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Wayne in the Water: Two Nautical Adventures with The Duke

Oct 4, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

By the mid-50s, John Wayne had long abandoned playing characters in his movies. Instead—with very rare exceptions like John Ford’s The Searchers (1956)—John Wayne was content with playing John Wayne. Tough, authoritative, and incalculably charismatic, […]

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B-Roll: John Ford Lost and Found BUCKING BROADWAY

Jul 10, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

In all of film history, there are few greater tragedies than the fact that only a handful of the 60-70 silent films directed by John Ford still survive to this day. Ford, one of American […]

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A Troubling and Rewarding SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON

Mar 15, 2017 Nathanael Hood 1

So what actually happens in John Ford’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)? A cavalry troop leaves a lonely fort in the Old West, heads towards a destination, returns to the fort, goes back out […]

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 […]

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

May 26, 2016 Carley MIchelle Hildebrand 0

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 […]

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B-Roll: John Ford’s THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945)

Mar 10, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

Staff writer Nathanael Hood takes a look at the deeper cuts from legendary directors with the his column B-Roll. This week, Nathanael takes a look at John Ford’s THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1943).  The year was 1945 and John […]

Movies

“Last Time I Was Here, People Were Getting Bombed a Different Way!”: John Wayne in Brannigan

Aug 18, 2014 Drew Morton 0

By DREW MORTON The embodiment of America – John Wayne – plays a fish out of water Chicago police detective sent to London to extradite a gangster (John Vernon) in Brannigan (1975).  The film is essentially one of […]

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History Fail: Hollywood’s Period Problem

Jan 16, 2014 Carley MIchelle Hildebrand 12

A word of explanation: this started off as a simple review of the recent Blu-ray release of Sydney Pollack’s The Way We Were. That seminal ’70s sobber has enjoyed a terrific transfer from Twilight Time–one […]

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  • There’s HOPE For Us Yet: Bob Hope from Kino Lorber

    Feb 5, 2018 0
    I may get some hits for this, but I posit that classic film fans generally do not have as great an affinity for the popular movie comedians of the 30s and 40s, as they do [...]
  • Fire Walk with #Me Too: A Personal Retrospective on Twin Peaks

    Fire Walk With # Me Too: A Personal Retrospection on Twin Peaks

    Jan 8, 2018 0
    Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that [...]
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    Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame

    Jul 19, 2017 2
    Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. [...]
  • Dame in the Game: We Love Lucy

    May 26, 2017 0
    Though we’ll always remember Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo, the madcap housewife constantly getting herself into scrapes, the depth and reach of her career and influence extend far beyond I Love Lucy. The character of [...]
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    Dame in the Game: Lois Weber

    Apr 20, 2017 2
    Film historian Maureen Lee Lenker returns with the latest edition of her column, Dame in the Game: an in-depth look at groundbreaking women in film. Though she is little known today, Lois Weber was one [...]

Lifestyle

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    Sep 16, 2016 1
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    Sep 9, 2016 1
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Events

  • LOST LA: Dream Factory

    Dec 19, 2017 0
    I’m a nut for L.A. history, and when that history melds with the early days of Hollywood, I’m in 100%. So I was very excited to screen LOST LA: The Dream Factory.  Most confounding, was my [...]
  • An Afternoon at the Silent Clowns Film Series

    Jun 14, 2017 2
    The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with [...]
  • The Retro Set Virtual Alt-Fest: Saturday Edition

    Apr 8, 2017 0
    Welcome to the Retro Set Virtual Fest: Saturday Edition! Join the party and follow the links below – no matter where you are! This year, you can watch the films at the same time we do. [...]
  • TCM Film Fest Special Feature: Line up wth Raquel Stecher

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  • The Retro Set Virtual Alt-Fest: Friday Edition!

    Apr 7, 2017 0
    Welcome to the Retro Set Virtual Fest: Friday Edition! Join the party and follow the links below – no matter where you are! We understand that most of our followers, and lovers of TCM are [...]
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