Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky In Runaway Train two convicts escape from prison and share the misfortune of hitching a ride on a train with no conductor. For Manny (Jon Voight) this is hardly his first escape attempt, instead just the most recent prison break into which he knows he was goaded by the prison warden, Ranken … Continue reading Runaway Train (1985)
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Coming Home (1978)
Directed by Hal Ashby Hal Ashby once worked as an editor under William Wyler, and Coming Home has a lot in common with Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Both are anti-war films concerning the tough readjustment into society for several returning veterans. Ashby's film tells this tale through a romance between Sally Hyde (Jane … Continue reading Coming Home (1978)
Hal (2018)
Directed by Amy Scott Hal is a wonderful little documentary if only because so much of Hal Ashby's life feels as of yet unearthed. Or maybe that's just my perspective. Hal Ashby (1929-1988) was one of the best directors of the 1970s. A former editor, mythologized for how he would work nonstop, in a cloud … Continue reading Hal (2018)
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