Derek Winnert

Reviews

Model Wife *** (1941, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles, Lucile Watson, Billy Gilbert, Ruth Donnelly, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 11,559

Producer-director Leigh Jason’s 1941 American film Model Wife stars Joan Blondell and Dick Powell in a likeable, hard-working comedy about a young couple, Joan and Fred Chambers (Blondell and Powell), who have to keep their […]

Sep, 08

Cartouche [Swords of Blood] *** (1962, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 11,558

Director Philippe de Broca’s 1962 French swashbuckler film Cartouche [Swords of Blood] stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale. France’s legendary 18th-century thief-hero Cartouche is a lovely role for grinning young and dashing Belmondo, whose infectious, […]

Sep, 07

That Man from Rio [L’Homme de Rio] *** (1964, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 11,557

Director Philippe de Broca’s 1964 French James Bond-type spoof film That Man from Rio [L’Homme de Rio] stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi. That Man from Rio is a lively, fast-moving […]

Sep, 07

The Moderns *** (1988, Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, Geneviève Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 11,556

Director Alan Rudolph’s 1988 film The Moderns is an offbeat, civilised, romantic movie about Americans in 1920s Paris, with a miscast Keith Carradine out of his depth as art faker Nick Hart, an ex-patriate American […]

Sep, 06

Return Engagement ** (1983, Timothy Leary, G Gordon Liddy, Carole Hemingway) – Classic Movie Review 11,555

Director Alan Rudolph’s 1983 film Return Engagement is a documentary on the 1983 touring debate between the two Seventies/ Eighties contemporary eccentrics, or geniuses depending upon your viewpoint – Timothy Leary, the advocate of psychedelic […]

Sep, 06

Roadie *** (1980, Meat Loaf Kaki Hunter Art Carney) – Classic Movie Review 11,554

The 1980 American musical comedy film Roadie is an offbeat look at the rock industry from director Alan Rudolph starring heavyweight rocker Meat Loaf as beer-drinking Travis W Redfish, a truck driver who becomes a roadie for a […]

Sep, 06

Songwriter *** (1984, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren) – Classic Movie Review 11,553

Director Alan Rudolph’s likeable 1984 satirical comedy-drama Songwriter stars Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, along with Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn and Lesley Ann Warren. Country music fans will love this tale of two singers on […]

Sep, 05

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