Generally, the “Western” category of movies refers to those that take place in hard-bitten, arid landscapes where the Industrial Age hasn’t quite arrived yet. Thomas Bezucha’s Let Him Go doesn’t meet the temporal requirement, taking place sometime around 1960. But...
West likes soundtrack albums from the 80s and will occasionally play some of them at you! In this episode, West returns to the 80s Soundtrack Corner to play songs from the 1984 Walter Hill film Streets of Fire. Music in...
There’s a shot in the Buster Keaton short “Cops” in which Keaton, standing in the middle of the street, grabs hold of a passing car, the sudden velocity causing his body to go nearly horizontal as he’s speeded out of...
In this episode, West plays music composed by Stewart Copeland for the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film Rumble Fish. Music in this episode includes: “Tulsa Tango” “Brothers On Wheels” “Hostile Bridge To Benny’s” “Party At Someone Else’s Place” “Excesses” written...
It’s likely that the first thing you’ll notice about Peter Landesman’s Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is its cast. It’s like someone threw a party for every famous white male character actor over 40 and...
Having been married to a successful and well known filmmaker for over half a century, Eleanor Coppola, director of the new film Paris Can Wait, certainly knows her lead protagonist well. Anne (Diane Lane) is the wife of Michael (Alec...