Derek Winnert

Cloudy Clouds [Trübe Wolken] ***½ (2021, Jonas Holdenrieder, Devid Striesow, Valerie Stoll) – Classic Movie Review 12,522

Jonas Holdenrieder stars in the rich and strange 2021 German thriller film Cloudy Clouds [Trübe Wolken] as a quiet teenage loner who loves secret paths, old buildings, whispered conversations and left-behind bags. A teenager is […]

May, 28 · in Reviews

The Blue Caftan ***** (2022, Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui) – Classic Movie Review 12,521

The impeccable 2022 Moroccan drama film The Blue Caftan tells the story of Mina and her closeted gay husband Halim, who run a traditional caftan store in Morocco. They decide to hire talented, handsome young […]

May, 27 · in Reviews

In Caliente **** (1935, Dolores del Rio, Pat O’Brien, Edward Everett Horton, Leo Carrillo, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 12,520

Warner Bros’ enjoyable, very energetic 1935 musical film In Caliente stars Dolores del Rio, Pat O’Brien and Leo Carrillo. It is thrillingly choreographed by the great Busby Berkeley. Wini Shaw sings the hit song ‘The […]

May, 27

The Greeks Had a Word for Them **** (1932, Ina Claire, Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, David Manners, Lowell Sherman) – Classic Movie Review 12,519

The delicious vintage 1932 comedy film The Greeks Had a Word for Them stars Ina Claire, Joan Blondell, Madge Evans. It is the first filming of Zoë Atkins’ play about three New York gold-diggers trawling […]

May, 27

Stambul Garden [Räuberhände] *** (2021, Emil von Schönfels, Mekyas Mulugeta, Katharina Behrens) – Classic Movie Review 12,518

Emil von Schönfels stars in director Ilker Çatak’s involving 2021 coming-of-age film Stambul Garden [Räuberhände] as German teenage boy Janik, whose friendship with his best friend Samuel (Mekyas Mulugeta) is sorely tested by a crazy, […]

May, 26

The Greek Tycoon (1978, Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset) – Classic Movie Review 12,517

Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset star agreeably in director J Lee Thompson’s turgid and trashy 1978 American biographical romantic drama film The Greek Tycoon, written by Mort Fine, so the script should be fine, but […]

May, 26

The Green Scarf ** (1954, Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Richard O’Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 12,516

The 1954 British mystery thriller film The Green Scarf stars Michael Redgrave as a bearded French lawyer who defends a deaf, dumb and blind novelist (Kieron Moore) accused of killing a man in a seemingly […]

May, 26

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