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Month: June 2014

Opinion

Artistic Differences: John Huston’s THE MISFITS and the End of an Era

Jun 25, 2014 The Retro Set 4

By 1961, the Hollywood Studio System had begun a slow rot from the inside out which would, by decade’s end, see to its total collapse thus ending the Golden Age of classical Hollywood. The Misfits, […]

Movies

A Flight of Fancy When FATE IS THE HUNTER (1964)

Jun 24, 2014 Wade Sheeler 0

Pilots and crew assemble to get a Consolidated Airliner off the ground on time. The usual flirting, conversation and procedure follows. A little girl is put in her seat by her mother, and promised by […]

Movies

Heart Burn: Wild at Heart

Jun 23, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

By Kyle Turner When one hears the word “Lynchian”, it isn’t as if “conventional” is the first thing that comes to mind. Thus it is only fitting that if one choses to describe the film Wild at […]

Movies

Staying Hungry: Jon Favreau’s “Chef”

Jun 20, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

By Meaghan Clossey In Jon Farveau’s filmography, his biggest directing credits normally come from big-budget hits like the Iron Man series. He can manufacture explosions and coordinate fight sequences. But for his latest film, Farveau […]

Movies

The Process of Play: THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO and THUNDERBIRD 6

Jun 19, 2014 Drew Morton 0

By Drew Morton It is the summer of 1996.  I’m twelve years old and I’m standing in our driveway with my brother, my cousins, and a boxy VHS camcorder mounted on a tripod.  We’ve just […]

Movies

Football Fanboys and Masculinity: THE FIRM (2009)

Jun 17, 2014 Kyle Turner 0

To the readers of the Retro Set, I wish you all Happy World Cup Month, or as I like to think of it, Happy America Finally Pays Attention to Soccer Month. And what a way […]

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