James Coburn vs. Lee Marvin: A Field Guide
I think was in my thirties before I realized that James Coburn and Lee Marvin were two different…
The Sand Pebbles
1966, d. by Robert Wise. With Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, Richard Crenna, Gavin McLeod (who always…
A movie you should see: The Father and the Bear
Writer-director-actor John Putch grew up in two wildly different settings, simultaneously: rural south central Pennyslvania where I hail…
1962 The Year in Movies
The Oscars are notoriously wrong in hindsight. Studio politics, aesthetic trends, and cultural ephemera often trumped an honest…
Washington on Film
Films shot on location during the golden age of cinema from the 30s-60s all have a special quality…