“You ain’t stopping at this hotel, kid. My hotel! The stars at night, I put ’em there. And I know the presidents, all of them. And I go where I damn well please. Even the chairman of the New York Central can’t do it better. My road, kid, and I […]
Chances are if you love movies, a good portion of some of your favorite titles were released in the decade that brought us a new wave of rebellious, edgy groundbreaking counter-culture cinema made by daring auteurs that had an eye for telling stories filled with excitement and thrills. Furious Cinema […]
I was recently told that when telling others about how many films you have seen at a film festival, you are not supposed to count movies you saw in the market (i.e. the films shown to potential distributors) or retrospectives, but only films in competition. Since the three films I […]
The story goes that after seeing the Western High Noon (1952) together one day at the movies and disliking it, Director Howard Hawks and his friend John Wayne decided to make a better film that showed the camaraderie between a group of men faced with imposing danger. What Hawks created […]
In honor of the late director Sam Peckinpah’s birthday we’ve chosen a special furious poster for today’s feature. Enjoy! Based on the novel “The Siege of Trencher’s Farm” Peckinpah’s 1971 film Straw Dogs was one of the most controversial of his legendary career. A quiet mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) […]
In 2008 at the Berlin International Film Festival (aka the Berlinale; /ber-lee-nah-lae/) a Brazilian movie that depicted the work of Rio de Janeiro’s special police force BOPE won the prestigious golden bear award for best film. The police unit, which often shows up in Human Rights Watch reports and is […]
“Dyin ain’t much of a livin boy” With his fourth directorial outing The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Clint Eastwood headed back into familiar western genre territory, this time telling the Civil War era tale of a Missouri farmer whose wife and son are murdered by a band of corrupt Union […]
A few years back I watched Baaaadaaass! the semi-documentary about Melvin van Peebles‘ (GCDB) seminal blaxploitation film Sweet Sweetback’s Badass song. While it was certainly not my first blaxploitation film experience, it was a nice demonstration about how much of an impact that genre had and how relevant it still […]
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s ANOTHER REBOOT!” Superman: That name brings to mind three things right away usually: the colors red and blue…and the letter S. You also have to throw in him being a defender of truth, justice, honor and the American […]
Demi Moore is one furious female in G.I. Jane! After making his ‘women fighting back’ film Thelma and Louise, Ridley Scott decided to tell the story of another rebellious gal and it ended up being one of my personal favorite films from his entire filmography. Lt. Jordan O’ Neill (Demi […]