The eccentric, little-known, tremendously enjoyable 1970s Western The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid has, interestingly enough, been playing around New York City a lot lately. This might be a cue from the universe telling all us Western fans to get acquainted. Tonight it screens at MoMA as part of a film series dedicated to the work of its writer [...]
Archive for the ‘Westerns’ Category
Screening In NYC: THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID (1972).
Posted: April 16, 2012 in Badass Old Guys, Movies (G), Screenings, Westerns0
My Top 50 Movies Of All Time (At This Exact Point In Time.)
Posted: March 21, 2012 in Skeletons., Werewolves, Pretty Girls, Ninjas, Aliens, Clint, Westerns, Bill Murray, Awesomeness, Michael Mann, Lee Marvin, Movies (A), Movies (C), Movies (E), Movies (F), Movies (G), Movies (H), Movies (I), Movies (K), Movies (M), Movies (N), Movies (O), Movies (P), Movies (Q), Movies (R), Movies (T), Movies (U), Movies (W), Monsters, Sharks, Claudia Cardinale, Apes, Badass Old Guys, Violence, John Belushi, John Landis, Alligators, Pooping, Wolves, John Carpenter, Winter, Robert Forster, Raquel Welch, Pam Grier, Answer TracksI probably should be doing about 50 other things at this very moment, but I saw this great top-50 list today and was inspired it to immediately answer it. I made my list very, very quickly, so in plenty of ways it’s the most honest form a list like this could ever arrive in. While the numbering is fairly [...]
The Top 10 Winter Movies Of All Time.
Posted: January 16, 2012 in Holidays, Horror, Movies, Movies (E), Movies (F), Movies (G), Movies (L), Movies (N), Movies (O), Movies (S), Movies (T), Vampires, Westerns, Winter, WolvesCold, cold, cold. That’s all I hear about, the second the thermometer drops below 40. But at the moment, all the complaints are pretty valid. It actually is very cold in New York, 16 degrees worth, as evidenced by the fact that my scrotum is tucking itself up in my grundle. That’s gross, so it’s a [...]
Cult Classics: NAVAJO JOE (1966).
Posted: July 18, 2011 in Burt Reynolds, Cult Classics, Movies (N), Pretty Girls, WesternsAnthology Film Archives is hosting a fantastic film series this week, curated by Bill Lustig, a legend of the kind of movies I so often return to writing about on this site. (Read my piece on his Robert Forster/Fred Williamson action flick Vigilante!) Bill Lustig isn’t just a genre director, he’s also a filmmaker of excellent [...]
I named True Grit as my favorite movie of 2010. There wasn’t much hesitation there. I saw it and made that decision right quick. On Tuesday, June 7th, True Grit hits DVD and BluRay. Good week to be me, I guess. I liked the movie so much that I’ve already written about it twice. [...]
What I Watched 5.26.11: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969).
Posted: May 26, 2011 in Classics, Claudia Cardinale, Movies (O), Pretty Girls, Westerns, What I WatchedTime to pretty up this here website… Not to knock the guys in the cast, but I’m in a Claudia Cardinale kind of mood today. Hopefully y’all can understand the sentiment.
What I Watched 3.16.11: RANGO.
Posted: March 17, 2011 in Cartoons, Movies (R), Westerns, What I WatchedRango is fun, very quirky, and imaginative, although after a while it starts to feel like every one of its 107 minutes. But I can never speak too poorly of an animated movie about lizards that finds room for cameos from Hunter S. Thompson and Clint Eastwood. It’s a bizarre mélange of blatant influences and [...]
What I Watched 2.17.11: True Grit.
Posted: February 24, 2011 in Books, Movies (T), Westerns, What I WatchedSaw True Grit again. Had the time and the inclination, so I did it. One thing that cracks me up is that this is the Coens’ idea of a kids’ movie (*). I completely approve, don’t get me wrong, but it brings to mind the notion of a Clint Eastwood Preparatory School For Girls. (Actually, [...]
What I Watched 2.7.11: Stuart Little 2/ Red Hill.
Posted: February 7, 2011 in Movies (R), Movies (S), TV, Westerns, What I WatchedFirst few episodes of Justified. Stuart Little 2 (with my niece). Red Hill.
A Field Guide To: “SPAGHETTI” WESTERNS.
Posted: January 24, 2011 in Claudia Cardinale, Movies, Movies (B), Movies (C), Movies (D), Movies (F), Movies (G), Movies (H), Movies (K), Movies (M), Movies (N), Movies (Number Titles), Movies (O), Movies (R), WesternsHere’s another great one for the archive: SLOW-MOTION QUICK-DRAW #120 – “SPAGHETTI” WESTERNS. By Jon Abrams • 06.04.2010 • Blogs First of all, “Spaghetti” is in quotes up there because Sergio Leone reportedly never liked the term “Spaghetti Westerns.” I may have to use the term because that’s how the genre is commonly known, [...]
