In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Western'
The More Fences There Are, The More You Hate ‘Em
July 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Interrogation · Man vs. machine · Small town · Train · Western
Time With One Cold-Blooded Bastard
July 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments
In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak [...]
Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Famous line · Grandfather/grandson relationship · Master and pupil · Shot In Texas · Small town · Western
Back In the Saddle For The First Time
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments
In the month of June, Joe Valdez “takes over” programming of the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles with a series of double features on his favorite film themes. Joe is not a professional curator and may not even show potential as an amateur one, but comments and recommendations for future double features are welcome [...]
Tags: Gangsters and hoodlums · Heist · Master and pupil · Prostitute · Road trip · Shootout · Small town · Train · Western
Meaner Than Hell Cold Blooded Damn Killer
May 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Unforgiven (1992)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by David Webb Peoples
Produced by Clint Eastwood
131 minutes
The Outlaw Josey Wales is the best material Clint Eastwood ever lucked into, but this Academy Award winner for Best Picture and Best Director of 1992 is from sunrise to sunset the best screenplay Eastwood has yet filmed. Known as The Cut-Whore [...]
Tags: Crooked officer · Famous line · Hitman · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Midlife crisis · Prostitute · Road trip · Shootout · Small town · Train · Western










