Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Punch *** (2022, Tim Roth, Jordan Oosterhof, Conan Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 12,723

The excellent New Zealand drama film Punch stars Jordan Oosterhof as 17-year-old Jim, who is training with his boozy dad (Tim Roth) for his first pro fight. But Jim has a life-changing rethink after getting […]

Nov, 18

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

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