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One of the most violent westerns ever made (up to that point), Django was such a huge hit that it spawned more than 30 unofficial sequels and countless knock-offs. Written and directed by Sergio Corbucci, it cemented the spaghetti western craze kickstarted by Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars.. Franco Nero stars in the title role, that of a … Continue reading
Though he worked almost exclusively in television, Allen Baron made a name for himself writing, directing, and starring in the Blast of Silence, an obscure indie gem made during the brief gap between the film noir cycle of American post-war cinema and the French New Wave. A de facto hybrid of the two, it is a haunting … Continue reading
After toiling on low-budget, B-grade features for a few years, Peter Fonda arrived as a talented and promising young actor and filmmaker with the release of Easy Rider in 1969; he almost immediately sank back into toiling away on low-budget, B-grade features. Among the most oddball of these — and that’s saying a lot about … Continue reading
While watching recent Academy Award winnerThe Artist in the theater not long ago, we couldn’t help but notice that it lifted footage from a classic silent era film (The Mark of Zorro) starring one our favorite action heroes, Douglas Fairbanks. Selecting just one Fairbanks feature to recommend as a starter is a difficult exercise; The Mark … Continue reading
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