Derek Winnert

Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 [Dangerous Liaisons 1960] *** (1959, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Annette Stroyberg) – Classic Movie Review 7674

Director Roger Vadim’s 1959 French movie Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 [Dangerous Liaisons 1960] is based on Choderlos de Laclos’s novel and remade as Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont and Cruel Intentions. Vadim’s version is a highly entertaining […]

Oct, 18 · in Reviews

Levity ** (2003, Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 7673

Director Ed Solomon’s intelligent, well-made 2003 crime drama Levity finds Billy Bob Thornton working hard and effectively as Manuel Jordan, an ex-con looking for redemption after killing a teen while carrying out a robbery 20 […]

Oct, 18 · in Reviews

Lianna *** (1983, Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries) – Classic Movie Review 7672

Writer-director John Sayles’s 1983 drama Lianna looks at the life of troubled 30something woman Lianna (Linda Griffiths), unhappily married to arrogant Dick (JohnDeVries), and her growing sexual and loving attraction to a female teacher friend […]

Oct, 17

Birds of Passage [Pájaros de verano] **** (2018, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Carmiña Martínez) – Movie Review

José Acosta stars as marijuana trafficker Rapayet, who gives an enormous dowry to marry into an indigenous remote northern Colombian family, who then get deeper and deeper into an all-out war to control the drugs […]

Oct, 17

Outlaw/ King ** (2018, Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh) – Movie Review

Chris Pine of Los Angeles, California, USA, channels his inner Scot as the 14th Century Scottish Outlaw/ King Robert the Bruce, who makes a reasonable claim to the Scottish throne and then desperately tries to […]

Oct, 17

Beyond Therapy * (1987, Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti) -Classic Movie Review 7671

Director Robert Altman assembles a lovely cast for the 1987 comedy Beyond Therapy, an incurable misfire film version of a stage play by Christopher Durang, who collaborates with Altman on the screenplay. The scant story […]

Oct, 16

Kansas City *** (1996, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 7670

Producer-director Robert Altman’s tense, involving, tough-toned 1996 crime film Kansas City stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney and Steve Buscemi. In the screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, a pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics […]

Oct, 16

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