Derek Winnert

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Limelight ***** (1952, Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Sydney Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 2549

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s 1952 drama with music Limelight is a beautiful film, incredibly poignant, extremely sentimental and nostalgic, but almost unbearably moving both for itself and as an encapsulation of the star’s life. The pairing […]

Jun, 01

America’s Sweethearts ***½ (2001, Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green) – Classic Movie Review 2521

Billy Crystal bites the hand that feeds him in his cracking (co-written) screenplay for director Joe Roth’s sparkling 2001 Hollywood comedy. And, Crystal included,  called he’s got just the right cast to make it sizzle. […]

May, 25

An American in Paris ***** (1951, Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guétary) – Classic Movie Review 2515

Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1951 dance movie An American in Paris was a triumph for him and Gene Kelly, as well as Leslie Caron. Half a dozen Oscars, including Best Picture, poured down on this breath-taking MGM musical, […]

May, 24

The Pirate **** (1948, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 2510

Director Vincente Minnelli’s sophisticated and colourful 1948 Technicolor musical is lots of fun and a real charmer. It’s a sparkling showcase for the splendid team of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland, in the second of […]

May, 23

The Shop Around the Corner ***** (1940, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Felix Bressart, William Tracy) – Classic Movie Review 2512

The 1940 Ernst Lubitsch romcom is a Christmas delight, telling the story of two employees (Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart) at a Budapest leathergoods store in the lead-up to Christmas.  Director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 sparkling romantic […]

May, 23

Sunrise ***** (1927, George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston) – Classic Movie Review 2472

Director F W Murnau’s 1927 silent movie morality fable, subtitled A Song of Two Humans, was for a very long number of years a neglected masterpiece. But it was splendidly restored in 1997 as a […]

May, 11

Ossessione [Obsession] ***** (1943, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Juan de Landa) – Classic Movie Review 2,449

Debut director Luchino Visconti’s 1943 Italian crime thriller film Ossessione marks the second time James M Cain’s irresistible plot rang at cinema box offices. Visconti failed to get rights to the novel and the film […]

May, 02

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