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Is Hondo the definitive John Wayne movie?
I don’t thing many people would argue that Hondo is the best of John Wayne’s movies. Similarly, I don’t many will argue against it being among his best both as a western and as a performance from Wayne. But if … Read more
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The great and debatable Red River
I really go on a ramble here about this movie, though it is more a ramble about John Wayne’s acting and speech pattern than the film. This is considered one of the great westerns by many and I would be … Read more
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I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Directed by Howard Hawks In his best comedies, Howard Hawks humour comes from the same thing: the antagonism between a man and a woman that hides the underlying attraction between them. This is what he gives us in I Was … Read more
Hondo (1953)
Directed by John Farrow You don’t get more John Wayne than 1953′s Hondo. It’s a great Wayne western and that is surprising because it had two things going against it. First is the fact that Wayne had his onscreen persona … Read more
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Directed by Steven Spielberg The most Indiana Jones of the Indiana Jones movies is Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is the film that most closely accomplishes what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg originally set out to do, which was … Read more
Chinatown and the self-aware noir
It’s Day 5 of For the Love of Film (Noir) — don’t forget to donate here or use the button on the right. And if you are interested in boatloads of great links to musings on film noir and its … Read more
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To Have and Have Not (1944)
Directed by Howard Hawks As the packaging on the DVD I have says, To Have and Have Not has little to do with the Ernest Hemmingway novel but it does have a lot to do with the earlier movie Casablanca. … Read more
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