Tag: charlesbronson
Now Streaming: RED SUN, Three International Stars Ride Into the Old West
Charles Bronson, Mifune Toshiro, and Alain Delon star in director Terence Young's Western picture, now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Blu-ray Review: 10 TO MIDNIGHT Thrills With Vengeful Glee
10 To Midnight. It's a relic of its gloriously insane cinematic times, and stars the inimitable (well, there's that one guy, in face only, not in voice) Charles Bronson as Leo Kessler, a man's man hard cop, who, like Dirty Harry,...
Interview: Panos Cosmatos on MANDY and His Mythical Realm of the Imaginary
In the final part of Panos Cosmatos' first film, Beyond the Black Rainbow, there is a sequence that presents a quintessential scenario of horror films: two long-haired friends listen to heavy metal music in the middle of nowhere, while they...
70s Rewind: MR. MAJESTYK, Melons, Migrants and Murder
Based on an original script by Elmore Leonard, Richard Fleischer's Mr. Majestyk is the best melon-picking movie I've ever seen. Charles Bronson stars as the titular character, a taciturn yet friendly man who is entirely focused on getting the watermelon...
70s Rewind: THE MECHANIC, Terse Buddy Assassins
I pity anyone who saw Jason Statham's The Mechanic without having first seen Charles Bronson's The Mechanic. Because you didn't even get half the story. And the story's not even the point! In my review of the 2011 version, I...
70s Rewind: DEATH WISH, Howling Outrage That Became a Franchise
In late December 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four alleged muggers on a subway train in New York City. The shooter became known as the "Subway Vigilante" and the case was widely covered in the press, with some connecting it to...
An Ideal Partnership - The films of director J. Lee Thompson and actor Charles Bronson - Part 2
After working on Caboblanco, Thompson moved onto the slasher genre with Happy Birthday to Me (1981). Whilst by no means the best the genre has to offer, Happy Birthday to Me proved to be an enjoyable horror film, and definitely...
An Ideal Partnership - The films of director J. Lee Thompson and actor Charles Bronson - Part 1
When speaking about actor-director partnerships, most people think of the more famous ones, like Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese or Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa. I have previously looked at the less celebrated collaborators, those who have perhaps not...
Jackie Chan, Charles Bronson Join Masters of Cinema in April
Eureka Entertainment just announced that martial arts classic Drunken Master will be joining the Masters of Cinema series in April, together with Walter Hill's Hard Times starring Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Sexy coming-of-age cult favourite The Blue Lagoon will...
Fantastic Fest 2014 Repertory Screenings: THE ASTROLOGER And DEATH WISH 3 Rock With Old-School Insanity
As I mentioned in our Fantastic Fest preview article, my heart belongs to the repertory screenings, the forgotten flicks that deserve a fresh look, presented by extremely knowledgeable and passionate curators. That was certainly the case this year. I only...
