4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 8, 2013

Starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, this road film follows the two young men traveling across country from L.A. after a drug deal. Along the way they meet a Hippie colony, experimenting with drugs, and simply live life as they please. Much of the movie comprises of the many pit stops they take a   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 14, 2013

Like most of the films on which he worked, The Valley of Gwangi (1969) is best known today for the contributions of Ray Harryhausen, the special effects wizard whose pioneering work in stop-motion created monsters and magic long before the advent of CGI. This particular example of Harryhausen’   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 14, 2013

Like most of the films on which he worked, The Valley of Gwangi (1969) is best known today for the contributions of Ray Harryhausen, the special effects wizard whose pioneering work in stop-motion created monsters and magic long before the advent of CGI. This particular example of Harryhausen’   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 12, 2013

I’d been threatening 12-year-old Hannah with the pilot movie for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery for awhile now, and last night she finally acceded to the inevitable and agreed to humor the old man by watching it with me. For those who don’t remember it, Night Gallery was Serling&#821   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 18, 2012

The film stars Jon Voight as a naive Texan and Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo, the bum who initially cons him and eventually befriends him. Voight comes to New York expecting to make money off of rich city women as a male hustler. However, his callowness leaves him broke. That’s...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 18, 2012

The film stars Jon Voight as a naive Texan and Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo, the bum who initially cons him and eventually befriends him. Voight comes to New York expecting to make money off of rich city women as a male hustler. However, his callowness leaves him broke. That’s...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 21, 2012

With the great combo of Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the legendary outlaws, this movie is great fun. The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang became infamous for their exploits with Butch (Newman) being the brains and Sundance (Redford) the fastest gun around. Together these two robbed banks, held up trains,   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 21, 2012

With the great combo of Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the legendary outlaws, this movie is great fun. The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang became infamous for their exploits with Butch (Newman) being the brains and Sundance (Redford) the fastest gun around. Together these two robbed banks, held up trains,   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 28, 2010

True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969) Famously known has the only film John Wayne has won an Oscar in his entire career, True Grit. A revenge story of a young woman (Kim Darby) who wants to kill the man responsible for the death of her father. But, she is a financial...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on September 30, 2010

I have lost track of how many times I have seen True Grit. It is one of those films that is committed to memory. Marguerite Roberts' screenplay is filled with some of moviedom's most delicious dialogue as she drew heavily on Charles Portis' remarkably fine novel. The tone is one...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on August 4, 2008

The comedy-western is a subgenre with a rich and varied history. The cliches of even the best westerns lend themselves to kidding, and fans are always up for a laugh. Two of the finest proponents of the comedy-western are writer/director Burt Kennedy and writer William Bowers. The thing that sets...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Uma Pistola para Djeca (1969): faroeste à brasileira Uma Pistola para Djeca (1969): western, Brazilian style Era uma vez - em meados do século XX - quando um dos astros mais populares do cinema brasileiro era um caipira, Amácio Mazzaropi. Na verdade, ele nasceu em São Paulo, a maior cidade   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

I had set out to watch three classic race car movies and write about each. First was Grand Prix (1966) which was a delight to watch and even though it was long and the plot was rather weak, the three hours seemed to fly by for me. Le Mans (1971)...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Flor de Cacto (1969) / Cactus Flower (1969) O filme “Flor de Cacto” começa com uma música de Quincy Jones cuja letra diz “primavera é apenas um estado de espírito”. Para a protagonista, é verdade: ela floresce, deixando de lado uma personalidade considerada fria e desin   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Z (1969) Dois críticos de cinema entram em um bar. Eles jamais chegam a um acordo sobre qual drink pedir. Por quê? Porque crítica cinematográfica não é algo unânime, pois a paixão sempre influencia quando um crítico está analisando um filme. Esta piada pode não ser engraçada, mas é verdadeir   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Ever since I've known Kevin, I've been bugging him to watch Elia Kazan's The Arrangement (1969). We both missed watching the film before Kevin's Kazan lecture in November of '07, but finally I pulled the DVD out of the Netflix sleeve and sat down to watch this strange and alluring...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

The Assassination Bureau (1969) is an energetic, suspenseful, and imaginative romp through an alternate version of turn-of-the-century Europe where the chair of a secretive murder-for-hire organization, Ivan Dragomiroff (Oliver Reed), teams up with feminist journalist Miss Winter (Diana Rigg) to pre   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), companh   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

The other night my husband Carlos and I made a deal. If he'd watch one of my movies, I'd watch one of his. He had his pick and he chose Easy Rider (1969). I recently showed interest in this movie and he immediately perked up. Really? You want to watch...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Four years ago I created a watch list for 2014. These were the films that I hadn't seen yet that I wanted to make a point to watch that year. The Wild Bunch (1969) was one of those films. Unfortunately I never got to it that year or since. So...   read more