Derek Winnert

Reviews

Peter von Kant **** (2022, Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Khalil Gharbia, Hanna Schygulla, Stéfan Crépon, Aminthe Audiard) – Movie Review

François Ozon’s 2022 film Peter von Kant freely adapts Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, turning the fashion designer Petra of the original into film director Peter. Actually, it is […]

Nov, 06

Destry Rides Again ** (1932, Tom Mix, Claudia Dell, ZaSu Pitts, Francis Ford) – Classic Movie Review 12,340

The 1932 Western film Destry Rides Again is a Tom Mix quickie vehicle – starring in his first talking picture – and an early sound version of the famous Max Brand story, the first of […]

Nov, 05

The Common Touch *** (1941, Geoffrey Hibbert, Greta Gynt, Raymond Lovell, Harry Welchman, Joyce Howard) Classic Movie Review 12,339

Director John Baxter’s sentimental, well-meaning 1941 British melodrama film The Common Touch is a remake of his 1933 film Doss House and stars Geoffrey Hibbert, Greta Gynt, Raymond Lovell, Harry Welchman, and Joyce Howard. It is about […]

Oct, 28

Doss House *** (1933, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn) – Classic Movie Review 12,338

Director John Baxter’s 1933 film Doss House is a surprising British Thirties social-conscience crime thriller melodrama movie, starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It gains marks for its realistic doss-house background and for […]

Oct, 28

Boys [Jongens] **** (2014, Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas) – Classic Movie Review 12,337

Gijs Blom stars in the exceptional 2014 coming-of-age romantic drama Boys [Jongens] as Dutch gay teen athlete Sieg, who finds an unexpected sexual awakening with his relay race teammate Marc. Gijs Blom stars in the […]

Oct, 24

Picture Mommy Dead ** (1966, Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Susan Gordon, Maxwell Reed, Signe Hasso, Wendell Corey, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 12,336

Hedy Lamarr was dumped when she collapsed from nervous exhaustion during filming the 1966 horror thriller Picture Mommy Dead, and was replaced by Zsa Zsa Gabor. Daddy Edward Shelley (Don Ameche)’s new wife Francene (Martha […]

Oct, 23

The Way He Looks [Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho] **** (2014, Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim) – Classic Movie Review 12,334

Ghilherme Lobo plays a São Paulo blind high school kid struggling with his independence. His whole world changes with the arrival of new student Gabriel. The 2014 Brazilian gay film The Way He Looks is […]

Oct, 22

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