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The Far Country (1954)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 27, 2019
“I don’t need help. I don’t need people. I can take care of me.” ~ James Stewart as Jeff Webster This Alaskan Northwestern opens and it’s almost like we’ve missed something. Jeff Webster (James Stewart) rides into a town with two men and promptly gives them back read more
The Naked Spur (1953)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 24, 2019
James Stewart carries over his persona from Bend of the River (1952) to continually redefine his career in the post-war years. He is a man under a different name who nevertheless is seething with the same raw fury. In this regard, there are numerous parallel themes in this subsequent collaboration read more
Madeline’s Madeline (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 22, 2019
Madeline’ Madeline takes the very individualistic nature of its title and boldly realizes it through POV and metaphor to begin digging around in the perplexing head-space of a teenager. The first words we hear are as follows, “The emotions you are having are not your own, they are someone read more
Bend of The River (1952)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 22, 2019
In Bend of The River, there are glimpses of the man we knew before the war. Joking and smiling with that same face. The affable charm and so on. But it’s also starkly different. In this picture, James Stewart is on horseback leading a wagon train preoccupied with farming, cattle, ranching, and read more
The Tall Target (1951)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 20, 2019
To set the scene our storytellers enlist an opening crawl that runs over the unmistakable strains of train noise. The year is 1861. The event being dramatized is the alleged Baltimore Plot and our hero is New York policeman John Kennedy (Dick Powell). Despite being common and coincidental I canR read more
The Furies (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 19, 2019
Frenzied opening strings from a score by Franz Waxman assist in introducing a film that positions itself as another textured portrait of the West boasting a pair of grandiose performances from Walter Huston and Barbara Stanwyck. This particular ride down the well-trodden paths takes place in New Me read more
The Devil’s Doorway (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 18, 2019
Right here we see the precise genesis of Anthony Mann as a director of westerns. To consider the string of modest classics that followed is nearly staggering. But he was well-suited for the transition taking his acquired skills over the years and translating them easily to the West. The Devil’ read more
First Reformed (2017)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 15, 2019
“You’re always in the Garden. Even Jesus wasn’t always in the Garden, on his knees, sweating blood. He was on the Mount. He was in the marketplace. He was in the temple. But you, you’re always in the Garden.” Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese unknowingly formed a leg read more
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 14, 2019
Though Preston Sturges would never eclipse the heights of the early 40s again and his stellar run was slowly spiraling down, we do have Unfaithfully Yours and for my money, that’s recompense enough. It documents the life of a prestigious conductor, Sir Alfred De Carter (Rex Harrison), happily read more
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 13, 2019
I have long sought out this picture and all I can say is all hail the conquering hero! It’s everything that could have been hoped for in a Preston Sturges wartime comedy. But in order for the laughs to come along with a great deal more, there must be a setup — a watering hole for our ma read more
Christmas in July (1940)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 11, 2019
“If you can’t sleep at night, it isn’t the coffee – it’s the bunk” – Maxford Coffee House Slogan Christmas in July is one of Preston Sturgeses earliest efforts where he both scripted and directed the material. He was fed up with how others had handled his h read more
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 9, 2019
“When life hands you conundrums you turn it into art” – Nick Offerman as Frank Fisher The opening introduction of our character is nothing short of fantastic. He lights up a cigarette absent-mindedly, headphones plugged in to Tweedy only for his reverie to be broken by a patron te read more
Wichita (1955)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 8, 2019
The more and more I get to know Jacques Tourneur the more it seems that he was content in making films on his terms no matter the budget or restrictions. His ambitions were not to win awards or garner acclaim yet he was a master craftsman painting in shadows, intrigue, and vibrant strokes. Known in read more
Ramrod (1947)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 7, 2019
Right away, in the very first moments, we know something’s amiss when the driver of a passing wagon notes to the woman at his side that they just passed her father…and they proceed to keep going without even a word of greeting. It’s true that Ramrod is a riff on the age-old read more
Stars in My Crown (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 5, 2019
It speaks not only to the man but to this film, that Joel McCrea rated Stars in My Crown among his personal favorites. (Hint: It’s not because of the imminent reunion of two castmembers in Gunsmoke). The story is framed by the nostalgic recollections of an old man and it’s a singular st read more
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 3, 2019
Filmed in Central Oregon on the eve of winter, Day of The Outlaw displays gorgeously fluffy photography as the snow covers the ground. With the leading part anchored by Robert Ryan, I could not but help recall his portrayal in Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground (1951), another project that ma read more
Tall In The Saddle (1944)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 2, 2019
“Boy oh, boy has somebody come to town!” – Gabby Hayes How else is there to describe Gabby Hayes except for a cantankerous old cuss? When we first set eyes on him he’s berating his old mare for making him spill his liquor although he’s already swigged down quite the sn read more
Roma (2018)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 1, 2019
Alfonso Cuaron is always a director whom I’ve admired from a far whether it be Harry Potter or Gravity (2013), but I would stop short of saying I’ve felt a connection to any of his work. Not that it is not there, I simply have not been affected in a specific way. Roma, right from the ou read more
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 31, 2019
“Elementary My Dear Watson” owes its indelible stature in the lexicon hall of fame to this second installment in 20th Century Fox’s Sherlock Holmes series. The studio obviously did not gather the phrase to have that much resonance as they gave up on the franchise only to have it b read more
Big Jake (1971)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 31, 2019
The film has an opening gambit that nearly feels unbecoming of a John Wayne picture and yet there’s something simultaneously quite riveting about it. You can’t quite take your eyes off of it, waiting to see what will come to pass. Our narrator sets the scene in 1909 where, while the Eas read more