"I'm just glad I'm here where it's quiet…" — Straw Dogs Part I

( WARNING : This post contains spoilers throughout for Sam Peckinpah's original 1971 film of Straw Dogs , which marked its 40th annivers...

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"Come out, Neville!"

By le0pard13 Richard Matheson remains one of my favorite authors of all-time. When I attended the West Hollywood Book Fair a few years back...

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Centennial Tributes: Nicholas Ray, Part 2

By Kevin J. Olson Ray’s baroque Western Johnny Guitar is an obvious allegory for repression (both political, the film is filled with refer...

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I Come to Praise Caesar, Not to Bury Him.

By Damian Arlyn Before he was the sharp-minded, fast-talkin' insurance investigator in Double Indemnity or the poker-playin' master...

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