“The Third Man” is the cinematic definition of they don’t make them like they used to. Set in post-world War II Vienna — then split into four sections by the occupied Allied forces — Carol Reed’s ...

When passing judgment on their own work, filmmakers seldom find themselves in agreement with the critical consensus. For example, Orson Welles insisted that his best film was not “Citizen Kane” but ...

The Joseph Cotten Show is an American anthology series series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten. The series, which first aired on NBC, aired 31 episodes from September 14, 1956, to ...

Authorities identified the man killed in a motor vehicle crash near Marion on Monday as 61-year-old Joseph Cotten of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Cotten, who was driving a Yamaha Raptor ATV, was pronounced ...

Thomas R. Cotten Jr. VIRGINIA BEACH – Capt. Thomas R. Cotten Jr. died at Oakdale Heights where he had resided for the past several years. Capt. Cotten was born in Charleston, S.C., in 1927 as the ...

Classic Hollywood has a somewhat unearned reputation for being easy, cheerful viewing, full of giddy musicals and sweet love stories. Film noir of the 1940s and ‘50s cut right through these ...

Few films are as striking to look at or listen to as the British film noir “The Third Man.” Its shadow-soaked black-and-white palette, artfully askew camera angles and elaborately expressive editing ...