Where’s The Logic? The Metropolis Case
I’m mad as hell sometimes, you know that. One reason is, that the distribution and marketing world has more often than not little to...
Category: Specials
The Europeans Are Coming! Leone, Antonioni and Isasi-Isasmendi in America
I have always been fascinated by a particular sub-sub-sub genre of American Cinema, that of the European expatriate (or visitor). I am not talking...
Mad As Hell: The First Week of Furious Cinema
Oh man what a week it has been. We were mad as hell and we weren’t gonna take it anymore. So we started this...
Pistoleers & Pioneers Vol. 2: Ten Amazing Modern Westerns
Top lists always suck. Not only do you have to limit yourself to a certain number, but then you have to think about the...
Pistoleers & Pioneers Vol. 1: Ten Western Classics To Die For
HANNIE CAULDER (1970) (SWDB entry) – Directed by Burt Kennedy – One of Western cinema’s oldest themes is revenge. With this groundbreaking film, instead...
The Western Ain’t Dead, Damnit!
In the 60s, they said the western was dead, in the 80s, the 90s and the 2000s (is there a proper name for that...
My Love for the Classics
A year back, I was traveling back from Chicago to Delhi, on the Air India flight. It was a long flight, close to 14...
