Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Italy"

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Splendor **** (1989, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Marina Vlady) – Classic Movie Review 4048

Italian writer-director Ettore Scola’s affectingly nostalgic 1989 salute to the cinema is as good and glorious as the much more lauded Cinema Paradiso (1988). Marcello Mastroianni is splendid as Jordan, the owner and manager of the […]

Jul, 19

Avanti! ***** (1972, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 3,668

Jack Lemmon won a Golden Globe award and Juliet Mills and Clive Reville were nominated for Billy Wilder’s witty 1972 comedy film Avanti!  The neglected and underrated 1972 comedy film Avanti! is one of the […]

May, 07

A Walk in the Sun ***** (1945, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 3,504

The 1945 classic A Walk in the Sun, about one American platoon in the 1943 invasion of Italy, is another magnificent milestone war film from producer-director Lewis Milestone. The 1945 classic A Walk in the Sun, […]

Mar, 26

Blood for Dracula [Andy Warhol’s Dracula] *** (1974, Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging, Vittorio De Sica, Roman Polanski) – Classic Movie Review 3,355

Udo Kier’s dying Count Dracula must drink the blood of virgins, in Paul Morrissey’s stylish and amusing 1974 horror movie Blood for Dracula, with Joe Dallesandro as the handsome handyman. Udo Kier’s dying Count Dracula […]

Feb, 13

A Bigger Splash ***½ (2015, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton) – Movie Review

Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tilda Swinton have a grand time in director Luca Guadagnino’s intriguing, tantalising mystery drama puzzle. It’s both arty and full on, with the talented starry quartet up for it, […]

Feb, 11

Il Divo **** (2008, Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti) – Classic Movie Review 3294

Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino’s striking and informative, surreal biopic of controversial Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, showcases an uncanny, quite spooky performance by Toni Servillo as the nonogenarian ‘divine’ who was Italian prime minister seven times between […]

Jan, 26

A Special Day [Una Giornata Particolare] **** (1977, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren) – Classic Movie Review 3,286

The 1977 Italian drama A Special Day [Una Giornata Particolare] is a special film, with Marcello Mastroianni superb as a persecuted gay radio announcer who meets a lonely mother (Sophia Loren) in Rome when Adolf […]

Jan, 20

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