Derek Winnert

Crossroads *** (1942, William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Basil Rathbone, Claire Trevor) – Classic Movie Review 2595

Director Jack Conway’s glitzy 1942 mystery film noir thriller is set in Paris in 1935 and tells an engrossing story with classic vintage actors. Despite being made during World War Two and its setting, there’s no hint of […]

Jun, 14 · in Reviews

The Gunfighter **** (1950, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Richard Jaeckel, Skip Homeier, B G Norman, Karl Malden, Jean Parker, Verna Felton, Alan Hale Jr, Ellen Corby, Mae Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 2594

‘His only friend was his gun… His only refuge – a woman’s heart!’ Director Henry King’s superior 1950 Western stars Gregory Peck, who rivets the attention cast against type as a worn-out reformed gunfighter called […]

Jun, 14 · in Reviews

Sullivan’s Travels ***** (1941, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 2593

As World War Two rages, writer-director Preston Sturges calls Hollywood to task for its frivolity in his brilliant 1941 serio-comic road movie. Sturges’s movie is a classic satire, still funny, relevant and worthwhile. Joel McCrea […]

Jun, 13

Last Holiday **** (1950, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2,592

The neat and nimble 1950 black comedy film Last Holiday stars the expert and excellent Alec Guinness, as a man told he has only a short time to live, in a subtly sentimental original story […]

Jun, 13

I Hired a Contract Killer **** (1990, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley) – Classic Movie Review 2591

Writer/director Aki Kaurismåki’s offbeat 1990 black-comedy thriller stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as Henri Boulanger, a terminally depressed Frenchman in London. It is a splendidly quirky and truly funny movie, a little gem. Henri is so depressed after being […]

Jun, 13

Love on the Run [L’Amour en Fuite] ***½ (1979, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani, Dorothée) – Classic Movie Review 2590

Co-writer/director François Truffaut puts his alter ego film-self Antoine Doinel in the spotlight again in 1979 for the fifth and final time, as Jean-Pierre Léaud re-creates his most famous role in this amiable sequel movie. […]

Jun, 13

Bed & Board [Domicile Conjugale] **** (1970, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer) – Classic Movie Review 2589

Bed and Board [Domicile Conjugale] is often highly amusing, perceptive and very touching, though overall perhaps slightly less so than its 1968 predecessor Stolen Kisses (Baisers Volés). Jean-Pierre Léaud again stars as the twentysomething French hero, […]

Jun, 12

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