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Jubal (1956)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 30, 2019
There’s no doubt about it. Jubal boasts absolutely gorgeous imagery and how can you miss with a backdrop as majestic as the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming? Its looming grandeur is evident in just about every single exterior shot — a continuous hallmark of classical frontier visi read more
Wagon Master (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 28, 2019
“Wagons west are rolling…” – Sons of The Pioneers Despite being a tighter film, Wagon Train still bears the irrefutable mark of John Ford. Together with producer Meridian C. Cooper, he crafts a piece of work as near to a fully realized articulation of his vision as he probab read more
3 Godfathers (1948)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 26, 2019
3 Godfathers is a Christmas western if there ever was one and it’s probably the most sensitive picture that John Ford ever made. Anyone familiar with Don Siegel’s short film Star in the Night (1945) might recognize basic similarities with this picture based on the same biblical motif of read more
Searching (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 25, 2019
Searching is a film promoting a certain plotting device in this social media age of ours. An Up-like introduction played through old computer memories and hard drive data is surprisingly poignant. It provides the backstory for a parent-child relationship to play out, albeit with the mechanisms of a read more
Review: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 23, 2019
We know the score. Two drifters ride into town. They sidle up to the bar for some shots, looking for something to do in a lazy Nevada dust-hole. Their faces are equally familiar to anyone who has ever seen even a few of the old oaters. Feisty Henry Fonda as Gil Carter and his more even-keeled pal A read more
Review: Stagecoach (1939)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2019
While the western hardly began with Stagecoach, one could go out on a very slight limb and say it became a more fully realized version of itself in the hands of John Ford; it all but grew in stature as a genre. This progression cropped out of the prevailing assumption of the day and age that the we read more
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 20, 2019
We lost the inimitable Milos Forman not too long ago and it was a minor embarrassment I had yet to watch one of his earlier works from his native Czechoslovakia where he was an integral member of what is now termed The Czech New Wave. He was, of course, best remembered in the U.S. for a pair of fil read more
Decoy (1946)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 19, 2019
THIS IS MY VERY LATE ENTRY IN THE CMBA SPRING BLOGATHON: FEMME/HOMME FATALES OF FILM NOIR! Like any self-respecting noir, this one chooses to open in a grungy gas station bathroom with a hero (Herbert Rudley) disheveled, hobbling, and covered with grime. We can gather he’s been through hell. read more
Review: Hud (1963)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 18, 2019
“I’ve always thought the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. Sometimes I lean one way and sometimes I lean the other.” – Paul Newman as Hud Hud is up for contention for the finest film Martin Ritt ever made and it comes down to a truly collective effort. Whe read more
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 17, 2019
As it turns out, Paul Newman’s a real barn burner. His family name is synonymous with conflagrations and it’s a great entry point for a character, in this case, a drifter named Ben Quick who’s run out of town by the local judge. We never actually know if he was guilty of arson or n read more
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 16, 2019
Few figures in the West have the mystique in western lore as Billy the Kid, aside from a few prominent names like Wyatt Earp, Butch Cassidy, Jesse James, etc. Billy Joel even famously penned a tune chronicling the life of the outlaw. Part of the allure, no doubt, has to do with his youth and the ca read more
Review: Cool Hand Luke (1967)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 15, 2019
While I might not consider it one of the finest films ever produced, Cool Hand Luke features one of the most mythic characters ever conceived for the movies. He’s one of those figures who can seemingly only exist on celluloid. Luke Jackson comes out of a certain turbulent period in American h read more
Incredibles 2 (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 12, 2019
Pleasant surprises abound in Incredibles 2. What is supremely evident is that Brad Bird still has a pulse on quality storytelling just as the overall animation is blessed by the continual technological advancements in the medium. Here we are picking up right where the previous film left off with read more
Murphy’s Romance (1985)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 11, 2019
Despite the pure 80s-ness of the synths, I cannot help but be charmed by Carol King’s vocals in the opening track to go along with an entire score she composed for this film. It introduces an understated tale of a young divorced mother (Sally Field) and her son (Corey Haim) who are setting up read more
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 9, 2019
“Don’t show me how profitable it will be to fall in love with you, Charlie. Don’t Americanize me.” – Julie Andrews as Emily Yes, Kubrick’s film is definitive. Though something inside of me wants to rale against convention and wave the flag for The Americanization read more
The Search (1948)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 7, 2019
Any knowledge of director Fred Zinnemann only aids in informing The Search. Formerly living in a Jewish family in Austria, he would immigrate to the bright lights of Hollywood in the 1930s only to have both his parents killed in the Holocaust. So if you think he had no stake in this picture you woul read more
Leave No Trace (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 6, 2019
Leave No Trace instantly reminded me of two distinct reference points. The first relates to a man named Richard Proenneke who lived in the Alaskan wilderness for 30 years building his own cabin and raising his own food in a life of tranquil solitude. Then, the other comes from a book I read when I w read more
Norma Rae (1979)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 5, 2019
If you had any trouble possibly liking Sally Field before — consequently, one of the sweetest actresses ever to cross the screen — then there’s little gripe to be had with her any longer. Norma Rae really does feel like a gift for her. Both as a story to be a part of and a characte read more
The Chase (1966)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 5, 2019
Of all the reasons to watch this movie, I felt compelled to as a roundabout reevaluation of Robert Redford’s career as he just recently said The Old Man and The Gun would be his last film. He more recently still, admitted he never should have said he was retiring but for all intent and purpos read more
Sounder (1972)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 3, 2019
In adolescence, you are inundated with stories about dogs. The Red Fern Grows, Shiloh, Homeward Bound, Ginger Pie, Marmaduke, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Air Bud, Snoopy, and Old Yeller. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, off the top of my head. Sounder belongs to the same storied tradition bas read more