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The Films of Anthony Mann (Part 1): Desperate, The Black Book (aka Reign of Terror), Devil’s Doorway, The Tall Target

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

After trying to get through the thoroughly old-fashioned Two O’Clock Courage (1945), an ideal cure for insomnia interesting only for its opening dolly-in and crane shot of an injured Tom Conway standing at a crossroads, bleeding from a nasty head … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: June 24 – July 11

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

For Your Height Only (Eddie Nicart, 1981) Queen of Black Magic (Liliek Sudijo, 1983) Two from cult DVD label Mondo Macabro’s schlockmeister of choice, producer Dick Randall. Hands down the more amusing entry, Height towers over the competition—if by competition … Continue reading →

Posted in film, movie reviews | Tagged 12 angry men, aldo ray, all that heaven allows, anna may wong, anne bancroft, anthony mann, border incident, brian keith, burnett guffey, dark passage, david goodis, dennis wilson, douglas fairbanks, douglas sirk, dr. strangelove, easy rider, elizabeth sanxay holding, fail-safe, for your height only, francois truffaut, frank nugent, gunman's walk, henry fonda, henry kissinger, humphrey bogart, jacques tourneur, james cagney, james mason, james taylor, jane wyman, joan bennett, john ford, karl marx, kris kristofferson, laurie bird, max ophuls, me & bobby mcgee, michael bay, monte hellman, nicholas ray, nightfall, on dangerous ground, phil karlson, queen of black magic, raoul walsh, rock hudson, rudy bond, russell metty, shoot the piano player, sidney lumet, singin' in the rain, stanley donen, tab hunter, terrence malick, the band wagon, the blank wall, the deep end, the driver, the reckless moment, the roaring twenties, the searchers, the thief of bagdad, the tree of life, tony scott, transformers: dark of the moon, two-lane blacktop, unstoppable, van heflin, vanishing point, vincente minelli, walter hill, warren oates | Leave a comment

Capsule Reviews: June 21 – 23

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöström, 1920) – 3.5/5 Sjöström’s silent morality play proves a classic example of style over substance (and not in the pejorative sense). Based on a popular novel written as a hygienic diatribe against “consumption” (TB, not … Continue reading →

Posted in film, movie reviews | Tagged 13 assassins, a fistful of dollars, a song is born, akira kurosawa, august strindberg, ball of fire, barbara stanwyck, billy wilder, broken blossoms, cary grant, d. w. griffith, danny kaye, dashiell hammett, el dorado, emile zola, friz lang, gary cooper, george sanders, hara-kiri, howard hawks, ingmar bergman, irene dunne, joan greenwood, john ford, last man standing, leo mccarey, masaki kobayashi, moonfleet, preston sturges, ralph bellamy, red harvest, rio bravo, rio lobo, robert louis stevenson, sanjuro, sergio leone, snow white and the seven dwarfs, some like it hot, spaghetti western, stanley kubrick, stewart granger, takashi miike, the awful truth, the glass key, the palm beach story, the phantom carriage, the seventh seal, the shining, toshiro mifune, treasure island, victor sjostrom, walter hill, wild strawberries, yojimbo | Leave a comment

Capsule Reviews: May 30 – June 2

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

A Generation (Andrzej Wajda, 1955) – 3/5 Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1957) – 5/5 Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958) – 5/5 A Generation – the first installment in Andrzej Wajda’s War Trilogy – portrays the experiences of an idealistic young … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: May 21 – 23

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

The Fury (Brian De Palma, 1978) – 3/5 Hard on the heels of his 1976 hit Carrie, De Palma revisits the telekinesis/psychic powers genre with lamentably diminished returns. Granted, there are standout set-pieces – the opening abduction scene, a sequence … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: john ford

The Films of Anthony Mann (Part 1): Desperate, The Black Book (aka Reign of Terror), Devil’s Doorway, The Tall Target

Capsule Reviews: June 24 – July 11

Capsule Reviews: June 21 – 23

Capsule Reviews: May 30 – June 2

Capsule Reviews: May 21 – 23

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