Derek Winnert

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium *** (1969, Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick, Murray Hamilton, Michael Constantine, Sandy Baron, Norman Fell, Peggy Cass) – Classic Movie Review 11,772

Director Mel Stuart’s 1969 DeLuxe Color romantic comedy If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium is an affectionate, hard-to-dislike send-up of American tourists on a whirlwind trip round Europe. English amorous tour guide Charlie Cartwright […]

Dec, 07 · in Reviews

The Card Counter *** (2021, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe) – Movie Review

Writer-director Paul Schrader’s 2021 American crime drama film The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe. Martin Scorsese is notable as one of the many executive producers. It has two enormously high cards in its hand: Oscar Isaac’s […]

Dec, 07 · in Reviews

Perfect Strangers *** (1945, Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Ann Todd, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 11,771

The 1945 British drama film Perfect Strangers is a well-made, poignant little gem, with Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr as a married couple whose relationship is shaken by their service in World War Two. The […]

Dec, 06

L’Accompagnatrice [The Accompanist] *** (1992, Romane Bohringer, Elena Safonova, Richard Bohringer, Samuel Labarthe) – Classic Movie Review 11,770

Director Claude Miller’s French 1992 drama L’Accompagnatrice [The Accompanist] is an intriguing, ambitious and often involving though somehow elusive World War Two wartime drama about the poor young piano accompanist of the title, Sophie Vasseur […]

Dec, 06

La Petite Voleuse [The Little Thief] *** (1988, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Raoul Billerey, Chantal Banlier, Simon de La Brosse) – Classic Movie Review 11,769

Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as a troubled tomboyish teenager who craves attention and drifts into petty crime. Director Claude Miller’s French 1988 film La Petite Voleuse [The Little Thief] stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Raoul Billerey, Chantal Banlier, […]

Dec, 05

An Impudent Girl [L’Effrontée] *** (1985, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy, Clothilde Baudon) – Classic Movie Review 11,768

Director Claude Miller’s French 1985 drama An Impudent Girl [L’Effrontée] [Charlotte and Lulu] stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy, Clothilde Baudon and Raoul Billerey. It is a free uncredited adaptation of the novel Frankie […]

Dec, 05

Impromptu **** (1991, Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Julian Sands) – Classic Movie Review 11,767

James Lapine’s enchanting 1991 composer and literary biopic Impromptu has a great cast in Judy Davis as George Sand, Hugh Grant as Frédéric Chopin, Mandy Patinkin as Alfred de Musset, and Julian Sands as Franz […]

Dec, 04

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