Derek Winnert

Mrs Henderson Presents ***½ (2005, Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, Will Young, Toby Jones, Thelma Barlow, Christopher Guest) – Classic Movie Review 2977

Directed Stephen Frears’s highly entertaining 2005 comedy drama tells the engaging true story of the woman who ran a pioneering nudie theatre in London and kept the show open all through the WW2 Blitz. Judi […]

Oct, 11 · in Uncategorized

Prick Up Your Ears **** (1987, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan) – Classic Movie Review 2976

Director Stephen Frears’s provocative 1987 biopic is a cleverly written, powerfully acted biography of the brilliant Sixties gay playwright Joe Orton. It was advertised as ‘From the director of My Beautiful Laundrette’ and ‘They shared […]

Oct, 10 · in Uncategorized

Fortune and Men’s Eyes *** (1971, Wendell Burton, Zooey Hall, Michael Greer, Danny Freedman) – Classic Movie Review 2975

With a screenplay based by John Herbert on his own hit Los Angeles, Broadway and London West End play, director Harvey Hart’s tough 1971 Canadian movie is a powerful, disturbing and mostly depressing experience. The […]

Oct, 10

Cruising ** (1980, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen) – Classic Movie Review 2,974

William Friedkin’s infamous 1980 thriller film Cruising stars Al Pacino as New York City police detective Steve Burns, who goes undercover among the gay leather set to catch an S&M serial killer preying on gay […]

Oct, 10

The Boys in the Band **** (1970, Leonard Frey, Kenneth Nelson, Reuben Greene, Cliff Gorman, Frederick Combs, Robert La Tourneaux, Laurence Luckinbill) – Classic Movie Review 2,973

William Friedkin’s 1970 movie The Boys in the Band was a very significant game-changer and remains an important document of its time. It is one of the earliest US films to revolve around gay characters […]

Oct, 10

Staircase ½ (1969, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 2972

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s shameful 1969 effort is a ghastly, dated and embarrassing film version of Charles Dyer’s 1966 two-hander stage play. Two of the acting profession’s most celebrated heterosexual movie stars, Richard Burton and Rex […]

Oct, 10

Loot ***½ (1970, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Roy Holder, Lee Remick, Milo O’Shea, Dick Emery, Joe Lynch, John Cater, Aubrey Woods) – Classic Movie Review 2971

Director Silvio Narizzano films Joe Orton’s wickedly funny, now classic 1965 stage black comedy Loot in 1970 – the same year as the movie of Entertaining Mr Sloane. To succeed, Orton’s outrageous, wonderfully bad-taste comedy […]

Oct, 10

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