On November 20th, Warner Archive will release a BluRay edition of Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks’ 1951 sci-fi/horror classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD. Synopsis: When scientist Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) reports a UFO near his North Pole research base, the Air Force sends in a team under Capt. Patrick Hendry […]
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In May Criterion will be releasing two films from the Golden Age of Hollywood in all new Blu Ray Collector’s Editions. Howard Hawks’ Western RED RIVER and Billy Wilder’s ACE IN THE HOLE. Both will feature hi-def restorations and a slew of special features. RED RIVER (1948): One of […]
I’ve been a fan of Howard Hawks for many years now. I think what made Hawks’ work appealing to me was the fact he could take any genre and entertain you through his mastery of it. Whether it was comedy, adventure, western or a crime picture, he was one of […]
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 […]