Derek Winnert

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Hidden Kisses [Baisers Cachés] *** (2016, Bérenger Anceaux, Jules Houplain, Patrick Timsit) – Classic Movie Review 12,473

Director Didier Bivel’s sincere, thoughtful and entertaining 2016 French film Hidden Kisses [Baisers Cachés] deals sensitively and intelligently with the coming out process of two gay teenagers, along with the issue of bullying in school. […]

Apr, 10 · in Reviews

Out in the Dark **** (2012, Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury) – Classic Movie Review 12,472

The 2012 Israeli romantic drama film Out in the Dark is tremendously well done, urgent and exciting, with strong performances. It tells a compelling story of the love affair between two men on opposite sides […]

Apr, 09 · in Reviews

Tell No One [Come non detto] *** (2012, Josafat Vagni, José Dammert, Valeria Bilello, Monica Guerritore, Francesco Montanari) – Classic Movie Review 12,471

Josafat Vagni is a real charmer as Mattia, a Rome gay guy about to move to Madrid to live with his boyfriend Eduard, who announces his arrival in Rome to meet the unsuspecting in-laws, in […]

Apr, 08

The Murder of Mary Phagan **** (1988, Jack Lemmon, Richard Jordan, Robert Prosky, Peter Gallagher) – Classic Movie Review 12,470

The distinguished 1988 TV miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan focuses on the murder of an Atlanta factory girl in 1913 and the investigation and trial of her Jewish boss, Leo Frank (Peter Gallagher).  The […]

Apr, 07

Kept Husbands *** (1931, Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Robert McWade, Florence Roberts, Mary Carr)- Classic Movie Review 12,469)

The pleasing 1931 pre-Code drama film Kept Husbands stars Dorothy Mackaill, whose perky personality does a great deal to enliven this fast paced and often funny marital drama about a working-class man (Joel McCrea) marrying […]

Apr, 06

Holiday **** (1930, Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, Hedda Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 12,468

‘An astonishing drama of double life and double love!’ Director Edward H Griffith’s delightful 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film Holiday stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, and Hedda Hopper. It […]

Apr, 05

Love Affair *** (1932, Dorothy Mackaill, Humphrey Bogart, Hale Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 12,467

The 1932 romance drama film Love Affair stars Dorothy Mackaill in her most memorable role of the early 1930s pre-Code era with a then little-known Humphrey Bogart. ‘Youth’s Cry of Freedom!’ Director Thornton Freeland’s 1932 […]

Apr, 04

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