Derek Winnert

Poppy Field [Câmp de maci] *** (2020, Conrad Mericoffer, Radouan Leflahi, Alexandru Potocean) – Classic Movie Review 12,362

Director Eugen Jebeleanu’s 2020 Romanian drama film Poppy Field [Câmp de maci] follows the Jekyll and Hyde struggle of young Romanian gendarme Cristi (Conrad Mericoffer) to live his personal life as a closeted gay man […]

Dec, 09 · in Reviews

Beyto *** (2020, Burak Ates, Dimitri Stapfer, Ecem Aydin, Beren Tuna) – Classic Movie Review 12,361

Burak Ates stars as 19-year-old Turkish immigrant boy Beyto, a Swiss swim team champ and apprentice in his parents’ kebab shop. When Beyto falls for his cocky, openly gay coach Mike (Dimitri Stapfer), the upset […]

Dec, 08 · in Reviews

1985 **** (2018, Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, Jamie Chung) – Classic Movie Review 12,360

Cory Michael Smith is excellent as the gay man who returns home to his Dallas, Texas, family for one last Christmas, in the moving 2018 American drama film 1985. The moving 2018 American drama film […]

Dec, 05

Quartet *** (2012, Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins) – Classic Movie Review 12,359

The amusing 2012 British comedy-drama film Quartet stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, and Pauline Collins. Maggie Smith has a field day as eternal diva Jean, the former wife of […]

Dec, 05

Happy Land *** (1943, Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Ann Rutherford, Cara Williams, Harry Morgan, Dickie Moore, Richard Crane, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 12,358

Don Ameche stars as bitter, grieving Iowa shopkeeper Lew Marsh, in the attractive 1943 American home front WW2 drama film Happy Land. Director Irving Pichel’s attractive 1943 American drama film Happy Land stars Don Ameche, […]

Dec, 03

Bella Donna *** (1934, Conrad Veidt, Mary Ellis, Cedric Hardwicke, John Stuart, Jeanne Stuart) – Classic Movie Review 12,357

The 1934 British thriller film Bella Donna is based on Robert Hichens’s 1909 novel, and stars Conrad Veidt, Mary Ellis and Cedric Hardwicke. Happily, this long-missing movie was found again in the 1990s in a […]

Dec, 01

Claudia and David *** (1946, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Mary Astor, John Sutton, Gail Patrick, Florence Bates) – Classic Movie Review 12,356

Robert Young recalled: ‘Claudia (1942) did sensational business and Fox requested a sequel. Dorothy McGuire said she’d never do a sequel, but she was under contract to David Selznick and Claudia and David duly appeared […]

Nov, 29

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