Tag Archives: John Ford

Five Film Favorites: Gun Fights

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

I have not yet worked out the ethical dilemma of how I can find certain forms of violence so mesmerizing and, yes, entertaining in cinema while knowing that those same forms of violence, when they occur in real life, have such devastating … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists, Uncategorized | Tagged Aurelian Recoing, Clint Eastwood, Demain des l'aube, Denis Dercourt, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, Gene Hackman, gun fights, High Noon, James Drury, Jeremie Renier, Jimmy Stewart, Joel McCrea, John Anderson, John Ford, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Randolph Scott, Richard Harris, Ride the High Country, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Unforgiven, Vincent Perez, Warren Oates | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Westerns set in the 20th Century

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

When I first began writing for the James River Film Journal, the first article I came across was F.T. Rea’s “Five Film Favorites: Westerns.” Rea’s list spanned from Stagecoach (1939) to Unforgiven (1992) and contained films from the ’40s, ’50s, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ethan Coen, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ji-woon Kim, Joel Coen, John Ford, Josh Brolin, Junior Bonner, No Country for Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson, Roger Deakins, Sam Peckinpah, Stagecoach, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Good the Bad the Weird, The Wild Bunch, There Will Be Blood, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Unforgiven, Westerns | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: The 1930s

Posted on November 11, 2010 by F.T. Rea

Last week Peter Schilling seemed to suggest that the 1970s was the best decade for filmmakers, which unleashed a wave of great films. It’s not an observation I will quibble with now. Movie-wise, the ‘70s was good to me… During … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Aldolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard, Chico Marx, Duck Soup, Five Film Favorites, Ginger Rogers, Gregory La Cava, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Heather Angel, Informer, Jack Conway, Jean Harlow, John Ford, Katharine Hepburn, Leo McCarey, Libeled Lady, My Man Godfrey, Myrna Loy, Preston Foster, Spencer Tracy, Stage Door, Victor McLaglen, William Powell | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

Posted on October 21, 2010 by F.T. Rea

With the midterm elections just 12 days away, the scent of politics is in the air. Can’t you smell the tea brewing? Yes, this is the year of the Tea Party Effect. No doubt, some of this year’s unusual politicians … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Alan Rickman, All the King’s Men, American Politics, Anne Heche, Barry Levinson, Bob Roberts, Broderick Crawford, Candidate, Dianne Foster, Dustin Hoffman, Five Film Favorites, Giancarlo Esposito, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Ireland, Last Hurrah, Melvin Douglas, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael Ritchie, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Robert Rossen, Spencer Tracy, Tim Robbins, Wag the Dog | 2 Comments

Violent Style without Ethical Substance: “Inglourious Basterds” and the Italian Western

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

In F.T. Rea’s post of favorite Westerns, Rea cleverly and accurately assigned each film with a word: High Noon is about honor. Lonely Are the Brave is about freedom. Stagecoach is about survival. Treasure of the Sierra Madre is about … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Reviews | Tagged Aldo Raine, Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Clint Eastwood, Col. Hans Landa, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, Five Film Favorites, Good the Bad and the Ugly, Heath Ledger, High Noon, Inglorious Basterds, Italian Westerns, John Ford, Joker, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Lee Van Cleef, Lonely Are the Brave, Quentin Tarantino, Revenge of a Gunfighter, Searchers, Sergio Leone, Stagecoach, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Unforgiven | 8 Comments

Five Film Favorites: Westerns

Posted on September 9, 2010 by F.T. Rea

While we’ve all seen lots of bad Western movies with tired clichés about trail drives, crooked sheriffs and handgun duels wrapped around predictable plots, a good Western, with well drawn characters moving about in a lean story, is hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Andy Devine, Claire Trevor, Clint Eastwood, David Miller, Five Film Favorites, Fred Zinnemann, Gary Cooper, Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Grace Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, John Ford, John Huston, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Lloyd Bridges, Lonely Are the Brave, Morgan Freeman, Roy Rogers, Tim Holt, Trigger, Walter Huston, Walter Matthau | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: John Ford

Five Film Favorites: Gun Fights

Five Film Favorites: Westerns set in the 20th Century

Five Film Favorites: The 1930s

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

Violent Style without Ethical Substance: “Inglourious Basterds” and the Italian Western

Five Film Favorites: Westerns

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