Derek Winnert

Reviews

Label Me *** (2019, Nikolaus Benda, Renato Schuch) – Classic Movie Review 12,722

Renato Schuch stars in the exceptional 2019 German drama film Label Me as Syrian refugee Waseem, who lives in a German homeless shelter, and Nikolaus Benda plays wealthy German man Lars, who lives in a […]

Nov, 18

Sebastian *** (1995, Hampus Björck, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ewa Fröling, Helge Jordal) – Classic Movie Review 12,721

The thoughtful 1995 Swedish drama film Sebastian [När alla vet] chronicles a teenage boy’s coming out. Happily, the main problems of 16-year-old Sebastian (Hampus Björck) are very Swedish: he has kind parents, great friends, and […]

Nov, 17

Hard *** (1998, Noel Palomaria, Malcolm Moorman, Charles Lanyer) – Classic Movie Review 12,720

A gay serial killer plays cat and mouse with a rookie gay police detective in the R-rated 1998 thriller film Hard. Unusually, it is both grisly and thoughtful. ‘A cop with a secret. A killer […]

Nov, 17

Sanctuary [Freistatt] **** (2015, Louis Hofmann, Alexander Held, Stephan Grossmann, Katharina Lorenz, Max Riemelt, Uwe Bohm, Langston Uibel) – Classic Movie Review 12,719

The 2015 German film Sanctuary [Freistatt] is a complex, excellent drama, with Louis Hofmann brilliant as earnest young tearaway Wolfgang, who is sent off by his family in summer 1968 to the awful Church Welfare […]

Nov, 16

The Iron Maiden ** (1963, Michael Craig, Alan Hale Jr, Jeff Donnell, Cecil Parker, Noel Purcell, Roland Culver, Anne Helm) – Classic Movie Review 12,718

Gerald Thomas’s 1963 British Eastmancolor film The Iron Maiden stars Michael Craig, Alan Hale Jr, Jeff Donnell, Cecil Parker and Anne Helm in this traction engine comedy set against the background of the dawn of […]

Nov, 15

The Uncle *** (1966, Robert Duncan, Christopher Ariss, Rupert Davies, Brenda Bruce, Maurice Denham) – Classic Movie Review 12,717

The 1966 British black and white drama film The Uncle is an amusing and heart-warming tale of two seven-year-olds (Robert Duncan, Christopher Ariss), one of whom turns out to be the uncle of the other, […]

Nov, 14

Men in the Nude [Férfiakt] *** (2006, László Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes) – Classic Movie Review 12,716

The 2006 Hungarian romantic drama film Men in the Nude [Férfiakt] follows a troublesome gay affair between a married middle-aged writer and a streetwise teenage hustler. They are chalk and cheese. It isn’t going to […]

Nov, 13

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