Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Before The Fall [Napola – Elite für den Führer] **** (2004, Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow) – Classic Movie Review 12,712

Director Dennis Gansel’s quietly devastating, authentic feeling 2004 German drama film Before the Fall stars Max Riemelt and Tom Schilling. It is an urgently expressed eye-opener to a forgotten horror in history. Writer/ director Dennis […]

Nov, 07 · in Reviews

Hamam [Il bagno turco] [Steam: The Turkish Bath] **** (1997, Alessandro Gassman, Francesca d’Aloja, Mehmet Günsür) – Classic Movie Review 12,711

Ferzan Özpetek’s 1997 Italian debut film Hamam takes a mesmerising look at how special places and people can transform other people. The romantic drama film is a haunting joy. It is sweet and sexy, delicately […]

Nov, 05 · in Reviews

Nuovo Olimpo **** (2023, Damiano Gavino, Andrea Di Luigi, Luisa Ranieri, Greta Scarano, Aurora Giovinazzo) – Classic Movie Review 12,710

In late 1970s Rome, two 25-year-old men meet by chance in the street and then in the Nuovo Olimpo cinema, and fall instantly in love. Aspiring film director Enea (Damiano Gavino) and medical student Pietro […]

Nov, 05

Tu me manques [I Miss You] **** (2019, Oscar Martínez, Fernando Barbosa, Rossy de Palma, Reyes Antelo, Erwin Berzain) – Classic Movie Review 12,709

A Bolivian father seeks out and confronts his late son’s ex-boyfriend. Rodrigo Bellott’s 2019 Bolivian drama film Tu me manques [I Miss You] is especially thought-provoking and moving. A Bolivian father seeks out and confronts […]

Nov, 04

Masquerade *** (1965, Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Charles Gray, Bill Fraser, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli) – Classic Movie Review 12,708

Basil Dearden’s lively tongue-in-cheek 1965 British comedy spy thriller film Masquerade is based on Victor Canning’s novel Castle Minerva, and stars Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Charles Gray, Bill Fraser, Marisa Mell, and Michel Piccoli. Director […]

Nov, 04

What a Crazy World *** (1963, Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde) – Classic Movie Review 12,707

Producer/ director Michael Carreras’s cheery, lively, good-natured 1963 British pop musical What a Crazy World stars Joe Brown, Susan Maughan and Marty Wilde, with Freddie and the Dreamers. This bright but daft musical has its […]

Nov, 04

Military Wives *** (2019, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng, Greg Wise) – Classic Movie Review 12,706

Director Peter Cattaneo’s 2019 feel-good British comedy drama Military Wives is an excellent, crowd-pleasing entertainment, with a strong central idea and a well chosen cast on good form. It stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, […]

Nov, 04

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