Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Brooklyn"

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Little Lord Fauntleroy **** (1936, Freddie Bartholomew, C Aubrey Smith, Mickey Rooney, Dolores Costello, Jessie Ralph, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 5226

Producer David O Selznick and director John Cromwell’s lovingly crafted 1936 children’s film finds the perfect star in Freddie Bartholomew as little Cedric (‘Ceddie’), aka Little Lord Fauntleroy. It follows a once famous 1921 silent […]

Apr, 01

Shortbus ***½ (2006, Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan, Raphael Barker, Alan Mandell, Adam Hardman, Ray Rivas, Justin Hagan) – Classic Movie Review 4604

Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell’s highly provocative, extremely controversial 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film teaches a lesson of acceptance as it centres on a sexually diverse group of colorful characters trying to connect in New York City. The […]

Nov, 07

The Shopworn Angel **** (1938, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton) – Classic Movie Review 4579

The tearful 1938 wartime romantic drama film The Shopworn Angel is a tasty reworking of the old story, with the right cast in James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan to make it work.  Director H C […]

Nov, 03

Brooklyn **** (2015, Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters) – Movie Review

Saoirse Ronan stars as Ellis, a bright young Irish immigrant who arrives in 1950s Brooklyn. She hoves up at old Mrs Julie Walters’s boarding house, gets a department store job and, though initially homesick, soon […]

Nov, 05

5 Flights Up [Ruth & Alex] *** (2014, Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon) – Movie Review

Funny and charming – Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman seem made for each other and share a twinkling screen magic. Cynthia Nixon scores too as their realtor. Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman play Ruth & […]

Jul, 23

The Purple Rose of Cairo **** (1985, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 1812

Writer-director Woody Allen’s witty, bitter-sweet 1985 romantic fantasy comedy is a enchanting treat. It won the Bafta award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as  the FIPRESCI Prize at […]

Nov, 06

Saturday Night Fever ***** (1977, John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller) – Classic Movie Review 1477

John Travolta’s first featured cinema big star role turned out to be his finest piece of acting right up until Pulp Fiction. He plays an Italian American boy called Tony Manero, a young man troubled with […]

Jul, 26

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