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Month: May 2016

KingsGoForth
Movies

Pride and Prejudice: Delmer Daves’ KINGS GO FORTH

May 30, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

B Roll is a regular feature that digs into the deeper cuts and lesser-known films from legendary directors–the good, the bad, the brilliant. This week, writer Nathanael Hood takes time out on Memorial Day to […]

Movies

BOUND FOR GLORY’s Dustbowl Drifter

May 27, 2016 Wade Sheeler 0

Bob Dylan recently celebrated his 75th birthday. As one of the latter 20th century’s most important songwriters’, it seems apropos to re-visit the biopic Bound for Glory, a rendering of Dylan’s greatest inspiration, singer-songwriter- professional […]

The Conqueror Header
Movies

The Cancerous Sh*ts show: John Wayne in THE CONQUEROR

May 26, 2016 The Retro Set 1

Ok, first a quick disclaimer: today is John Wayne’s birthday so, before actually diving into what our creative director calls “one of the most cancerous shit shows of all time”, understand that I’m actually a fan of […]

Bob Dylan
Playlists

Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right: Bob Dylan at 75

May 24, 2016 Jill Blake 0

Growing up, I spent most of my adolescence exploring the music of my parents’ generation– The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, to name a few. Although I […]

Douglas Fairbanks
Events

My First Date with Douglas Fairbanks

May 23, 2016 Jill Blake 1

A few years ago I attended a very special screening at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre: 1920’s The Mark of Zorro starring the original King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks. Up until that point, I had never seen a Douglas Fairbanks film. […]

The Happy Ending
Movies

The Realness of Love and Marriage in Richard Brooks’ THE HAPPY ENDING

May 23, 2016 Nathanael Hood 1

Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending is an odd film snuggled somewhere between the romantic melodrama and the social problem films that came to define his career. Ostensibly the story of a crumbling marriage between bored, neglected […]

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