Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

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 · in Reviews

Naples in Veils [Napoli Velata] ** (2017, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Anna Bonaiuto) – Classic Movie Review 12,802

Ferzan Özpetek’s bold but baffling 2017 mystery thriller Naples in Veils [Napoli Velata] centres on Adriana (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), a Naples medical examiner seduced by a handsome younger man, who turns up dead next day.  Turkish-Italian […]

Jan, 22 · in Reviews

A Magnificent Haunting [Magnifica presenza] ** (2012, Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini) – Classic Movie Review 12,801

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2012 Italian comedy fantasy drama film A Magnificent Haunting [Magnifica presenza] is civilised but rather tiresome and none too entertaining, with an irritating whimsical comedic spin covering some darker and deeper thoughts. Director […]

Jan, 19

Saturn in Opposition [Saturno Contro] **** (2007, Pierfrancesco Favino, Margherita Buy, Luca Argentero, Stefano Accorsi, Isabella Ferrari, Serra Yılmaz, Ambra Angiolini, Milena Vukotic) – Classic Movie Review 12,800

Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s bracing, challenging 2007 Italian-Turkish drama film Saturn in Opposition [Saturno Contro] focuses sharply on a group of very close friends living in Rome who have to cope with the sudden death of […]

Jan, 18

Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] **** (2003, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,799

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2003 Italian movie Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] is a gleaming polished gem. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Nigro star as an unhappy married couple who befriend an elderly amnesiac man (Massimo Girotti), […]

Jan, 17

The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] **** (2019, Stefano Accorsi, Edoardo Leo, Jasmine Trinca, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,798

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2019 Italian film The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] is highly emotional rollercoaster ride, quite the full-on tearjerker. A married gay couple are in trouble after a long-time friend asks them to […]

Jan, 17

Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] **** (2001, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,797

The 2001 Italian film Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] is another spellbinding, hauntingly beautiful drama from Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek. It is directed in commanding style by Ozpetek, and the heartfelt, highly […]

Jan, 17

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