Derek Winnert

Reviews

Presque Rien [Almost Nothing] [Come Undone] *** (2000, Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Marie Matheron) – Classic Movie Review 12,729

The convincing and moving 2000 French romantic drama film Presque Rien [Almost Nothing] [Come Undone] stars Jérémie Elkaïm and Stéphane Rideau in a story of a stormy holiday romance between two 18-year-old young men. Director […]

Nov, 28

Easy Tiger *** (2022, Evgenia Brendes, Giada Castioni, Mickaël Pelissier) – Classic Movie Review 12,728

A psychologist experiences an unexpected moment at the end of a session with a male client and grapples to understand his overwhelming desire for him, in the 2022 art film Easy Tiger. ‘An intimate portrait […]

Nov, 27

La Maman et La Putain [The Mother and the Whore] **** (1973, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Lebrun) – Classic Movie Review 12,728

Director Jean Eustache’s 1973 French love triangle film La Maman et La Putain [The Mother and the Whore] is the last brilliant flowering of the 1960s French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague), an intriguing curio of […]

Nov, 26

Love Blooms [L’amour debout] *** (2019, Paul Delbreil, Adèle Csech, Samuel Fasse) – Classic Movie Review 12,727

Paul Delbreil stars in the 2019 French film Love Blooms [L’amour debout] as would-be film-maker Martin, who comes to meet his tour guide girlfriend Léa (Adèle Csech) in Paris but she suddenly breaks up with […]

Nov, 26

Maracaibo ** (1958, Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane, Francis Lederer, Michael Landon, Joe E Ross) – Classic Movie Review 12,726

‘Just a Drum Beat Away From the Savage Jungle… A Billion Dollar Lake of Oil Explodes in Flames!’ Producer/ director/ star Cornel Wilde’s ambitious 1958 low-budget romantic adventure film Maracaibo stars Cornel Wilde and Jean […]

Nov, 26

Where Are You Going, Habibi? [Wo willst du hin, Habibi?] *** (2015, Cem Alkan, Martin Walde, Tuncay Gary) – Classic Movie Review 12,725

The engaging 2015 German film Where Are You Going, Habibi? stars Cem Alkan as Ibo, a super-nice young German of Turkish descent living with his traditionally minded family, but leading a double life as a […]

Nov, 22

Beyond the Walls [Hors les murs] **** (2012, Matila Malliarakis, Guillaume Gouix, David Salles) – Classic Movie Review 12,724

The turbulent, troubling 2012 Belgian drama film Beyond the Walls [Hors les murs] stars Matila Malliarakis as young pianist Paulo, who meets Albanian bartender Ilir (Guillaume Gouix). Ilir brings him home drunk and they become […]

Nov, 21

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