If there are two names that are synonymous with the western it is John Ford and John Wayne, who over their career together made countless Westerns that came to define the genre, and American film making. The Searchers, from 1956 is possibly not only their most epic but the most defining film of each of their career. It has come to be seen as one of the most influential films of all time, and has a list of accolades sees it on lists for greatest film ever made by the American Film Institute, Entertainment Weekly, The British Film Institute's Sight & Sound and Cahiers du Cinéma, plus many others. This week we try and find out it is it worthy of this accolade and delve into what it actually a rather stark and uncomfortable portrayal of racism on the American frontier. We also talk Golden Girls, Disney and Netflix's The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.
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One Magic Christmas (1985)
Them! (1954) (w/ James Raynor)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) (w/ Brandon Kahn)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Rashomon (1950)
70s Trackie Awards
Superman (1978)
Phantom Tollbooth (1970) (Chuck Jones)
Time After Time (1979)
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
I Spit on your Grave (1978) (w/ James Raynor)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) (w/ James Raynor)
Sorcerer (1977) (w/ Paul Nadin)
F for Fake (1973) (w/ Brandon Kahn)
Mikey and Nicky (1976) (w/ Natalie Gardner)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) (w/ Brandon Kahn)
Badlands (1973)
Fist of Fury (1972) (w/ Brandon Kahn)
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