Derek Winnert

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Spare Time **** (1939, voice of Laurie Lee) – Classic Movie Review 9175

Spare Time (1939) is a classic 15-minute documentary from ace British documentarian Humphrey Jennings on the theme of what the British workers get up to in their spare time. The commentary is provided by the voice […]

Dec, 20

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

London **** (1994, voice of Paul Scofield) – Classic Movie Review 5762

Writer-director and cameraman Patrick Keiller’s personal and politicial 1994 feature-length debut is a witty and penetrating British documentary, a travelogue cum essay film mounting a virulent attack on the state of early to mid-Nineties London. […]

Jul, 15

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