Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "mockumentary"

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Man Bites Dog (1992, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert) – Classic Movie Review 10,951

Unluckily for us, Benoît Poelvoorde plays a thieving psychopathic serial killer called Ben, who takes a camera crew around with him to film his murders, in the 1992 Belgian satirical black comedy mockumentary film Man […]

Feb, 22

Real Life *** (1979, Albert Brooks, Dick Haynes, Matthew Tobin, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain) – Classic Movie Review 10,742

The 1979 mockumentary film Real Life is a funny, inventive early comedy from the talented writer-director Albert Brooks, who also plays himself, a loathesome toad of a documentary film-maker recording the lives of an average […]

Jan, 03

Bob Roberts *** (1992, Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Brian Murray, Gore Vidal) – Classic Movie Review 10,705

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s bright and always relevant 1992 comedy drama election campaign political satire plays as a mockumentary, or fake documentary. It is his directorial debut, includes several original songs co-written and performed by him, […]

Dec, 26

Husbands and Wives ** (1992, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson) – Classic Movie Review 5728

Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s 1992 mockumentary film comedy-drama report on the state of modern marriage is depressing and disappointing. It has a heavily autobiographical slant that looks embarrassing in the wake of Allen’s family troubles. However, there […]

Jul, 08

Zelig *** (1983, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow) – Classic Movie Review 3958

Writer-director Woody Allen’s 1983 comedy is a smartly conceived but clumsily developed and largely unfunny fictional spoof documentary, or mockumentary, about a human chameleon nobody called Leonard Zelig (Allen). Zelig becomes a celebrity through being able […]

Jul, 01

What We Do in the Shadows *** (2014, Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) – Movie Review

Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh and Jemaine Clement star as Viago, Deacon and Vlad (Jemaine Clement), vampire flatmates living in a suburban semi, in this New Zealand comedy horror mockumentary. Viago is fed up because no one […]

Nov, 19

This Is Spinal Tap ***** (1984, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer) – Classic Movie Review 1637

Director Rob Reiner’s hysterical 1984 ‘rockumentary’ send-up of heavy metal bands hits the target bull’s eye. It gleefully uses improvised performances and fake documentary film-making to chronicle the catastrophic American tour of England’s legendary but troubled rock […]

Sep, 06

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