Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "neo-noir"

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Trouble in Mind **** (1985, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Geneviève Bujold, Lori Singer, Divine) – Classic Movie Review 12,602

Writer/ director Alan Rudolph’s neglected 1985 American neo-noir film Trouble in Mind is one of this exciting film-maker’s best movies. starring Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Geneviève Bujold, and Lori Singer, plus a non-drag Divine. Kris […]

Aug, 05

Union City ***½ (1980, Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscombe, Irena Maleeva, Everett McGill, Sam McMurray, Pat Benatar) – Classic Movie Review 12,080

Writer-director Mark Reichert’s 1980 American neo-noir crime mystery thriller film Union City is a first-class 40s-style retro-film noir, a neat little style object, with Deborah Harry of Blondie fame on fine form as a femme fatale, Lillian, […]

Apr, 21

Five Minutes to Live *** (1961, Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forrester, Pamela Mason, Vic Tayback) – Classic Movie Review 11,968

The low-budget crime drama Five Minutes to Live (1961), re-released as Door-to-Door Maniac, is notable as one of only two theatrical film acting roles Johnny Cash performed on screen. Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forrester, […]

Feb, 28

Johnny Cool *** (1963, Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 11,444

Johnny Cool (1963): ‘Headline-Hot! The Terror Behind “Cosa-Nostra” – The Brotherhood of Crime! The International Murder Machine They Couldn’t Turn Off!’ Director William Asher’s 1963 low-budget ($500,000) black and white neo-noir crime thriller Johnny Cool is […]

Aug, 04

The Disappearance *** (1977, Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, Christopher Plummer, John Hurt, David Warner, Peter Bowles, Virginia McKenna ) – Classic Movie Review 8160

Director Stuart Cooper’s 1977 Canadian neo noir thriller The Disappearance is a sleekly made and intriguing upmarket mystery, based on Derek Marlowe’s novel Echoes of Celandine, starring Donald Sutherland as a contract killer called Jay […]

Feb, 21

Q & A **** (1990, Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante) – Classic Movie Review 8092

Nick Nolte gives a spellbinding performance as a raging New York cop called Mike Brennan under investigation by nice young assistant district attorney Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton) for killing a Hispanic drug dealer in writer-director […]

Feb, 04

Bad Times at the El Royale **** (2018, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman) – Movie Review

In 1969, several strangers – an old priest (Jeff Bridges) with a liking for scotch and money, but with early onset dementia, a struggling African American female singer (Cynthia Erivo), a talkative salesman (Jon Hamm) […]

Jan, 04

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