Derek Winnert

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Less Than Zero ** (1987, Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr, James Spader) – Classic Movie Review 10,394

Director Marek Kanievska’s 1987 Less than Zero is a very wobbly film version of the Bret Easton Ellis cult novel, which is much changed and a great deal less interesting. Andrew McCarthy stars as Princeton college […]

Oct, 08

Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] *** (1954, Danielle Darrieux, Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi) – Classic Movie Review 9977

Director Claude Autant-Lara’s 1954 French romantic drama Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] is a good-looking, attractively acted adaptation of the once scandalous 1831 Stendhal novel, in which humble Julien Sorel […]

Jun, 29

Crazy/Beautiful ** (2001, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 8617

Director John Stockwell’s 2001 romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful stars Kirsten Dunst as spoilt rich high-school girl Nicole Oakley, who has a stormy relationship with a poor Latino lad Carlos Nuñez (Jay Hernandez) from the wrong side […]

Jun, 20

Lenny **** (1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner) – Classic Movie Review 8441

Dustin Hoffman sizzles in one of his finest performances as controversial, self destructive Jewish club stand up comedian Lenny Bruce in the 1974 biopic Lenny, brilliantly directed by Bob Fosse and shot in dazzling, chic […]

May, 07

Birds Come to Die in Peru [Les Oiseaux Vont Mourire au Peru] [Birds in Peru] (1968, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux) – Classic Movie Review 8336

Writer-director Romain Gary’s 1968 drama Birds Come to Die in Peru [Les Oiseaux Vont Mourire au Peru] [Birds in Peru] stars Jean Seberg as depressed nutty nymphomaniac Adriana, married to a much older, rich husband […]

Apr, 06

Sweet Bird of Youth *** (1989, Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Kevin Geer) – Classic Movie Review 5237

Director Nicolas Roeg’s interesting 1989 TV movie version of the Tennessee Williams play is reworked by teleplay writer Gavin Lambert, apparently using the playwright’s own revisions, though these are not always an improvement on the […]

Apr, 02

Election **** (1999, Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein) – Classic Movie Review 455

Based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta, co-writer/director Alexander Payne’s 1999 satirical comedy is an incisively funny winner. A metaphor for the state of American politics, Election is a very useful antidote to the late-90s […]

Nov, 27

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