Category: Drama
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Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)
I remember turning on the TV and seeing the ending of Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974) when I was young. I’d already accidentally spoiled it for myself but thought it was about time to get a sense of the whole thing. Clint Eastwood gave Michael Cimino a shot at directing his first film after having written… Read.
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Full Moon In Paris (1984)
I’ve only seen one Eric Rohmer short film, have been sitting on a boxset of the Moral Tales unwatched for a long time, while both Mubi and Stan have been adding the French auteur’s back catalogue to their streaming libraries. Aside from knowing that Noah Baumbach named his child after him and that Gene Hackman’s… Read.
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92 In The Shade (1975)
92 In The Shade (1975) was stranger than I expected. Who knew that being a fishing guide in Florida was such a contentious, dangerous business? Peter Fonda plays a tanned, laidback dude who decides to get in the game of being a “guide”, much to the annoyance of established pros like Warren Oates and Harry… Read.
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Fat City (1972)
Fat City (1972) is directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep) and adapted from a novel by Leonard Gardner who wrote the screenplay as well. One of the first big roles for Stacy Keach who plays Billy Tully, a pro boxer who had a name, but is now drifting in bars and… Read.
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The Train (1964)
A friend, Daniel St. Vincent, recommended checking out The Train (1964), a black-and-white WW2 action drama directed by John Frankenheimer (Seconds, Ronin) and starring Burt Lancaster. For some reason, with that title, I thought the majority of the movie took place on a train like Runaway Train or Unstoppable. Rather, the train is like a… Read.
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