Derek Winnert

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Poison **** (1991, dir Todd Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 1528

Writer-director Todd Haynes’s remarkable 1991 movie is one of the three cornerstones of the early 90s aggressive New Queer Cinema movement, along with Tom Kalin’s Swoon (1992) and Gregg Araki’s The Living End (1992). Previously […]

Aug, 09

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

Rope **** (1948, James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler, Constance Collier) – Classic Movie Review 428

Alfred Hitchcock’s slightly creaky but utterly compelling 1948 thriller Rope, adapted from a stage play by Patrick Hamilton, the author of the play of Gaslight, is wearing well more than 60 years later. John Dall and Farley Granger […]

Nov, 19

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