howard hawks

Behind The Scenes: John Wayne, James Caan & Robert Mitchum On The Set Of EL DORADO

The great Howard Hawks‘ 1966 western, El Dorado has one of the great tough guy casts of the 1960s. Starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan, the film is a well crafted western with great turns from the three lead actors. Wayne plays [...]

March 26, 2022

Peter Bogdanovich Dies At The Age Of 82

The great Peter Bogdanovich has died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 82. In a career that included such greats as Targets, The Last Picture Show and What’s Up Doc and Paper Moon, Bogdanovich’s career was the connective tissue between [...]

January 6, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Joe Begos’ VFW

Over the last 10 or 15 years, much has been said and done about the Grindhouse aesthetic. Since Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez unleashed their double-bill feature of Death Proof and Planet Terror 2007, many directors have tried and (mostly) [...]

October 30, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 15, 2021

Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

October is when the nights get darker and more mysterious. It’s the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies as Halloween approaches. Movies In Focus has put together a [...]

October 2, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift & Howard Hawks On The Set Of RED RIVER

Red River follows John Wayne’s Thomas Dunson as he herds cattle on the notorious Chisholm Trail, along the Rio Grande. He is aided by adopted son Matthew (Montgomery Clift), who he met following the death of his betrothed fourteen years before. [...]

July 30, 2021

Notebook Reviews: HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Howard Hawks – 1940 One of the all-time great movies, Howard Hawk’s His Girl Friday is a fast and furious screwball comedy starring (a never better) Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Based on the 1928 play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and [...]

January 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes Image From 1951’s THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

John W. Campbell Jr’s 1938 novella Who Goes There? (originally published under the pseudonym, Don. A. Stuart) was the basis for the 1951 RKO Picture, The Thing From Another World. The plot sees US Air Force men and scientists defending [...]

December 29, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck Directing LIVE BY NIGHT

2016’s Live By Night is a luscious and luminous film. It features some beautiful production design and costumes, creating a vibrant world that echoes nearly a century of wonderful gangster movies. Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Dennis [...]

November 30, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE THING

John Carpenter – 1982 Director John Carpenter delivers a brilliant sci-fi/horror with this update of Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks‘ The Thing From Another World. The Thing is loaded with great performances and brilliant atmosphere. [...]

October 30, 2020

Say Hello To My Little Friend! Al Pacino & Brian De Palma On The Set Of SCARFACE

Switching booze for cocaine and transposing the action from Chicago to Miami, Scarface updates the Howard Hawks/Howard Hughes gangster movie from 1932 and delivers an iconic piece of cinema which has now surpassed the original in terms of legacy. [...]

August 30, 2020

Who Goes There? Do We Need A New Version Of THE THING From John Carpenter & Blumhouse?

The word on the street is that Blumhouse Productions and the mighty John Carpenter are working on reboot of Carpenter’s classic 1982 horror The Thing. Variety is reporting that the film is in the very early stages and there are [...]

August 25, 2020

John Carpenter’s ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

Released in 1976, Assault On Precinct 13 was John Carpenter’s second feature film after the low budget science fiction film Dark Star. The film is a homage to the great Howard Hawks and it’s a riff’s on the director’s 1959 [...]

June 29, 2020

Man Is The Warmest Place To Hide In John Carpenter’s THE THING

If tension is your thing, then John Carpenter’s remake of the 1951 B-movie The Thing From Another World will fit the bill. The Thing paranoia-fuelled sci-fi/horror is exceptional in every way and the snowy landscape creates a wonderful sense of [...]

May 11, 2020

DVD Review: It’s Ford V Ferrari As Matt Damon & Christian Bale Star In LE MANS ’66

James Mangold’s Le Mans ’66 (aka Ford V Ferrari) is a hugely entertaining sports drama which delivers on all levels. Matt Damon and Christian Bale excel as Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, the car designer and driver who join the Ford [...]

March 29, 2020

Review: Joe Begos’ VFW Is A Bad-Ass, Bone-Crunching Beat E’m Up

February 15, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Brian De Palma’s SCARFACE

“Say hello to my little friend!” The general belief is that remakes are a very bad thing. Yes, sometimes that is true, but other times that is Scarface. Written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma, this remake of the the [...]

November 4, 2019

Review: John Carpenter’s THE FOG Is A Classic Ghost Story

October 16, 2018

Review: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Is A Muscular Gangster Thriller

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls – Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama. This adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel is a love letter to Warner Bros’ golden age of gangster movies [...]

January 16, 2017

Blu-ray Review: John Wayne In Howard Hawks’ RED RIVER

Howard Hawks westerns are always about men. They deal with the complex relationship between them and how they exist in a world of difficulties. Red River is no different; it’s a sprawling epic tale starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift that [...]

October 12, 2013

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