There’s significantly less Wild Bill Hickok in Walter Hill’s Wild Bill than one might think. While the eponymous Old West lawman is a constant presence throughout the film, Hill opts instead to examine Hickok more […]
It started as an excuse; a convenient, believable explanation that justified the wounded ego of a wounded army vet. I doubt if Alex Cutter (John Heard) truly believed that his friend, unsuccessful gigolo Richard Bone […]
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 looks at John Huston’s 1972 drama Fat City. From the very […]
The good folks at Twilight Time are like the Criterion Collection’s weird cousin, capable of great things and also not so great things. Though Criterion is like the jock with a sports scholarship in the […]
I approached reviewing this film with the kind of dread one feels when boarding a plane in turbulent weather, knowing the outcome will not be pleasant. I saw Fearless when it first came out in […]
I could watch Jeff Bridges eat potato salad. He’s one of our most gifted actors, and up until maybe 15 years ago, highly underrated. He’s finally come into his own, with cultists who can recite […]
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