The Criterion Shelf: Black Westerns
Criterion's Black Westerns collection gives a potent overview of films from the era (and beyond) that are diverse in style, content and attitude.
John Ford
Maliglutit (Searchers) Review
Inuk film Maliglutit pays homage to John Ford's The Searchers with a revenge plot set in Nunavut, 1913.
The New Old: Sleeping Dogs, Men, & Kids
This week, our archival title DVD and Blu-ray column returns with looks at Walt Disney's Peter Pan , Woody Allen's Sleeper , Stephen King's Cujo , and the John Ford/John Wayne romantic drama The Quiet Man .
Interview: Quentin Tarantino
That Shelf talks to the one and only Quentin Tarantino about his latest film Django Unchained , the bridge between Inglorious Basterds and Django, what makes an effective spaghetti western, his rumoured casting choices, shooting on a real Southern plantation, moving his production due to a lack of snow, and the potential for a revival of westerns as a genre following his film.
The New Old: Cults of Personality
In this week's archival DVD and Blu-ray column, Phil Brown looks at three cult favourites that break genre expectations: Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave , Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude , and the John Wayne classic Hondo .
