Derek Winnert

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Being Charlie **** (2015, Nick Robinson, Cary Elwes, Common, Devon Bostick, Morgan Saylor, Susan Misner, Ricardo Chavira) – Classic Movie Review 13,835

Director Rob Reiner’s 2015 drama film Being Charlie is hard to watch, but rewarding. It is based on Nick Reiner’s experiences with his heroin addiction and homelessness, and on his relationship with his father. Director Rob Reiner’s 2015 independent drama film Being […]

Jan, 09

Miracle in Milan [Miracolo a Milano] **** (1951, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Brunella Bovo, Guglielmo Barnabò) – Classic Movie Review 7711

Producer-director Vittorio De Sica’s warmhearted 1951 Italian classic Miracle in Milan [Miracolo a Milano] is a fairy tale about an angelic young orphan called Totò (Francesco Golisano) who arrives in a poor community outside Milan where […]

Oct, 28

The Legend of the Holy Drinker [La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore] **** (1988, Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas) – Classic Movie Review 6159

Rutger Hauer is on excellent acting form as the alcoholic homeless Paris tramp Andreas Kartak, who is offered 200 francs in money by a wealthy stranger as long as he promises to give it back to […]

Oct, 30

The Saint of Fort Washington *** (1993, Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Rick Aviles, Nina Siemaszko, Ving Rhames, Joe Seneca) – Classic Movie Review 5134

Matt Dillon plays an emotionally disturbed, probably schizophrenic young man who is made homeless, then meets up with down-on-his-luck Vietnam vet Danny Glover at New York’s Fort Washington men’s homeless shelter, a harrowing place wracked […]

Mar, 11

Life Stinks *** (1991, Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin) – Classic Movie Review 3028

Mel Brooks plays a billionaire who takes a bet with a rival property developer that he can’t live as a penniless tramp on the streets of LA for a month. It turns out to be […]

Nov, 02

Poor Cow ***** (1967, Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Kate Williams, Queenie Watts) – Classic Movie Review 2268

Co-writer/director Ken Loach makes his ground-breaking and eye-catching feature movie début filming Nell Dunn’s novel in 1967. Restored and re-released in 2016, it comes up devastatingly fresh – incisive, poignant and funny too. Carol White triumphs […]

Mar, 15

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