Dec 18, 2018
Take Dustin Hoffman in his 1970's prime, mix him with some nitro glycerin (stir gently) and you've got Max Dembo, in the classic crime drama Straight Time. Brilliantly directed by Ulu Grosbard, this movie set the gold standard for all heist movies to follow. In it Hoffman delivers his most explosive performance ever as...
Dec 2, 2018
Ride In The Whirlwind
Monte Hellman is the great unsung hero of filmmaking in the 1970's. A highly skilled writer, director, editor and photographer, a true Renaissance man. He created beautifully unconventional films in his unique and uncompromising style. In this two part series we will focus on two "revisionist"...
Nov 18, 2018
Here's an idea. Take James Bond (Sean Connery fresh out of his 007 tux), strip him down to almost naked, give him really long hair tied up in a braid, a sorta Village People handlebar mustache, red bandoliers crisscrossing his bare, hairy chest, a red jockstrap kinda thing to cover his privates, thigh high leather...
Nov 6, 2018
How many hard boiled detectives do you know who'd go out at three o'clock in the morning to buy their kitty its favorite brand of cat food? Only one. Philip Marlowe, played oh so languidly by Elliot Gould, in The Long Goodbye.
Expect the unexpected when veteran director Robert Altman brings Raymond Chandler's...
Oct 18, 2018