The Western is the quintessential American movie genre. Its iconography has been seared into our collective conscious: the solitary cowboy riding the endless frontier, towns struggling to survive in a lawless land, the quick-drawing gunfighter. Generations of filmmakers have engaged with those symbols, building an entire cinematic language on a genre that began with the simple premise of good “white hats” vs. bad “black hats.” In doing so, they have created mythologies, torn down legends and subverted what it means to be an American.
My exposure to the West began in the living room of my parents’ house. My father, a Sephardic Jew born and raised in Greece, shared with me the movies he loved as a child. Over the years my enthusiasm for the genre only grew as I became a history buff, a lover of myths, and eventually a filmmaker. In interviews, I’m often asked to name my favorite Western,...
My exposure to the West began in the living room of my parents’ house. My father, a Sephardic Jew born and raised in Greece, shared with me the movies he loved as a child. Over the years my enthusiasm for the genre only grew as I became a history buff, a lover of myths, and eventually a filmmaker. In interviews, I’m often asked to name my favorite Western,...
- 12/14/2017
- by Jared Moshé
- Indiewire
Arkadia was destroyed on The 100 Season 4 Episode 5, but there may still be hope for humanity yet -- if Abby and Raven have anything to do with it.
The title of the upcoming The 100 Season 4 Episode 6 is "We Will Rise," which definitely suggests hopefulness that Clarke and her people will find a way to rise from the ashes of their fallen home once again and find a way to survive.
"We Will Rise" finds Roan, Bellamy, and Clarke working together once again to deliver the only remaining rocket fuel to Becca's lab, in what's sure to be an exciting, heart-stopping, and incredibly tense installment.
Will the trio accidentally squander humanity's last hope? Or will they pull it off an allow Raven and Abby to get the rocket into space so they can generate more nightblood?
Check out these images from The 100 Season 4 Episode 6 below for a hint of what's to come,...
The title of the upcoming The 100 Season 4 Episode 6 is "We Will Rise," which definitely suggests hopefulness that Clarke and her people will find a way to rise from the ashes of their fallen home once again and find a way to survive.
"We Will Rise" finds Roan, Bellamy, and Clarke working together once again to deliver the only remaining rocket fuel to Becca's lab, in what's sure to be an exciting, heart-stopping, and incredibly tense installment.
Will the trio accidentally squander humanity's last hope? Or will they pull it off an allow Raven and Abby to get the rocket into space so they can generate more nightblood?
Check out these images from The 100 Season 4 Episode 6 below for a hint of what's to come,...
- 3/8/2017
- by Caralynn Lippo
- TVfanatic
A showdown’s a’ comin’! Not on the main street of Dodge City, but at the multiplex once again. The final throw down between the hero and villain has been a staple of cinema since its earliest days, mainly in action films and primarily the western. There have been countless screen versions of that infamous incident , the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (the most famous being the Kirk Douglas/Burt Lancaster 1950’s classic) . This most likely inspired many other “oaters”, the most celebrated being the iconic 1952 High Noon (which garnered an Oscar for star Gary Cooper). It’s set in real-time as the clock ticks to 12, while Will Kane readies himself for the arrival of the Miller gang. We’ve seen this plot used in many other genres, providing extra excitement to the final acts of every movie hero’s exploits from Rocky to Bond to Batman. But it...
- 2/17/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Another release of the Kramer-Foreman-Zinnemann classic gives Savant another chance to make his argument that this supposedly 'liberal' movie is too confused to be anything but political quicksand -- if anything, its statement is bitterly hawkish. High Noon Blu-ray Olive Signature 1952 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 85 min. / Street Date September 20, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 39.95 Starring Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr, Harry Morgan, Otto Kruger, Lee Van Cleef. Cinematography Floyd Crosby Production Designer Rudolph Sternad Film Editor Elmo Williams Original Music Dimitri Tiomkin Written by Carl Foreman Produced by Stanley Kramer Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is my fourth time out with a review of High Noon, starting fourteen years ago with a pretty miserable Artisan DVD, then a Lionsgate 'ultimate edition,' followed by Olive Film's first, quite good Blu-ray. Olive now revisits the 1952 classic as...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is my fourth time out with a review of High Noon, starting fourteen years ago with a pretty miserable Artisan DVD, then a Lionsgate 'ultimate edition,' followed by Olive Film's first, quite good Blu-ray. Olive now revisits the 1952 classic as...
- 10/1/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
THR has reported that Relativity Studio's has obtained the rights for the classic 1952 Western High Noon. The remake will be a modernized version and will be set in the present day along the cartel-controlled U.S.-Mexico border. This will, at the very least, give Republicans a buzz in their pants (Will it have our wall???). The original High Noon centered on retiring sheriff Will Kane, who vows to stand alone to protect his small town when he learns that a vicious local criminal has been released from prison and is coming back to seek his revenge. The film won four Oscars, including one for best actor by Gary Cooper as the sheriff. Considered one of the all-time classics of cinema, it also starred Grace...
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- 9/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Relativity Studios has acquired the remake rights to 1952’s Academy Award-winning film, “High Noon,” TheWrap has learned. The newer version will be set in present day along the U.S.-Mexico border. The original “High Noon” told the story of retiring sheriff Will Kane, who decides to protect his small town by himself when a vicious criminal is released and is coming back for revenge. The 1952 film won four Oscars, including for Best Actor by Gary Cooper, who played the sheriff. Relativity will produce, finance and distribute the picture. Karen Kramer and Stephen S. Jaffe will produce the film while co-ceo Ryan Kavanaugh and.
- 9/16/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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