I take full responsibility for flirting with actually shelling out for the upcoming German Bluray of John Ford‘s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (’62). How much better can this black-and-white film look on Bluray compared to the DVD? Somewhat, I’m sure, but is it likely to be cause for cheering in the streets? It was always obvious that James Stewart and John Wayne wore toupees during filming, and now the evidence will be even more distinct.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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