Derek Winnert

Reviews

Shed My Skin [Aus Der Haut] *** (2015, Merlin Rose, Claudia Michelsen, Johann von Bülow) – Classic Movie Review 13,370

The 2015 German film Shed My Skin [Aus Der Haut] stars Merlin Rose as teenage German boy Milan, who falls for his best friend truly, madly, deeply, and thus finds he is gay at the […]

Jan, 25

A Place To Be [En Algun Lugar] *** (2017, Andrew Saenz, Nelson Rodriguez) – Classic Movie Review 13,369

‘Love Knows No Borders’. A Place to Be is a beautifully handled gay Mexican tearjerker from 2017. Set against the background of a broken US immigration system, writer/ director Tadeo Garcia’s 2017 Mexico/ US romantic […]

Jan, 25

Young Hearts **** (2024, Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg, Emilie De Roo, Dirk Van Dijck, Saar Rogiers)

The 2024 coming-of-age romantic drama film Young Hearts daringly but delicately tells the story of a Belgian boy who is thrown into emotional turmoil when he instantly falls in love with his new neighbour Alexander, […]

Jan, 24

Queer ** (2024, Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, Omar Apollo, Lesley Manville) – Classic Movie Review 13,365

Luca Guadagnino’s 2024 film Queer is a gruelling endurance test, despite a 100 per cent committed performance by Daniel Craig as tormented gay William Lee, and stunning studio artwork re-creating 1950s Mexico City. Italian director […]

Jan, 23

Sebastian ** (2024, Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde) – Classic Movie Review 13,364

Writer/ director Mikko Mäkelä’s provocative 2024 UK/ Finland/ Belgian co-production film Sebastian stars Ruaridh Mollica as Max, an aspiring young writer in London, who begins living a double life as a sex worker to research […]

Jan, 22

Out of the Clouds *** (1954, Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Margo Lorenz, James Robertson Justice, Eunice Gayson, Isabel Dean, Gordon Harker, Bernard Lee, Katie Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 13,363

Basil Dearden’s 1954 Ealing Studios British Eastmancolor film Out of the Clouds is a high-flying, old-fashioned Grand Hotel-style multi-story drama set in a fog-bound London Airport of the day. Director Basil Dearden’s 1954 Ealing Studios […]

Jan, 22

House of Cards *** (1968, George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles, and Keith Michell.– Classic Movie Review 13,362

John Guillermin’s 1968 thriller film House of Cards is based on the novel by Stanley Ellin, and stars George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles, and Keith Michell. Director John Guillermin’s 1968 American neo-noir crime thriller film House […]

Jan, 22

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