What do you get if you combine one of the most popular actors of his generation with one of the greatest, and put them in a Western directed by the man who defined the genre and left an indelible impression on cinema forever? You get The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, a film that combines…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
2007 was a fascinating year for cinema for one particular reason – it saw the release of three films – No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. These films have an interesting distinction – they are analogous in the way that they…
Hell or High Water (2016)
If there is one film genre that has seemingly gone obsolete, it is the western. That isn’t to say the western as a theme has been entirely eradicated, but the iconic westerns made by John Ford and Howard Hawks, and starring the likes of John Wayne, or the brilliant spaghetti westerns that made Clint Eastwood…
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The problem with being a cinephile that also reviews films is that you have such a wide variety of directors that you absolutely adore, and in each review of a film by them, they are suddenly your favorite director, and the one you consider the best working at that time. In the past, I have…
The Postmodern Pelican 