Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Stranizza d’amuri [Fireworks] **** (2023, Samuele Segreto, Gabriele Pizzurro, Simone Raffaele Cordiano, Antonio De Matteo, Simona Malato, Fabrizia Sacchi) – Classic Movie Review 12,607

The searing 2023 Italian film Stranizza d’amuri [Fireworks] is inspired by an appalling 1980s news story, the double murder of Giarre, and dedicated to its two gay victims. The crime shocked Italy and prompted the […]

Aug, 14 · in Reviews

Red, White & Royal Blue *** (2023, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Uma Thurman, Stephen Fry, Clifton Collins Jr, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson) – Classic Movie Review 12,606

Red, White & Royal Blue is a super-fun 2023 American gay romantic comedy film, starring Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine as the US President’s son and a British prince who fall in love. It’s […]

Aug, 13 · in Reviews

Reunion at Fairborough *** (1985, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 12,605

Director Herbert Wise’s sweet and moving 1985 American romantic drama TV movie Reunion at Fairborough is the fourth and final film starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr. It is written by Albert Ruben, and premiered on HBO on […]

Aug, 13

Il Mare [The Sea] **** (1962, Umberto Orsini, Françoise Prévost, Dino Mele) – Classic Movie Review 12,604

The rich and strange 1962 Italian film Il Mare [The Sea] chronicles a love triangle of desire, eroticism and violence, set and filmed in an impressively bleak and empty wintry Capri. Italian master writer/ director […]

Aug, 08

The Lost Boys [Le Paradis] *** (2023, Khalil Ben Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, Eye Haïdara, Jonathan Couzinié) – Classic Movie Review 12,603

Free spirit Joe (Khalil Ben Gharbia) is getting ready for his release after six months in an open juvenile reform centre. But the arrival of William (Julien De Saint Jean) turns his desire for freedom […]

Aug, 05

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

Blessed Boys [La Santa Piccola] *** (2021, Vincenzo Antonucci, Francesco Pellegrino, Gianfelice Imparato) – Classic Movie Review 12,601

Vincenzo Antonucci and Francesco Pellegrino star as best friends Mario and Lino, living a poor but pleasant life in Naples. Lino has a crazy mother and a sister who is being hailed a little saint. […]

Aug, 04

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