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B-Roll: Lonely Are The Brave (Cowboys)

Feb 15, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

Usually when we refer to neo-Westerns, we mean movies that transplant the themes and iconography of the Western genre into modern day settings. Usually these themes—Manifest Destiny, the struggle between wilderness and civilization, man’s ability […]

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Sidney Lumet’s FAIL SAFE Is Anything But

Nov 3, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

The true terror behind Sidney Lumet’s Fail Safe (1964) isn’t that things went wrong, it’s that they went right. True, a mechanical error sent the signal for American flight crews to drop nuclear bombs on […]

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Must Watch Warner Archive Instant: 1.15.15

Jan 15, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Need help deciding what to watch this week on Warner Archive Instant? The Retro Set has you covered with our must-watch Warner Archive picks! Each week, we select a small handful of must watch titles from […]

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President Fonda in Sidney Lumet’s FAIL-SAFE

Aug 11, 2013 The Retro Set 0

Sidney Lumet’s 1964 political thriller Fail-Safe is one of greatest Cold War films to come out of the Cold War era. This bleak, atomic drama is a film on par with Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Dr. […]

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