Derek Winnert

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Swoon *** (1992, Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester) – Classic Movie Review 1,526

Writer/ director Tom Kalin revisits the scene of the crime in the Richard Loeb-Nathan Leopold Jr ‘murder-for-kicks’ case in 1924 Chicago for his 1992 real-life crime thriller film Swoon. For his 1992 real-life crime thriller […]

Aug, 09

Lilting **** (2014, Ben Whishaw, Pei-pei Cheng, Andrew Leung, Naomi Christie, Peter Bowles) – Movie Review

Ben Whishaw is perfect and diamond geezer Peter Bowles is lovely in the exquisitely done and very moving drama film Lilting (2014). Lilting (2014) is lovely, exquisitely done and very moving. Get out the hankies, […]

Aug, 08

A Taste of Honey ***** (1961, Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Robert Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 1,473

Tony Richardson’s classic 1961 British realist drama film A Taste of Honey is a splendid memorial to both Dora Bryan and Murray Melvin.  Co-writer/ director Tony Richardson’s classic 1961 British realist drama A Taste of Honey […]

Jul, 26

Cupcakes **** (2013, Anat Waxman, Ofer Shechter) – Movie Review

Eytan Fox’s nostalgia-minded film Cupcakes is a gloriously cute, camp and charming comedy that takes a Eurovision-style song contest as its starting point and delivers lots of laughs, one or two tears, some very daft […]

Apr, 27

Hairspray **** (1988, Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Debbie Harry, Jerry Stiller, Mink Stole, Pia Zadora) – Classic Movie Review 1149

Director John Waters’s 1988 hit Hairspray is his breakthrough movie, finally leaving micro-budget shockers behind an going for the mainstream. Who’d have thought, a John Waters movie with a PG certificate! It’s a fabulously campy, […]

Apr, 26

The Opposite of Sex *** (1998, Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, William Lee Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1093

Writer-director Don Roos’s funny, bitchy, and sometimes witty 1998 black comedy deliberately skates on thin ice, and then falls in unintentionally. After the death of her hated stepfather, a 16-year-old Louisiana supervixen called Dede Truitt […]

Apr, 14

Tom at the Farm [Tom à la ferme] **½ (2013, Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy) – Movie Review

In this French-Canadian gay film, made in Quebec, director Xavier Dolan stars as Tom, who is in a torment of grief and depression just after the death of his male lover. He hoves up uninvited at the […]

Apr, 06

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