Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Divine"

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Lust in the Dust *** (1985, Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 4,102

The still outrageously tacky Seventies drag star Divine and the still very handsome Fifties and Sixties heart-throb Tab Hunter (nicknamed The Sigh Guy) reunite for the saucy, funny 1984 spaghetti Western spoof Lust in the […]

Jul, 30

Mondo Trasho *** (1969, Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce) – Classic Movie Review 4101

A bizarre, insane 1969 early macabre comedy feature from John Waters, the Pope of Trash, who shows that anyone can make a movie, provided you’ve got some colourful friends. It is his first feature after […]

Jul, 30

Female Trouble *** (1974, Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4099

John Waters is writer, producer, photographer and director for this incredibly cheaply made, utterly tasteless, totally outrageous 1974 satirical comedy from his early prime. Waters hitches up with his larger-than-life and twice as naughty drag […]

Jul, 30

Polyester **** (1981, Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole) – Classic Movie Review 1,525

John Waters edges towards the mainstream but has no intention of going respectable, in the hilarious 1981 satirical black comedy film Polyester. Divine gives a brilliant masterclass in outrageous overacting as Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw.  […]

Aug, 08

I Am Divine *** (2013, Glenn Milstead) – Movie Review

The 2013 documentary feature film I Am Divine offers a poignant, insightful portrait of the drag queen, gay icon and cinematic muse of film director John Waters, the late, great Glenn Milstead. It’s a thoroughly […]

Jul, 17

Hairspray **** (1988, Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Debbie Harry, Jerry Stiller, Mink Stole, Pia Zadora) – Classic Movie Review 1149

Director John Waters’s 1988 hit Hairspray is his breakthrough movie, finally leaving micro-budget shockers behind an going for the mainstream. Who’d have thought, a John Waters movie with a PG certificate! It’s a fabulously campy, […]

Apr, 26

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