John Ford’s 1949 Western Technicolor classic SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON will be coming to BluRay from Warner Archive on June 7th. BUY FROM AMAZON In this second installment in Ford’s Cavalry Trilogy (which included Fort Apache and Rio Grande), John Wayne stars as US Cavalry Captain Nathan Cutting Brittles, […]
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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 […]
Howard Hawks fans will be happy to know that two of his 60s classics starring “The Duke”, the Western EL DORADO and the African safari adventure HATARI! are coming to Blu Ray on March 11, 2014 from Warner Home Video. In EL DORADO (1966) John Wayne stars as Cole […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Green Berets, one of the most infamous movies of all time, was butchered by virtually every film critic when it was released in 1968. For those who might not know: it’s an American war movie about the Vietnam conflict, taking a pro-involvement stance. For the occasion, its star and […]
Marlene Dietrich stars as a super-sexy traveling cabaret singer named “Bijou Blanche” in this 1940 romantic-adventure classic. At the opening of the film, we see the after effects of Bijou’s steamy, stimulating performance at a bar in Shanghai, a huge brawl erupts and Bijou has to take off for her […]
I recently watched the remake, or to be more precise the alternate adaptation of the book True Grit is based on directed by The Coen Brothers. I thought the film was well made but at the same time I had my problems with it. Since I’m a longtime fan 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 […]