Derek Winnert

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Bright Star *** (2009, Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster) – Classic Movie Review 2940

This worthy but dull 2009 fictional romantic biopic is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. The acting, though, is inspiring. Ben Whishaw […]

Oct, 02

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

Angels and Insects *** (1995, Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1,702

Co-writer/director Philip Haas’s 1995 British drama, written with Belinda Haas, is an intriguing, involving and provocative oddity, based on A S Byatt’s intelligent 1992 novella Morpho Eugenia.  Co-writer/director Philip Haas’s 1995 British drama film, written […]

Sep, 22

Endless Love ** (1981, Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray) – Classic Movie Review 735

Endless Love was advertised as ‘the greatest love story of all time’. But posh Italian director Franco Zeffirelli turns Scott Spencer’s novel about 17-year-old American high school student David Axelrod (Martin Hewitt)’s obsessive love for 15-year-old […]

Jan, 23

Legends of the Fall **** (1994, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Henry Thomas, Julia Ormond) – Classic Movie Review 688

Director Edward Zwick’s 1994 moving, beautifully crafted, old-style romantic adventure epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the American 1900s wilderness details how their lives are affected by nature, history, war and love. […]

Jan, 15

The Red Violin [Le Violon Rouge] ***** (1998, Samuel L Jackson, Don McKellar, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Colm Feore, Sandra Oh, Carlo Cecchi) – Classic Movie Review 263

The haunting and ravishing treat of a film called The Red Violin (1998). Director François Girard tells the ambitious, utterly beguiling and beautiful epic history of a mythical violin from its creation by maker Nicolo […]

Oct, 01

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