Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gay lead character"

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The Dresser *** (1983, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 4079

Producer-director Peter Yates turns Ronald Harwood’s 1980 hit play about veteran barnstorming-style ham Shakespearean actor-manager and his camp personal assistant dresser into the 1983 British film The Dresser, with Harwood writing his own screenplay. The […]

Jul, 25

Torch Song Trilogy **** (1988, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young) – Classic Movie Review 3377

‘It takes a lot of guts and a helluva sense of humour to live life in Arnold’s shoes.’ Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein adapts his own smash hit Broadway and London West End […]

Feb, 18

Brideshead Revisited *** (2008, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Joseph Beattie, Felicity Jones, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 2941

Director Julian Jarrold’s conscientious, sumptuous and costly ($20 million) remake for the cinema of Brideshead Revisited in 2008 of the much loved 1981 classic of British TV drama Brideshead Revisited is an effective adaptation of […]

Oct, 02

The Living End **** (1992, Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 1527

Writer-director Gregg Araki’s 1992 drama takes its stance by describing itself as ‘an irresponsible film’. The Living End is a visually startling, highly emotionally charged micro-budget ($22,000) look at the desperate lives of an HIV-positive young […]

Aug, 09

Tom at the Farm [Tom à la ferme] **½ (2013, Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy) – Movie Review

In this French-Canadian gay film, made in Quebec, director Xavier Dolan stars as Tom, who is in a torment of grief and depression just after the death of his male lover. He hoves up uninvited at the […]

Apr, 06

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