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Every film fan has those extra special movies that stay with them through the thick and thin. These are the kinds that you may have discovered at a young age and decades later you still love them as much or hopefully even more than you did the first time you experienced them. The really unique ones just get better with age like a fine wine. It may have nothing to [read...] 
Criterion Collection’s May releases include three films I wanted to highlight since they haven’t been on the label until now. Delmer Daves was one of the most accomplished filmmakers of his time. His directorial debut was Destination Tokyo (1943) starring Cary Grant. He then made the film noir classic Dark Passage in 1947 with Humphrey Bogart. Throughout the 1950s he worked in several different genres but became best known for [read...] 
Quentin Tarantino‘s latest .44 magnum opus Django Unchained marks his first foray into the Western genre (well, it’s actually more of a Southern) and also gives us his take on the “hero origin” story. Unlike his epic Kill Bill where we don’t know how the story of Beatrix Kiddo aka Black Mamba/The Bride began, the saga of Django shows us his transformation from slave to folkloric legend. The opening scenes [read...] 
Writer-Director Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi/western cult classic WESTWORLD is set in the “near future” where the technological advances have helped to create a new kind of adult themed amusement park called DELOS is populated by computerized androids who appear to be human and are used to bring visitor’s fantasies to life. DELOS is comprised of three separate worlds vacationers can inhabit: Medieval World (Ancient Europe), Roman World (Ancient Rome) and [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is another guest post in the series by Simon Gelten (one of the most prolific writers onThe Spaghetti Western Database), make sure [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is another guest post in the series by Simon Gelten (one of the most prolific writers onThe Spaghetti Western Database), make [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is another guest post in the series by Simon Gelten (one of the most prolific writers onThe Spaghetti Western Database), make sure [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is the fourth guest post in the series by Simon Gelten (one of the most active writers onThe Spaghetti Western Database), make [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is the second guest post in the series by Simon Gelten (one of the most active writers on The Spaghetti Western Database), [read...] 
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. First up is a guest post by Simon Gelten (one of the most active writers on The Spaghetti Western Database). 50 FURIOUS WESTERNS [read...] |
    
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