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Random Acts of Cinema

Feb 28, 2022

Delmer Daves‘ all-time classic follows a struggling rancher (Van Heflin) who is recruited to transport a dangerous prisoner (Glenn Ford) to a train station, while being tracked by a violent gang of bandits.  But, since it’s a 1950s western, what this movie actually is more of a rumination on what it means to be a...


Feb 21, 2022

Take a deep breath and get ready for the break-neck paced day in the life of ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) and her conniving editor/ex-husband Walter Burns (Cary Grant) as love, life, and breaking the story are all on the line.

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing...


Feb 14, 2022

This movie has a very accurate title. Director Irvin Yeaworth deserves some credit for this.

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (1940).


Feb 7, 2022

We return to the films of Nagisa Ōshima with a surprising erotic/crime thriller/ghost story set in… 19th-century Japan?  Sounds pretty awesome, right?  Well, guess what? (It is.)

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Irvin...