Derek Winnert

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Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte ***** (1964, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Mary Astor, Victor Buono, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy) – Classic Movie Review 737

The 1964 follow-up movie Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte is less iconic but perhaps an even smarter mystery horror thriller film, with Bette Davis returning triumphantly from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?  Director Robert Aldrich’s […]

Jan, 23

Niagara **** (1953, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters) – Classic Movie Review 723

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1953 movie Niagara is a brilliantly sexy, steamy and entertaining noirish crime thriller. After years in bit parts, the sexy young Marilyn Monroe rockets at last to stardom as Rose Loomis, the […]

Jan, 19

Airport ’77 ** (1977, Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 673

Director Jerry Jameson’s 1977 third Airport movie is a lumbering disaster movie epic that is completely preposterous and often unintentionally funny. But it is still fairly exciting and somewhat enjoyable. It sends a luxury 747 airliner […]

Jan, 11

Under Capricorn **** (1949, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker) – Classic Movie Review 452

‘Mystery, murder and passion from the master of suspense’. Yes, the 1949 British historical thriller Under Capricorn is business as usual from Alfred Hitchcock, but with a little bit of a twist. It is not […]

Nov, 26

Shadow of a Doubt ***** (1943, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn) – Classic Movie Review 231

Taut, tense and bristling with pent-up sexual frisson, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 dark little gem is one of his cleverest, most inspired movies. Joseph Cotten enjoys one of his finest roles as the smooth and sophisticated, […]

Sep, 07

The Third Man ***** (1949, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde White) – Classic Movie Review 170

‘In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, and they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherhood and 500 years of democracy […]

Aug, 17

Heaven’s Gate **** (1980, Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston) – Classic Movie Review 95

Michael Cimino’s infamous 1980 Western film Heaven’s Gate is the most exciting, most spectacular of visual movies. Christopher Walken’s a knockout. Kris Kristofferson and Isabelle Huppert are excellent.  Directly supervised by director Michael Cimino, the 2013 […]

Jul, 27

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