Derek Winnert

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Merci la Vie * (1991, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Michel Blanc, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gérard Depardieu) – Classic Movie Review 9597

Writer-director Bernard Blier’s 1991 French film Merci la Vie stars an impressive line-up in Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Depardieu, Michael Blanc, Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Carmet, Catherine Jacob and Thierry Frémont. But, despite […]

Apr, 05

The Getting of Wisdom **** (1977, Susannah Fowle, Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund, John Waters, Hilary Ryan, Barry Humphries) – Classic Movie Review 9350

Director Bruce Beresford’s attractive, episodic 1977 Australian coming-of-age film The Getting of Wisdom about turn-of-the-last-century girls’ school life is taken from an autobiographical novel by Henry Handel (Ethel) Richardson, with an effective screenplay by Eleanor […]

Feb, 05

Poison Ivy ** (1992, Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd) – Classic Movie Review 9250

Director Katt Shea Ruben’s 1992 erotic thriller Poison Ivy is a forceful melodrama of the old Joan Crawford school, in which Drew Barrymore plays reckless teenager Ivy, who introduces herself into a wealthy family, moves […]

Jan, 10

Return to the Blue Lagoon ** (1991, Brian Krause, Milla Jovovich, Lisa Pelikan) – Classic Movie Review 8931

‘In a secluded paradise… surrounded by a coral sea, a boy and a girl grew up alone. Now they are experiencing the first awakenings of love. A love that can only be threatened… by discovery.’ […]

Sep, 23

BMX Bandits *** (1983, David Argue, John Ley, Bryan Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 8804

BMX Bandits takes us back to the early Eighties BMX bike craze and a time when Nicole Kidman was a teenager. Where there’s a craze, there’s a movie and here is a bright but daft […]

Aug, 08

Teen Spirit *** (2018, Elle Fanning, Zlatko Buric, Agnieszka Grochowska, Archie Madekwe) – Movie Review

Debut director Max Minghella’s stylish 2018 British drama Teen Spirit is a modern fairy tale with a vibrant pop soundtrack telling the story of the quiet 17-year-old Violet, played by Elle Fanning (The Beguiled, Maleficent), […]

Jul, 25

Pretty Baby ** (1978, Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Gerrit Graham, Mae Mercer, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele) – Classic Movie Review 8632

Louis Malle’s highly disturbing and controversial American debut with the 1978 Pretty Baby caused quite a few shock waves with its World War One story set in 1917 about a 12-year-old girl Violet (Brooke Shields), […]

Jun, 23

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