Tag Archives: Unforgiven

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: Best Picture Winners

Posted on January 13, 2011 by F.T. Rea

It’s cold outside and, yes, we’re in the midst of the awards season. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for Best Picture later this month. The Academy started handing out the awards first for … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Academy Awards, Brenda Vaccaro, Casablanca, Claude Rains, Clint Eastwood, Danny DeVito, Dustin Hoffman, Elia Kazan, Eva Marie Saint, Five Film Favorites, Gene Hackman, Humphrey Bogart, hurt locker, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Lee J. Cobb, Louise Fletcher, Marlon Brando, Michael Curtiz, Midnight Cowboy, Milos Forman, Morgan Freeman, On the Waterfront, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Unforgiven | 1 Comment

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

Tag Archives: Unforgiven

Five Film Favorites: Gun Fights

Five Film Favorites: Westerns set in the 20th Century

Five Film Favorites: Best Picture Winners

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

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