Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "coming of age"

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The Last First Time [El fin de las primeras veces] *** (2025, Alejandro Quintana, Jaime Bernache, Erick Guillen Torres) – Classic Movie Review 13,860

Alejandro Quintana stars as a Mexican teen who explores his sexual identity over one day in the big city, in writer/ director Rafael Ruiz Espejo’s 2025 Mexican romantic drama film The Last First Time [El fin de […]

Feb, 21

Jonas [I Am Jonas] ***½ (2018, Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy-Lee Baïk) – Classic Movie Review 12,434

The haunting 2018 French gay-themed movie I Am Jonas takes the risky bold step of switching continuously between present and past, and succeeds perfectly, becoming as exciting as any first-rate thriller. Writer/ director Christophe Charrier’s […]

Feb, 28

Sublime *** (2022, Martín Miller, Teo Inama Chiabrando, Azul Mazzeo) – Classic Movie Review 12,417

Manu and Felipe are boys in the band, but their unbreakable bond is put it to test when Manu tells Felipe he loves him, in the sweet Argentinian 2022 coming out/ coming of age drama […]

Jan, 30

Sounder ***** (1972, Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks) – Classic Movie Review 10,854

Director Martin Ritt’s 1972 drama Sounder is the warmhearted, moving, beautiful tale of African-American sharecroppers during the Depression in Louisiana in 1933, with impeccable liberal sentiments and outstanding acting from trailblazing African-American actors. It was […]

Jan, 30

Red Sky at Morning *** (1971, Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, Desi Arnaz Jr, Richard Crenna, Claire Bloom) – Classic Movie Review 9537

Director James Goldstone’s 1971 drama Red Sky at Morning is based on the novel by Richard Bradford and stars Richard Thomas as young Joshua Arnold, who moves to New Mexico in 1944 as his dad […]

Mar, 20

Piranhas [La paranza dei bambini] **** (2019, Francesco Di Napoli, Viviana Aprea, Mattia Piano Del Balzo) – Movie Review

Francesco Di Napoli stars in co-writer/ director Claudio Giovannesi’s controversial Italian crime drama Piranhas [La paranza dei bambini] (2019) as 15-year-old Nicola, who leads a small gang of teenage boys on motorbikes through the streets […]

Oct, 10

Mid90s ** (2018, Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jonah Hill’s intense and edgy 2018 coming of age drama Mid90s stars Sunny Suljic as out-of-control 13-year-old Stevie, a Nineties-era Los Angeles kid who spends his summer breaking away from his troubled home life with […]

Apr, 14

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