Derek Winnert

Orpheus’ Song *** (2019, Sascha Weingarten, Julien Lickert, Henry Morales, Kristina Kostiv) – Classic Movie Review 12,838

Writer-director Tor Iben goes by the name of Feelbadmovies, but the cute 2019 German romantic adventure drama film Orpheus’ Song is a feel-good movie. Hooray! It’s a nice and quirky tale of two gym buddies. […]

Apr, 02 · in Reviews

The Trace of Your Lips [La huella de unos labios] *** (2023, Hugo Catalán, Mauricio Rico) – Classic Movie Review 12,837

The eerie, sexually charged 2023 Mexican drama film The Trace of Your Lips shows life in a pre-pandemic world and then existence under an extreme lockdown, as two isolated lonely neighbours are drawn to each […]

Apr, 02 · in Reviews

Bigger Than Life *** (1956, James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau) – Classic Movie Review 12,836

Barbara Rush stars as James Mason’s wife in the acclaimed 1956 drama film Bigger Than Life, in which a school teacher’s misuse of an experimental drug results in his threatening harm to his family.  Director […]

Apr, 01

This Above All *** (1942, Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 12,835

The poignant 1942 Oscar-winning wartime romantic drama film This Above All stars Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine in their prime, and is based on a novel by Eric Knight. Director Anatole Litvak’s poignant 1942 Oscar-winning […]

Mar, 31

Cibrâil [The Visitor] *** (2011, Sinan Hancili, Engin Sert, Martina Hesse) – Classic Movie Review 12,834

Tor Iben’s 2011 German film Cibrâil [The Visitor] is sweet, simple and straightforward, and familiar, but told freshly with old-style fades and zoom shots, plus new-style intense close-ups of faces and bodies, and fragrant views […]

Mar, 30

Strongroom **** (1962, Colin Gordon, Ann Lynn, Derren Nesbitt, Keith Faulkner) – Classic Movie Review 12,833

The tense and tight 1962 British bank heist thriller film Strongroom stars Colin Gordon, Ann Lynn, Derren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner. Director Vernon Sewell’s commendably tense and tight 1962 British black and white B-movie bank […]

Mar, 30

Animals **** (2012, Oriol Pla, Augustus Prew, Dimitri Leonidas, Roser Tapias, Javier Beltrán, Martin Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 12,832

Marçal Forés’s very strange and extremely imaginative 2012 Spanish coming-of-age drama film Animals is a fascinating oddity following the angst-ridden journey of a troubled 17-year-old schoolboy called Pol (Oriol Pla). Writer/ director Marçal Forés’s very […]

Mar, 29

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