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Month: October 2016

Festivals

Henry Hathaway: Portrait of an Underrated Artist

Oct 28, 2016 Nathanael Hood 1

At this year’s New York Film Festival, two retrospectives were planned to coincide with the release of Bertrand Tavernier’s new documentary My Journey Through French Cinema. The first was a collection of French films prominently […]

Movies

The Trail of The Deadly Trackers

Oct 28, 2016 David Sharp 0

The Deadly Trackers (1973) has everything one could possibly want out of a 70’s B Western: -Vengeance -Bad guys with face scars -Long distance shots of riders crossing the llano -Longhaired Irish actors known for […]

Photographic Evidence

Quiet on the Set: Halloween Behind The Scenes!

Oct 21, 2016 The Retro Set 0

Ahhh, Halloween. Sure the stores have been selling candy corn and ghoulish goodies since Memorial Day, but now that it’s almost here, all of us here at The Retro Set are getting excited! Whether or […]

Movies

Francois Truffaut’s DAY FOR NIGHT: A Love Letter to the Movies

Oct 21, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

By the early ’70s, François Truffaut was no longer one of the great pioneers of French cinema. The man who had stunned the world by helping start the French New Wave with masterpieces like The […]

Movies

Fear of Stolen Seed: A Boy and his Dog and Hell Comes to Frogtown

Oct 20, 2016 Patrick King 0

A Boy and his Dog (LQ Jones, 1975) and Hell Comes to Frogtown (Donald G. Jackson and R.J. Kizer, 1988) have a couple of strange connecting threads: Both are post-apocalyptic films that deal with a […]

Events

2016 New York Film Festival – French Film Roundup

Oct 18, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

At this year’s New York Film Festival, two retrospectives were planned to coincide with the release of Bertrand Tavernier’s new documentary My Journey Through French Cinema. The first was a collection of French films prominently […]

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