Superman. Captain America. Wolverine. You’ve heard of these superheroes, and most everyone has held a comic from Marvel or DC in their hands. But there is an entire world of independent comics waiting for curious readers beyond the shadow of these two com
Read More
It’s 1992. The Age of Blockbusters continues, but a wide assortment of genres are making their way to the box office. New independent filmmakers are up and coming. This movie, Unforgiven, is a revisionist western following a reformed outlaw and assassin as he decides to take on one last bounty to help provide for his…
Read More
Welcome to season 2 of Let’s Finally Watch This, a podcast for casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies. Once again we’re traveling through the century, highlighting one movie from each decade from 1903 to 2013. In each episode, we’ll highlight what’s going on film history, how the chosen film affected…
Read More
It’s 1953. We’re in the middle of the Golden Age of Hollywood; we’re also in the pinnacle decades of the western, a truly American plot. Westerns have been around almost as long as movies (see The Great Train Robbery). Shane is an essential and quinessential example of the genre. It tells the story of homesteaders…
Read More
It’s 1964. The Golden Age of Hollywood is over, and New Hollywood is about to begin, an era known for anti-heroes, changing morality, and less traditional plots. At the same time, the spaghetti western emerges, ushered in with A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood as the “man with no name” and directed by Sergio…
Read More