Derek Winnert

Reviews

West of Zanzibar *** (1928, Lon Chaney Sr, Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter) – Classic Movie Review 12,379

Director Tod Browning’s 1928 American silent romantic adventure film West of Zanzibar stars Lon Chaney Sr as a vengeful stage magician who is paralysed in a brawl with a rival (Lionel Barrymore). Jacqueline Gadsdon, Mary […]

Jan, 03

Lord of the Ants [Il Signore delle Formiche] **** (2022, Luigi Lo Cascio, Leonardo Maltese, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco) – Classic Movie Review 12,378

Luigi Lo Cascio stars as gay Italian intellectual Aldo Braibanti, who is tried and jailed in 1968 under a Fascist-era anti-gay law. It is the story of an unlikable man unjustly persecuted and broken by […]

Jan, 02

Ernesto *** (2020, Federico Russo, Ilaria Bevere, Rodolfo Cascino-Dessy, Nicoletta Cifariello) – Classic Movie Review 12,376

Federico Russo stars in the Italian 2020 coming-of-age drama film Ernesto as a teenager wandering through the streets of Rome in search of himself. Ah, yes, the importance of being Ernesto! Writer-directors Alice de Luca […]

Jan, 02

Are We Lost Forever *** (2020, Björn Elgerd, Jonathan Andersson, Micki Stoltt, Nemanja Stojanovic) – Classic Movie Review 12,375

Writer-director David Färdmar’s Swedish 2020 gay intimate relationship drama film Are We Lost Forever focuses sharply on a painful breakup. It starts the same way the 2021 Italian film Mascarpone begins, with a long-term lover […]

Dec, 31

Run for Cover *** (1955, James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 12,374

Nicholas Ray’s hard-bitten 1955 widescreen colour Western film Run for Cover stars James Cagney on breakneck speed form as innocent ex-con Matt Dow. Director Nicholas Ray’s 1955 Pine-Thomas Productions/ Paramount Pictures widescreen colour Western film […]

Dec, 31

Newman’s Law *** (1974, George Peppard, Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, Gordon Pinsent, Louis Zorich, Abe Vigoda) = Classic Movie Review 12,373

The hard-boiled 1974 crime thriller film Newman’s Law stars George Peppard as innocent, no-nonsense cop Vince Newman, who is fired from the police force for being connected with a drug smuggling ring. Director Richard T […]

Dec, 31

Pendulum *** (1969, George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw) – Classic Movie Review 12,372

The undervalued 1969 neo noir crime thriller film Pendulum stars George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley. The gripping screenplay is an original, written by the film’s producer Stanley Niss, unravelling a slick and complex […]

Dec, 31

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