Derek Winnert

Charley’s Aunt **** (1941, Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison) – Classic Movie Review 9288

OMG ! Jack Benny in drag! Director Archie Mayo’s effervescent 1941 black and white cross dressing comedy Charley’s Aunt [Charley’s American Aunt] stars the notable ensemble team of Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne […]

Jan, 21 · in Reviews

An Enemy of the People [Ganashatru] *** (1989, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey) – Classic Movie Review 9287

Indian director Satyajit Ray’s return to film-making after illness was this 1989 adaptation of the text of Henrik Ibsen’s classic 1883 play An Enemy of the People [Ganashatru], which is concerned with health – that […]

Jan, 21 · in Reviews

An Enemy of the People ** (1978, Steve McQueen, Bibi Andersson, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 9286

‘The water’s poisoned. The people are poisoned. The children are poisoned! The water is poisoned!’ – Dr Thomas Stockmann. Ah yes, Steve McQueen versus Henrik Ibsen! Producer-director George Schaefer’s 1978 drama An Enemy of the […]

Jan, 21

Weekend at Bernie’s *** (1989, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9285

Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1989 Weekend at Bernie’s is a spirited, even memorable try at that notoriously difficult genre – black comedy – in which New York insurance yuppies Larry Wilson and Richard Parker (Andrew McCarthy […]

Jan, 20

Enemy Mine *** (1985, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr, Brion James) – Classic Movie Review 9284

German director Wolfgang Petersen went from one sweet homespun fantasy film, The NeverEnding Story, to another with the same virtues – startling production designs and eye-catching makeup (here the aliens are created by Chris Walas). […]

Jan, 20

The Chastity Belt [La cintura di castità] * (1967, Tony Curtis, Monica Vitti, Hugh Griffith, Ivo Garrani) – Classic Movie Review 9283

Director Pasquale Festa Campanile’s 1967 Italian comedy The Chastity Belt stars Tony Curtis, Monica Vitti and Hugh Griffith, and is a film with a very broad sense of humour. Curtis stars as black-bearded husband knight […]

Jan, 20

Wee Willie Winkie **** (1937, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C Aubrey Smith, June Lang) – Classic Movie Review 9282

Rudyard Kipling’s story about a little boy in 19th-century India is adapted as a vehicle for Shirley Temple in director John Ford’s 1937 adventure Wee Willie Winkie. Kipling wrote about Percival Williams, but Temple plays […]

Jan, 20

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