Derek Winnert

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Saint Laurent *** (2014, Gaspard Ulliel, Louis Garrel, Jérémie Renier, Helmut Berger) – Classic Movie Review 12,669

Gaspard Ulliel stars as famed fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, with Louis Garrel as his lover and Jérémie Renier as his partner, in the stylish, often fascinating 2014 epic French biopic Saint Laurent. Co-writer/ director […]

Oct, 12

A Place for Lovers [Amanti] (1968, Faye Dunaway, Marcello Mastroianni) – Classic Movie Review 11,603

Director Vittorio De Sica’s superbad 1968 Italian-French romantic film A Place for Lovers [Amanti] is Love Story with an Italian backdrop. It stars stars beautiful people Faye Dunaway and Marcello Mastroianni, and is often judged one of […]

Sep, 27

Don’t Knock the Twist ** (1962, Chubby Checker, Gene Chandler, Vic Dana) Classic Movie Review 9864

Chubby Checker and the twist are in the spotlight again in director Oscar Rudolph’s 1962 black and white dance craze musical film Don’t Knock the Twist, the sequel to the 1961 smash hit Twist Around […]

Jun, 04

Back Street *** (1961, Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 7,001

Susan Hayward stars in the glossy 1961 romantic drama film Back Street – the third and least Universal Pictures version of the Fannie Hurst soap opera novel – perhaps most notable for the frocks by […]

May, 04

Phantom Thread ***** (2017, Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville) – Movie Review

Phantom Thread (2017) is an incredibly bold and brave and beautiful film from wayward auteur (I mean that nicely) Paul Thomas Anderson. Boy, it is one heck of a weird movie! It starts with echoes […]

Jan, 23

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant [Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant ] ***** (1975, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann) – Classic Movie Review 6056

Writer-producer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s weird though utterly compelling 1972 German film The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant about love, power and lesbian passions is one of his finest movies, now a much acclaimed classic. […]

Oct, 03

Knock Off *** (1998, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Paul Sorvino, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon) – Classic Movie Review 2085

Director Tsui Hark’s 1998 movie, set in Hong Kong,  is one of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s better all-action thrillers. Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray, a fashion designer who is drawn into a black market conspiracy […]

Jan, 18

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