Granted, the message is insulting, but isn't it strange that this protest is taking place at a time in America when young women are academically outpacing men, and making up the majority of college students.  20 years ago I could see the outrage, but now—-

I'll check it out.  Love the handle

I have a soft spot for Campbell despite the fact that he embraced some of the tackiest trends in 60s-70s country, both in clothes and production bombast, A consummate pro, he seemed orphaned by the Country establishment when the "outlaw" movement took off in the mid seventies.  "Gentle on my Mind" is a terrific,…

Scorsese isn't just remaking the Toback/Reisz here, but his own contribution to NEW YORK STORIES, which is also based on the Dostoevsky novella.  Maybe Richard Price deserves a phone call as well.

For a Buddhist, Wurlitzer can certainly hold a grudge.  In the seventies he was rather bitter about Peckinpah's alterations to the PG&BTK script and the diminished capacity he brought to the direction, even writing a book about it.  Peckinpah, rather uncharacteristically, was only complimentary in statements…

It was on Encore Westerns back in July.  Interesting story about the screenwriter, who programmed Z movie Channel in L.A., went crazy and ended up a murder-suicide

I feel that the more recent cut plays better as far as pacing goes.  It removes some apocryphal elements (like the great freeze frame opening alas) from the '88 version, clarifies Garrett's ennervated sense of self with the added scene with his wife (a moment that was inexplicably missing in the '88 version despite…

While the question posed by the editors focuses on overtly message based art, this debate raises an interesting issue about implicit political content in popular culture.  The artists Lydekker mentioned displayed a conservative temperament in their work but usually steered clear of specific political issues (and I'd…

The failure to show the trial as cynical publicity stunt, along with its buffoonish portrayal of Bryan have weakened the movie in my estimation of late.  It was, however, my introduction to polemical film content and it was a powerful experience at the time.

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