Friday, August 16, 2013

The George Sanders Show Episode Eight: Gun Crazy and Point Break

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This week, we dive into the seedy noir world of Joseph H. Lewis's 1950 film Gun Crazy , take a stroll along the beach with Keanu Reev...

Summer of Sammo: Days of Being Wild

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films s...
Friday, August 09, 2013

The George Sanders Show Episode Seven: Logan's Run and WALL-E

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This week, we tackle a pair of sci-fi classics with discussions of Michael Anderson's 1976 film   Logan's Run  and Andrew Stanton...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

On Sergeant Rutledge

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The military as a vehicle for the assimilation of a despised minority is an oft-recurring subject for John Ford, hanging around the margi...
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Sunday, August 04, 2013

On My Darling Clementine

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Not a perfect film, but there are a lot of perfect things in it. As such it's a perfect example of Ford's tendency to let the sma...
Friday, August 02, 2013

This Week In Rankings

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It's been a a couple weeks since I updated these, so it's more like this three weeks in rankings, but whatever. Since the last up...

The George Sanders Show Episode Six: Two Lovers and Two English Girls

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This week we explore some romantic geometry with James Gray's 2008 film Two Lovers and François Truffaut's  Two English Girls fr...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

A Thought on the Ending of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Tom Doniphon shoots the outlaw thug Liberty Valance from the shadows, keeps it a secret, then realizes that his girl Hallie is i...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Summer of Sammo: The Heroic Ones

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films ...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Summer of Sammo: Vengeance!

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films st...

The George Sanders Show Episode Five: Sneakers and Whirlpool

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This week we journey to the Bay Area, sort of, for a pair of movies that are kind of set in San Francisco, Phil Alden Robinson's all-...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Summer of Sammo: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Parts One & Two

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films starring o...

Notes on John Ford's Fort Apache

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Every time I see Fort Apache , I think 'Surely this must be Ford's best film.' But I say the same about a half d...

Summer of Sammo: Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films starring o...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Summer of Sammo: Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films starring o...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Summer of Sammo: The Sentimental Swordsman

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I've declared this the summer of 2013 to be the Summer of Sammo. Throughout these months I've been writing about films starring o...