TCM recently announced the films to be shown at its 2023 Classic Film Festival on 13-16 April 2023. They include the world premiere of a new 4K restoration of Howard Hawks’ 1959 Western classic ‘Rio Bravo’. The film remains amongst my all-time favourites and is probably the one I have watched more than any other….
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Film Review – THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (USA, 1951) ****½ Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures (USA), General Film Distributors (GFD) (UK); Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures / Winchester Pictures Corporation; Release Date: 6 April 1951 (USA), 1 August 1952 (UK); Filming Dates: 25 October 1950 – 3 March 1951; Running Time: 87m; Colour: B&W; Sound…
Film Review – RIO LOBO (1970)
Rio Lobo (1970; USA; Technicolor; 114m) *** d. Howard Hawks; w. Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Jerry Goldsmith. Cast: John Wayne, Jack Elam, Jennifer O’Neill, Jorge Rivero, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French, Sherry Lansing, Susana Dosamantes, Mike Henry, David Huddleston, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner. After the Civil War, Wayne searches for the…
Film Review – EL DORADO (1966)
El Dorado (1966; USA; Technicolor; 126m) ****½ d. Howard Hawks; w. Leigh Brackett; ph. Harold Rosson; m. Nelson Riddle. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Christopher George, Jim Davis, Michele Carey, Marina Ghane, Robert Donner, John Gabriel, Johnny Crawford. Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for…
Film Review – HATARI! (1962)
Hatari! (1962; USA; Technicolor; 157m) **** d. Howard Hawks; w. Leigh Brackett; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Henry Mancini. Cast: John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Gerard Blain, Red Buttons, Bruce Cabot, Eduard Franz, Michele Girardon, Queenie Leonard, Major Sam Harris. A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will…
Film Review – RIO BRAVO (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959; USA; Technicolor; 141m) ***** d. Howard Hawks; w. Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell. A small-town…
Film Review – RED RIVER (1948)
Red River (1948; USA; B&W; 133m) ****½ d. Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson; w. Borden Chase, Charles Schnee; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey, Harry Carey Jr., Paul Fix, Chief Yowlachie, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Hal Taliaferro, Shelley…
Film Review – TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944, USA, 100m, PG) ****½ Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, War dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros.; d. Howard Hawks; w. Jules Furthman, William Faulkner (based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway); pr. Howard Hawks (uncredited); ph. Sid Hickox (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Franz Waxman (uncredited); m/l. Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley…
Film Review – RIO LOBO (1970)
Rio Lobo (1970; USA; Technicolor; 114m) ∗∗∗½ d. Howard Hawks; w. Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Jerry Goldsmith. Cast: John Wayne, Jack Elam, Jennifer O’Neill, Jorge Rivero, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French, Mike Henry, David Huddleston, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner. After the Civil War, Wayne searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused…
Film Review – EL DORADO (1966)
El Dorado (1966; USA; Technicolor; 126m) ∗∗∗∗½ d. Howard Hawks; w. Leigh Brackett; ph. Harold Rosson; m. Nelson Riddle. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Christopher George, Jim Davis, Michele Carey, Marina Ghane, Robert Donner, John Gabriel, Johnny Crawford. Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for…