Cecil Kellaway, Natalie Schafer, Charles Drake) – Classic Movie Review 7734

‘Never has a woman loved so deeply or so dangerously!’ Director Joseph Pevney’s 1955 film noir crime thriller Female on the Beach provides an archetypal role for Joan Crawford – as Lynn Markham, the rich […]

Nov, 01

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