Derek Winnert

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Chasing Amy **** (1997, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee) – Classic Movie Review 1740

This delicious, offbeat 1997 sex comedy from writer-director Kevin Smith, director of Clerks (1994) and Mallrats (1995), is a hilarious and truthful heartbreaker that confirms the strength and vitality of the American independent movie of […]

Oct, 04

Dance of the Vampires [The Fearless Vampire Killers] **** (1967, Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Ferdy Mayne, Sharon Tate, Iain Quarrier) – Classic Movie Review 1739

This splendidly silly but gloriously witty and exceptionally good-looking 1967 English vampire spoof film Dance of the Vampires finds the right film-maker in co-writer/director Roman Polanski. The film-maker casts himself and his future wife Sharon […]

Oct, 03

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang *** (2005, Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan) – Classic Movie Review 1669

Robert Downey Jr appears with his son Indio in this tongue-in-cheek 2005 hardboiled crime comedy, written and directed by Shane Black, also starring Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernsen. Indio plays Downey’s character Harry Lockhart at […]

Sep, 14

Pride **** (2014, Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, George MacKay) – Movie Review

Pride is a sweet, funny and vital film, successfully making a popular comedy drama entertainment out of a deadly serious subject as British gay activists work to help the miners during their lengthy strike in the summer of […]

Sep, 11

Before Night Falls ***** (2000, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1630

This richly imagined journey into the life and writings of the brilliant openly gay Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) is a devastating, overwhelming piece of cinema, directed and co-written with passion and brilliance […]

Sep, 03

Longtime Companion **** (Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney, Bruce Davison, Stephen Caffrey) – Classic Movie Review 1531

Director Norman René’s heart-rending 1990 drama is a trailblazer as the first mainstream feature to tell the story of how the AIDS epidemic affected America’s gay community in the 80s. It centres on a small circle […]

Aug, 10

The Living End **** (1992, Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 1527

Writer-director Gregg Araki’s 1992 drama takes its stance by describing itself as ‘an irresponsible film’. The Living End is a visually startling, highly emotionally charged micro-budget ($22,000) look at the desperate lives of an HIV-positive young […]

Aug, 09

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