WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, OSCAR WINNING DIRECTOR
BlogIt was with great regret that I heard that Academy Award-winning film director William Friedkin died yesterday, August 7, 2023. The cause was heart failure and pneumonia. He was 87.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BAD LANDS
Blog For our latest session of Western Night, Robert Nott brought BAD LANDS, a B Western from 1939. It’s a variation of THE LOST PATROL, the best-known version being the 1934 film directed by John Ford, about a British Army patrol in WWI pinned down at a small oasis by...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MAN WITHOUT A STAR
BlogFor this latest Western Night Movie session, David Morrell chose MAN WITHOUT A STAR (1955), a range war story, though routine in some ways, is still not the usual one you might expect.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE HARVEY GIRLS
Blog Charming and sweet aren’t often used to describe a Western, but they do fit THE HARVEY GIRLS, the 1946 Western musical from MGM that was Sheila Ellis’s choice for this Western Night movie gathering. The film moves right along, much like “The Atchison, Topeka and the...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE FABULOUS TEXAN
BlogIt was Robert Nott’s turn to select the film for our latest Western Night gathering. He particularly likes old B-Westerns, low budget…
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME
BlogFor this evening’s Western Night at the Movies, Johnny D. Boggs brought the fascinating and remarkable SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME (2015). A contemporary Western tale filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, it is a deeply moving look at the troubles a family on the reservation face. Call it the struggle for hope.