John Wayne once described himself as "just the paint for the palettes" of directors like John Ford and Howard Hawks, the filmmakers who steered him in films such as "Stagecoach" and "Red River." Such modesty was characteristic of "The Duke," whom Orson Welles described as one of the best-mannered actors in Hollywood. Yet Wayne was doing himself a disservice, for while he did benefit from the tutelage of two great filmmakers, he also worked long and hard to create the persona of "John Wayne," a figure with a distinctive gait, an easy drawl, and tough morality.
To explore the career of John Wayne is to explore five decades of Hollywood history. Wayne acted opposite everyone from Barbara Stanwyck and Maureen O'Hara to Henry Fonda, James Stewart, and Kirk Douglas. The list of directors he worked with is just as impressive, too.
So, where does one start with John Wayne, both...
To explore the career of John Wayne is to explore five decades of Hollywood history. Wayne acted opposite everyone from Barbara Stanwyck and Maureen O'Hara to Henry Fonda, James Stewart, and Kirk Douglas. The list of directors he worked with is just as impressive, too.
So, where does one start with John Wayne, both...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
There are few directors more universally acclaimed than Alfred Hitchcock. Maybe Orson Welles didn't like him much, but there were few people Orson Welles didn't dislike, so we'll let that slide. With films like "Psycho,", "Vertigo," and "The Birds," Hitchcock produced countless timeless classics, innovating the medium of film itself.
With all of his successes so well known, some may be surprised to learn of his struggles earlier in his career. During the 1930s, Hitchcock would admit himself that his "reputation wasn't very good" and he endured some pretty severe box office flops. Chief among these was "Rich and Strange," his 1931 film based on a novel by Dale Collins. History has been slightly kinder to it than critics at the time, but that can easily be amounted to bias on the part of modern critics, who watched the film knowing what a legendary auteur Alfred Hitchcock would go on to become.
With all of his successes so well known, some may be surprised to learn of his struggles earlier in his career. During the 1930s, Hitchcock would admit himself that his "reputation wasn't very good" and he endured some pretty severe box office flops. Chief among these was "Rich and Strange," his 1931 film based on a novel by Dale Collins. History has been slightly kinder to it than critics at the time, but that can easily be amounted to bias on the part of modern critics, who watched the film knowing what a legendary auteur Alfred Hitchcock would go on to become.
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
“This is what happens when you make up stories,” one character says about three-fourths of the way through the confidently ambitious “The Second,” and the line is a succinct summation of the deceptively deep goings-on beneath the film’s faintly sordid surface. The maiden project developed and produced under the Screen Queensland Originals program in partnership with the streaming service Stan (the film is playing commercially now and will commence it’s Stan stand July 20), “The Second” is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.
In keeping with the mysterious spirit of the proceedings, shhh — no names, please: riding the crest of her well-received and best-selling erotic thriller, the Writer (Rachael Blake) is off to her family’s sprawling and regally laid-out country estate for a sex-fueled working weekend with her boyfriend the Publisher (Vince Colosimo). Soon after they settle in,...
In keeping with the mysterious spirit of the proceedings, shhh — no names, please: riding the crest of her well-received and best-selling erotic thriller, the Writer (Rachael Blake) is off to her family’s sprawling and regally laid-out country estate for a sex-fueled working weekend with her boyfriend the Publisher (Vince Colosimo). Soon after they settle in,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Eddie Cockrell
- Variety Film + TV
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. The retrospective Early Hitchcock is showing August 11 - September 12, 2017 in the United States.ChampagneAround the time of his dazzling expressionistic breakthrough The Lodger (1927), and Blackmail (1929), his innovative foray into sound—and England’s first talkie—Alfred Hitchcock was testing the narrative waters of his potential filmic output. It was a terrifically productive period for the promising London-born auteur, with nearly 20 features in ten years, and looking back at these early works, the tendency is often to pinpoint instances of his trademark aesthetic to come (easy to do with something like The Lodger; less so with something like The Ring, also 1927). However, when sampling these titles, and keeping in mind the most popular Hitchcockian characteristics had yet to be regularly implemented, new and uncommon propensities emerge. Such is the case with a trilogy of films to be shown as part...
- 8/11/2017
- MUBI
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