Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gay lead character"

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Orpheus’ Song *** (2019, Sascha Weingarten, Julien Lickert, Henry Morales, Kristina Kostiv) – Classic Movie Review 12,838

Writer-director Tor Iben goes by the name of Feelbadmovies, but the cute 2019 German romantic adventure drama film Orpheus’ Song is a feel-good movie. Hooray! It’s a nice and quirky tale of two gym buddies. […]

Apr, 02

Third Man Out *** (2005, Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys, Sean Young) – Classic Movie Review 12,823

Chad Allen stars as a gay detective who always gets his man, in the excellent 2005 mystery film Third Man Out, the first of four films featuring Richard Stevenson’s private eye Donald Strachey. A gay […]

Mar, 10

Riley ***½ (2023, Jake Holley, Colin McCalla, Riley Quinn Scott, Connor Storrie, Rib Hillis) – Classic Movie Review 12,821

Benjamin Howard’s impressive, authentic 2023 feature film debut Riley is based on his own experience as a student athlete, with an standout performance by Jake Holley as a high-school jock struggling to confront his sexuality.  Writer-director […]

Mar, 07

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

Femme *** (2023, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay, Aaron Heffernan) -– Classic Movie Review 12,790

The 2023 British thriller film Femme is a powerful, disturbing slice of London life starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as a drag performer targeted by thugs in a homophobic attack. Later, he encounters his main attacker (George […]

Jan, 12

Beneath the Skin **½ (2015, Aaron Potter, Hunter Page, Jamie Knox) – Classic Movie Review 12,780

Aaron Potter stars in the 2015 LGBTQ film Beneath the Skin as English student Joshua, whose mother dies and he is forced to move to a town in Canada, where he meets nice young American guy […]

Jan, 05

Postcards from London *** (2018, Harris Dickinson, Richard Durden) – Classic Movie Review 12,776

Harris Dickinson stars as teenage Jim in writer-director Steve McLean’s arty, provocative, stylish and sexy 2018 LGBTQ film Postcards from London following a young man’s rather unusual journey in escort work in a highly imaginative […]

Jan, 02

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