Directed by Orson Welles So Orson Welles finally came around and made a Netflix movie. Okay that's the joke, I know it's already well-tread, but still, it's kind of crazy to see something like this, right? The Other Side of the Wind was shot on and off between 1970 and 1976, and a lot had … Continue reading The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
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True Grit (1969)
Directed by Henry Hathaway John Wayne more or less plays John Wayne in True Grit. As Rooster Cogburn he is an old Marshall, drunk and lazy but quick with a gun and honorable to boot when the moment calls. Cogburn is the man young Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) turns to for help tracking down Tom Chaney, … Continue reading True Grit (1969)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni "Disastrously in between are the absolutely wretched youngsters Frechette and Halprin, who cause a fatal rupture when their bedraggled, inexpressive drama fails to feed life into a brilliantly lyrical documentary." - The Village Voice, 1983 "It clearly constructs a negative image of authority and materialism, but its converse handling of revolutionary students … Continue reading Zabriskie Point (1970)
The Limey (1999)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh The Limey has the feel of an old French film from the 1960s, something like Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, Francois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player or Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows. What I remember most about those films is the gun, the non-conventional editing and an ending that doesn't always offer you what you want … Continue reading The Limey (1999)
The American Friend (1977)
Directed by Wim Wenders The American Friend is an arthouse take on the fish out of water criminal story, if that's a thing. It seems like it is. You take a nice, easy to root for guy and put him in a tough, tense situation in which he does something awful, but he knows it's … Continue reading The American Friend (1977)
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