Derek Winnert

Reviews

The Hater [Sala samobójców. Hejter] **** (2020, Maciej Musialowski, Vanessa Aleksander, Danuta Stenka, Agata Kulesza) – Classic Movie Review 12,817

The brilliantly chilling 2020 Polish thriller The Hater is lit up with a demonically scary central performance by Maciej Musialowski, who gives a tour de force of staring hate faces, pouring out an endless series […]

Feb, 28

The Fallen Sparrow **** (1943, John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Patricia Morison, Martha O’Driscoll) – Classic Movie Review 12,816

The tense and suspenseful 1943 RKO black and white spy film noir The Fallen Sparrow stars John Garfield as a volunteer Spanish Civil War vet dodging Nazi agents. Director Richard Wallace’s tense and suspenseful 1943 […]

Feb, 23

The Killer **** (2023, Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte) – Classic Movie Review 12,815

Director David Fincher’s ice-cold but red-hot 2023 American action thriller film The Killer stars an on-fire Michael Fassbender as an assassin who embarks on an international vendetta after a hit goes wrong. The screenplay by Andrew […]

Feb, 19

From Afar [Desde Allá] *** (2015, Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla) – Classic Movie Review 12,814

The 2015 Venezuelan drama film From Afar [Desde Allá] is tense, engrossing and disturbing. It is an undeniable quality film as the 2015 Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Director Lorenzo […]

Feb, 19

Missile to the Moon (1958, Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K T Stevens, Tommy Cook, Gary Clarke, Michael Whalen, Nina Bara) – Classic Movie Review 12,813

The 1958 American black-and-white sci-fi film Missile to the Moon stars Richard Travis, Cathy Downs and K T Stevens, and is a gem of a so-bad-it’s-good Fifties drive-in camp classic. Director Richard E Cunha’s independently […]

Feb, 18

Solo *** (2013, Patricio Ramos, Mario Verón, Carlos Echevarría) – Classic Movie Review 12,812

Solo (2013) is a refreshing, teasing, very bright and lively Argentinian LGBT film. Boldly, and smoothly, it starts like a passionate gay sex film, moves on to being a romantic drama, and ends up as […]

Feb, 14

Winter Boy [Le Lycéen] *** (2022, Paul Kircher, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lacoste) – Classic Movie Review 12,811

Paul Kircher as stars gay teenager Lucas, struggling to cope with the death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide, in the richly textured 2022 French teen drama film […]

Feb, 13

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