Derek Winnert

Reviews

Friends Forever [Venner for altid] [Innocence is No Excuse] *** (1987, Claus Bender Mortensen, Thomas Elholm, Thomas Sigsgaard) – Classic Movie Review 13,378

Claus Bender Mortensen stars in the 1987 Danish film Friends Forever [Venner for altid] as shy 16-year-old teenager Kristian, who moves to a new Copenhagen neighbourhood and is struggling to adjust in his new school. […]

Jan, 29

Shed My Skin [Aus Der Haut] *** (2015, Merlin Rose, Claudia Michelsen, Johann von Bülow) – Classic Movie Review 13,370

Director Stefan Schaller’s 2015 German film Shed My Skin [Aus Der Haut] stars Merlin Rose as teenage German boy Milan, who falls for his best friend truly, madly, deeply, and thus finds he is gay […]

Jan, 25

A Place To Be [En Algun Lugar] *** (2017, Andrew Saenz, Nelson Rodriguez) – Classic Movie Review 13,369

‘Love Knows No Borders’. A Place to Be is a beautifully handled gay Mexican tearjerker from 2017. Set against the background of a broken US immigration system, writer/ director Tadeo Garcia’s 2017 Mexico/ US romantic […]

Jan, 25

Young Hearts **** (2024, Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg, Emilie De Roo, Dirk Van Dijck, Saar Rogiers)

The 2024 coming-of-age romantic drama film Young Hearts daringly but delicately tells the story of a Belgian boy who is thrown into emotional turmoil when he instantly falls in love with his new neighbour Alexander, […]

Jan, 24

Queer ** (2024, Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, Omar Apollo, Lesley Manville) – Classic Movie Review 13,365

Luca Guadagnino’s 2024 film Queer is a gruelling endurance test, despite a 100 per cent committed performance by Daniel Craig as tormented gay William Lee, and stunning studio artwork re-creating 1950s Mexico City. Italian director […]

Jan, 23

Sebastian ** (2024, Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde) – Classic Movie Review 13,364

Writer/ director Mikko Mäkelä’s provocative 2024 UK/ Finland/ Belgian co-production film Sebastian stars Ruaridh Mollica as Max, an aspiring young writer in London, who begins living a double life as a sex worker to research […]

Jan, 22

Out of the Clouds *** (1954, Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Margo Lorenz, James Robertson Justice, Eunice Gayson, Isabel Dean, Gordon Harker, Bernard Lee, Katie Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 13,363

Basil Dearden’s 1954 Ealing Studios British Eastmancolor film Out of the Clouds is a high-flying, old-fashioned Grand Hotel-style multi-story drama set in a fog-bound London Airport of the day. Director Basil Dearden’s 1954 Ealing Studios […]

Jan, 22

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