Derek Winnert

The Passion of Anna [En Passion] *** (1969, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson) – Classic Movie Review 9924

Writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s tormented 1969 Swedish drama film The Passion of Anna [En Passion] is hardly considered one of Bergman’s greatest or most successful works, thanks perhaps to a self-imposed burden of heavy weight it […]

Jun, 17 · in Reviews

So Close to Life [Nära livet] [Brink of Life] **** (1958, Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson) – Classic Movie Review 9923

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1958 Swedish drama film So Close to Life [Nära livet] [Brink of Life] is one of his least well known and least popular films, but it turns out to have much to […]

Jun, 17 · in Reviews

Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] **** (1968, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin) – Classic Movie Review 9922

Director Ingmar Bergman draws on his own recurring nightmares for his troubling 1968 Swedish psychological horror film Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen], which stars Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in a story about the […]

Jun, 16

The Best Intentions ***** (1992, Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow) – Classic Movie Review 9921

Ingmar Bergman’s true story about the courtship and marriage of his parents Henrik and Anna (Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August) becomes director Bille August’s 1992 period drama film The Best Intentions [Den Goda Viljan], which won […]

Jun, 16

Best of the Badmen *** (1951, Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 9920

Director William D Russell’s bracing 1951 RKO Technicolor Western film Best of the Badmen stars Robert Ryan as Union officer Major Jeff Clanton, who clashes with unscrupulous detective Matthew Fowler (Robert Preston), head of a corrupt […]

Jun, 16

The Best of Everything *** (1959, Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans) – Classic Movie Review 9919

Director Jean Negulesco’s 1959 romantic drama The Best of Everything is based on Rona Jaffe’s novel and stars Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne and […]

Jun, 16

Temptation *** (1946, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) Classic Movie Review 9918

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 black and white film noir thriller Temptation stars Merle Oberon as bored housewife Ruby, an 1890s London shady lady who moves to Egypt and swaps her dull archaeologist husband Nigel Armine […]

Jun, 16

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