Robert Wagner

The Best of Intentions: Nicholas Ray’s THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES

Sep 9, 2019 Jeremy Carr 0

Nicholas Ray’s The True Story of Jesse James (1957) is a film about progressive myth-making, the fabrications and recollections that produce a multifaceted yet never fully realized celebrity figure. Here, the legacy of its notorious […]

Explosive Silences in Edward Dmytryk’s BROKEN LANCE (1954)

Jan 19, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

At the heart of Edward Dmytryk’s sweeping Western Broken Lance is a simple quiet scene of near overwhelming power. Tyrannical cattle rancher Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) and his four sons confront the owner of a […]