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There are moments in Straight Shooting (1917), the first feature directed by John (then "Jack") Ford, when its star Harry Carey (1878-1947) exudes a naturalism that the famous Western actors who followed him, most notably John Wayne, strove to emulate. There are moments in Straight Shooting (1917), the first feature directed by John (then "Jack") Ford, when its star Harry Carey (1878-1947) exudes a naturalism that the famous Western actors who followed him, most notably John Wayne, strove to ...

Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1950 to 1959 20 Apr 2021 In part four of this series we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1950 and 1959. The cult of oh-so-sophisticated movie writers love to run down the 50’s, as a decade lost to Eisenhower-era conformity and cinematic bloat crafted by studios desperate to compete with TV. As you’ll see below, nothing could be further from the truth. The 1950s were an embarrassment of movie riches....

#GoodLuckJensenAckles Trends as the Supernatural Star Begins Filming The Boys #GoodLuckJensenAckles Trends as the Supernatural Star Begins Filming The Boys The hashtag #GoodLuckJensenAckles is trending as fans wish the Supernatural star luck with his next role as Soldier Boy on The Boys. Jensen Ackles has officially begun filming his next role as a part of the cast of The Boys, and the hashtag #GoodLuckJensenAckles has begun trending as thousands of fans wish him well. For 15 years, Ackles had...

Publishing date: Apr 19, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  5 minute read U.S. President Joe Biden announces executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2021. Photo by KEVIN LAMARQUE /REUTERS Article content U.S. President Joe Biden stood on the patio of the White House last week to deliver a moving speech on the subject of gun violence in America. He called the phenomenon an epidemic, pointing to the fact that more than ...

The Atlantic Chloé Zhao, Kelly Reichardt, and others are redrawing the boundaries of a traditionally male-dominated genre. This article was published online on April 19, 2021. I grew up in San Diego, which resembles the backdrop of High Noon or Unforgiven not at all but is extremely west, geographically speaking. Maybe this is what disposed me to feel that the Western as a film genre was trite and foolish, dangerously sentimental about horizons and stoicism and men shooting each other for n...

Joe Todd Historian This is the first installment of an interview that historian Joe Todd did with Vietnam veteran Larry Seigel on Nov. 18, 2020, in Bartlesville. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Larry Seigel was born May 29, 1948, in Davenport, Iowa, to George Wayne and Lois Irene (Lumis) Seigel. Todd: Did you go through school at Davenport? Seigel: No, I was born there and we came back to Coffeyville. I don’t know when; I was a baby. I started the first grade a...

Judy Berman ( Time) reviews Raoul Peck’s Exterminate All the Brutes, describing the HBO film as a “radical masterpiece about white supremacy, violence and the history of the West.” “The very existence of this film is a miracle,” says its creator, Raoul Peck, in the final episode of  Exterminate All the Brutes—and that might be an understatement. A four-part experimental documentary that takes on the unwieldy, bitterly contentious subject of white supremacy since the so-called Ag...

12-year-old’s heart transplant inspires Bay City community, creates ‘Aaron’s Army’ Updated 1:16 PM; Today 1:16 PM Students from Zion Lutheran School in Bacy City line up in support of their classmate Aaron Bovia, who just underwent a heart transplant.Photo provided by Earl Bovia, used with permission. Facebook Share BAY CITY, MI-Just 12 years old, Aaron Bovia of Bay City recently underwent a heart transplant. He’s now recovering, with the help and support of many members of this tig...

Wings Saw this silent film once. That was enough. It’s pretty obvious why it won Best Picture. Technically Wings is still impressive, the overall editing and most especially the flying scenes. William Wellman, who would go on to direct for another 31 years, always knew his way around a camera. The problem is that the drama is a bit stiff and the runtime (111 minutes) feels 20 minutes too long. Hugely expensive for its time (a $2 million budget), the money is up there on the screen, but the o...

I should perhaps mention, in case anyone gets the wrong idea, that I make no value judgment as to the greater or lesser worth of “day” vs. “night.” I had so much fun reading Suspicious Circumstances that it felt as good as getting high, no drugs needed. The wit and wisdom of its vignettes—really prose poems laced with laughter—dissect the customs and dispel the dreariness of ordinary life. They are a much-needed provocation, like Baudelaire’s Paris Spleen turned inside out. from...