The Friday Article Roundup: Holding It Together
You Can Count On Your Buddy the FAR to Bring Articles On: good Clint, bad…
Authoritarian Agonistes: Son of Griff on ’71’s Scopophilic Supercops
In the 1970s, conservative American mythologies confronted historical realities. The Mai Lai massacre, the Kent…
Life Before STAR WARS: The Winners
As far as action stars go, though, the ‘70s didn’t have a bigger one than…
The Friday Article Roundup: Forging Ahead, Looking Back
The FAR follows new trails into territories good, bad and ugly for Western heroes, pandemic…
Film on the Internet: A PERFECT WORLD (1993)
Watching A Perfect World now, it feels like a lost Clint Eastwood movie. It won…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
A number of movies have changed my views on life, but The Good, the Bad,…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
Before his career became defined by the twin pillars of The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s…
A Fistful Of Film School (Year Of The Month)
“It’s like playing Cowboys And Indians!” It’s a shame that ‘covers’ aren’t really something you…
Based on a True News Story
If perchance you stopped in your local movie theatre to watch a matinee showing of…
The Good, the Bad, and the Miscast – PART I: THE PHYSICS OF MISCASTING
The dread M-word. Miscasting. We’ve all heard of it. We’ve probably all accused some film…