Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "political satire"

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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

Milou in May [Milou en Mai] **** (1990, Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy) – Classic Movie Review 10,450

The delightful 1990 French sophisticated comedy of manners and political satire Milou in May [Milou en Mai] [May Fools] finds director Louis Malle in mellow Chekovian mood as he delivers a gently funny, poignant country […]

Oct, 22

Bananas **** (1971, Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán) – Classic Movie Review 10,295

Director/ co-writer Woody Allen’s 1971 political satire comedy Bananas is rough but ready for raising lots of laughs. Allen also stars as New York milksop consumer products tester Fielding Mellish, who runs off to San […]

Sep, 12

The Day Shall Come (2019, Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Denis O’Hare, Andrel McPherson, Miles Robbins, Kayvan Novak) – Movie Review

Marchánt Davis stars in the 2019 crime comedy The Day Shall Come as poor, nutty Miami projects preacher Moses, who is offered an arms deal for the cash to save his family from eviction by […]

Oct, 15

Privates on Parade *** (1982, John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick, Nicola Pagett, Bruce Payne, Joe Melia) – Classic Movie Review 7306

Director Michael Blakemore’s 1982 British comedy Privates on Parade is a faithful film of a very camp, old-fashioned Seventies stage hit by clever writer Peter Nichols, drawing on his own 1947 Malayan emergency experiences with […]

Jul, 18

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