Tag: Western

A Young Woman’s Learning Curve in BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Film, Karina Fontes, Misogyny, Roxanne Benjamin, ThrillerLeave a comment

Roxanne Benjamin pits a young woman against the wild, subverting gender and genre along the way.

HELL OR HIGH WATER: Desperation and Death in the Dirty South

On By C.H. NewellIn Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Film, Jeff Bridges, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzw4wkHtEt4 Hell or High Water. 2016. Directed by David Mackenzie. Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, William Sterchi, Gil Birmingham, Buck Taylor, Kristin Berg, & Katy Mixon. Film 44/OddLot Entertainment/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Rated 14A. 102 minutes. Crime/Drama/Western ★★★★★ Disclaimer: This review may contain several spoilers concerning the film's …

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Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

On By C.H. NewellIn 1955, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crime, Don McGuire, Drama, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Noir, John Sturges, Lee Marvin, Millard Kaufman, Mystery, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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Civil War-Era Creeps in DEAD BIRDS

On By C.H. NewellIn Alex Turner, Civil War, Film, Henry Thomas, History, Horror, Isaiah Washington, Mark Boone Junior, Michael Shannon, Nicki Aycox, Patrick Fugit, Thriller, Western1 Comment

Not often do we get a Civil War-era horror story. Screenwriter Simon Barrett pens this fascinating indie crossing supernatural horror with a tale of the South, slavery, robbers and gold.

THE PROPOSITION: A Kantian Australian West

On By C.H. NewellIn 2005, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, Film, Guy Pearce, John Hurt, WesternLeave a comment

John Hillcoat delivers a vision of the Wild West in Australia, by way of Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy.

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained: Slavesploitation

On By C.H. NewellIn Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained, Don Johnson, Drama, Film, Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CZKbDzP1E Django Unchained. 2012. Directed & Written by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, James Remar, David Steen, Dennis Christopher, Don Johnson, Franco Nero, Bruce Dern, M.C. Gainey, Jonah Hill, Tom Wopat, Don Stroud, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, and Tom Savini. The Weinstein Company/Columbia Pictures. …

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The Hateful Eight: Tarantino & Race Relations in America

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Comedy, Drama, Film, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Mystery, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69UwVX6Riv8 The Hateful Eight. 2015. Directed & Written by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, Zoë Bell, and Gene Jones. The Weinstein Company. Rated 18A. 187 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery ★★★★★ For me, when I first got interested in film …

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