Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

I Clowns [The Clowns] **** (1970, Federico Fellini) – Classic Movie Review 12,809

Federico Fellini explores his childhood obsession with circus clowns, and the popular fascination with clowns and circuses, in the 1970 Italian film I Clowns [The Clowns]. Riccardo Billi, Gigi Reder and Tino Scotti star with a large […]

Feb, 09 · in Reviews

Gordon, Il Pirata Nero ** (1961, Ricardo Montalban, Vincent Price, Giulia Rubini, Liana Orfei) – Classic Movie Review 12,808

Ah yes, Gordon the good. Well, it had to happen sometime. And, oh yes, Romero the bad. The priceless Vincent Price valiantly goes through all the motions and emotions as an evil slave trader Romero, […]

Feb, 09 · in Reviews

The Gorbals Story ** (1950, Howard Connell, Betty Henderson, Russell Hunter, Roddy McMillan, Archie Duncan) – Classic Movie Review 12,807

The 1950 British drama film The Gorbals Story is a grim, glum story from the Glasgow slums, based on the 1946 play by Robert McLeish, staged by the Glasgow Unity Theatre. It features Russell Hunter, […]

Feb, 09

The Gold Rimmed Glasses [Gli occhiali d’oro] *** (1987, Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett, Valeria Golino, Nicola Farron, Stefania Sandrelli) – Classic Movie Review 12,806

The beautiful, thoughtful 1987 Italian drama film The Gold Rimmed Glasses [Gli occhiali d’oro] stars Philippe Noiret and Rupert Everett as an ageing gay doctor and a Jewish student who suffer persecution in Fascist Italy. […]

Jan, 29

David’s Birthday [Il Compleanno] ** (2009, Alessandro Gassmann, Maria de Medeiros, Massimo Poggio, Thyago Alves) – Classic Movie Review 12,805

The 2009 gay-themed Italian romantic drama film David’s Birthday [Il Compleanno] stars Alessandro Gassmann, Maria de Medeiros, Massimo Poggio and Thyago Alves as free-spirited birthday boy David. Director Marco Filiberti’s 2009 gay-themed Italian romantic drama film David’s […]

Jan, 27

Fasten Your Seatbelts [Allacciate Le Cinture] ** (2014, Kasia Smutniak, Francesco Arca, Filippo Scicchitano, Carolina Crescentini, Francesco Scianna) – Classic Movie Review 12,804

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2014 stylish Italian romantic comedy drama film Fasten Your Seatbelts [Allacciate Le Cinture] stars Kasia Smutniak and Francesco Arca as beautiful people with opposing personalities, who try not to fall in love. Co-writer/ […]

Jan, 27

A Perfect Day [Un Giorno Perfetto] * (2008, Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea) – Classic Movie Review 12,803

Ferzan Özpetek picks wildly unpromising material for his 2008 Italian drama film A Perfect Day [Un Giorno Perfetto] and comes up with a dark and depressing movie, in which a violent jealous bodyguard refuses to […]

Jan, 27

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