Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] **** (2003, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,799

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2003 Italian movie Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] is a gleaming polished gem. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Nigro star as an unhappy married couple who befriend an elderly amnesiac man (Massimo Girotti), […]

Jan, 17 · in Reviews

The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] **** (2019, Stefano Accorsi, Edoardo Leo, Jasmine Trinca, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,798

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2019 Italian film The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] is highly emotional rollercoaster ride, quite the full-on tearjerker. A married gay couple are in trouble after a long-time friend asks them to […]

Jan, 17 · in Reviews

Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] **** (2001, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,797

The 2001 Italian film Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] is another spellbinding, hauntingly beautiful drama from Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek. It is directed in commanding style by Ozpetek, and the heartfelt, highly […]

Jan, 17

The Last Escape [OSS] * (1970, Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun, Johnny Briggs) – Classic Movie Review 12,796

There are no surprises and there is little excitement in the old-style German location and studio-made 1970 World War Two drama film The Last Escape [OSS] about a daring Allied commando attempt to spring a rocket […]

Jan, 15

Night Ride * (1937, Julian Vedey, Jimmy Hanley, Joan Ponsford, Wally Patch) – Classic Movie Review 12,795

Jimmy Hanley and Wally Patch star as truck drivers in the awkwardly written and clumsily handled 1937 black and white British quota quickie drama film Night Ride. Director John Paddy Carstairs’s awkwardly written and clumsily […]

Jan, 15

Pagan Love Song ** (1950, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 12,794

MGM’s 1950 Technicolor romantic musical film Pagan Love Song stars high-spirited Esther Williams and Howard Keel, with the 19-year-old Rita Moreno in her first major role. Director Robert Alton’s 1950 MGM American Technicolor romantic musical […]

Jan, 14

Texas Carnival ** (1951, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Paula Raymond, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 12,793

MGM’s 1951 hit Technicolor musical film Texas Carnival stars Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel and Ann Miller.  Director Charles Walters’s 1951 hit MGM American Technicolor musical film Texas Carnival stars Esther Williams, Red Skelton, […]

Jan, 14

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