Derek Winnert

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Sunday, Bloody Sunday ***** (1971, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft) – Classic Movie Review 680

Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch won Bafta awards for Best Actress and Best Actor, and were Oscar nominated for their sensitive performances in John Schlesinger’s strongly felt, personal 1971 drama film Sunday, Bloody Sunday.  Peter […]

Jan, 12

The Celluloid Closet **** (1995, Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Farley Granger, Harvey Fierstein, Quentin Crisp, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks) – Classic Film Review 656

Joint directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s 1995 invaluable documentary is a revealing and entertaining look at cinema’s 100 years of hidden agendas. Armistead Maupin’s screenplay is based on Vito Russo’s landmark book on gays […]

Jan, 08

Victim ***** (1961, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Peter McEnery, Dennis Price, John Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 606

Encouragingly, Victim (1961) was popular, and made a profit. Better still, it was influential in changing attitudes and the laws in Britain regarding homosexuality. In 1961 closeted gay actor Dirk Bogarde took a huge risk […]

Jan, 01

Boat Trip * (2002, Cuba Gooding Jr, Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A Fox, Roger Moore, Lin Shaye) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 8

Cuba Gooding Jr and Horatio Sanz star in the 2002 comedy film Boat Trip as Jerry and Nick, two best buddies who go on a cruise to boost their love lives. But they have been […]

Dec, 23

Kill Your Darlings **** (2013, Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C Hall) – Movie Review

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) in this riveting biographical drama about the early adult years of the beat generation literary stalwarts. Kill Your Darlings is extremely engrossing, beautifully crafted and marvellously well done. […]

Dec, 04

Floating Skyscapers [Plynace wiezowce] **** (2013, Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner, Katarzyna Herman) – Movie Review

Mateusz Banasiuk is stupendous as the sexily handsome young Polish swimming champ Kuba who, after two years with a clingy girlfriend Sylwia (Marta Nieradkiewicz), is warily discovering his homosexuality. He’s having anonymous sex when he […]

Nov, 28

My Own Private Idaho **** (1991, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo) – Classic Movie Review 397

Writer-director Gus Van Sant’s 1991 cult favourite follow-up to the 1989 hit Drugstore Cowboy is a bravely, inspiringly poetic study of a friendship between two young male hustlers, both with parent issues. Two teen heart-throbs of the […]

Nov, 12

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