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Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that Joe is the brother of wealthy .. Read more

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  The Long and the Short of It: A Brief History of Running Times

  • 19 Oct 2010

  This week, British audiences (at least the lucky ones) will have a choice between seeing Olivier Assayas’ fascinating thriller Carlos in the original 334 minute cut prepared for French TV (shown out of competition in Cannes) or the director’s theatrical version, which still weighs in at a substantial 165 minutes. You can read our review of the full-length version for some more specific info on that, but it got me thinking about the whole question of running time. Is more always... Read more

  

  The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Ji-woon Kim interview

  • 07 Feb 2009

  Korean director Ji-woon Kim is best known in the west for the small but perfectly formed horror, A Tale of Two Sisters. That's about to change, however, with the release of his latest film, noodle western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, which just happens to have the largest budget of any live action film in Korean history. As the title would suggest, The Good, the Bad, the Weird is a remake of Sergio Leone's spaghetti western masterpiece The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but given an Asian... Read more

  

  This Sporting Life: What Happens When Sports Heroes Act Up?

  • 10 Jun 2009

  This Sporting Life: What Happens When Sports Heroes Act Up? Eric Cantona and Ken Loach. These are not names you would immediately put together. One is a multi-millionaire (surely?) ex footballer, revered by millons of fans; and French. The other is a proud socialist from middle-England (Nuneaton), who has rejected the big money offers; his films are admired but by a relatively small number of committed film buffs. What's more, Ken Loach is a dedicated supporter of Bath FC. I'm guessing there... Read more

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    Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that ...

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