Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "melancholy"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "melancholy".

The Wiz ** (1978, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Richard Pryor, Lena Horne) – Classic Movie Review 3629

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1978 movie version of the hit Broadway show, an all-African American musical of The Wizard of Oz, is generally much maligned and unloved. It was advertised as ‘The Motown remake of The […]

Apr, 29

The French Lieutenant’s Woman **** (1981, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 2.116

Director  Karel Reisz’s fascinating 1981 film of John Fowles’s 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman is graced with another literate, distinguished screenplay by Harold Pinter, striking cinematography by Freddie Francis, a lovely […]

Jan, 26

The End of the Affair **** (1955, Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 832

Director Edward Dmytryk makes the mistake of turning one of Graham Greene’s finest novels into a conventional Hollywood-ised romantic potboiler. Ideally cast Deborah Kerr is excellent as the wartime wife Sarah Miles who suffers Roman […]

Feb, 15

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.