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Modern Problems in HELL AND HIGH WATER

Oct 4, 2018 Andy Ross 0

In the early 1950s, Hollywood went into a “television panic.” Scared to death that their audiences were being eaten up by “that box,” the major studios were desperate to get their audiences back into the […]

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A Controversial Crimson Kimono

Feb 20, 2018 Nathanael Hood 1

“YES” the poster blares, “this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy!” Beneath this headline a picture of a Japanese man kissing a beautiful white brunette, his left hand splayed […]

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The Shaky Foundation of Samuel Fuller’s HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)

Nov 25, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

Samuel Fuller was never a director who was comfortable with domesticity. Perhaps for this reason he tended to avoid romantic relationships in his films, instead focusing on outsiders, soldiers, and people drawn to close confederations […]

Margin For Error
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B-Roll: Otto Preminger’s MARGIN FOR ERROR (1943)

Jul 21, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

B Roll is a weekly column that digs into the deeper cuts and lesser-known films from legendary directors–the good, the bad, and the awesome. This week, writer Nathanael Hood tackles Otto Preminger’s confused and cartoonish Margin For Error.  At first […]

Run of the Arrow
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B-Roll: Samuel Fuller’s RUN OF THE ARROW (1957)

May 12, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

One of the most uncomfortable sub-genres of the Western is the assimilation narrative. Broadly defined as a story wherein a white person joins a Native American people and adopts their ways, assimilation narratives are heavily […]

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