Posts tagged New Hollywood
Sacrifice and the Ending of Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Why Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 remains one of the best superhero movies of all time.

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Essays, Yesterday's CinemaAnton BergstromSpider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, Sam Raimi, Alvin Sargent, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, sacrifice, self-sacrifice, endings, identity, identity crisis, superheroes, The Dark Knight, The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head, ambiguity, New Hollywood, responsibility, romantic loveComment
Review: The Parallax View (1974)
Review: The Parallax View (1974)

As political assassinations once again become routine in America, Alan J. Pakula’s The Parallax View becomes essential viewing.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromAlan J. Pakula, David Giller, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Loren Singer, Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, thriller, conspiracy theory, assassination, political, American politics, brainwashing, The Parallax View, parallax effect, Kuleshov effect, movie within a movie, lone gunman, All the President's Men, Klute, Watergate, paranoia, Paranoia Trilogy, 1970s, New Hollywood, surveillance, conspiracyComment
Review: The Great Escape (1963)
Review: The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape is a hugely entertaining landmark in the prison camp and action team genres.

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(Re)Viewing the Canon, ReviewsAnton BergstromThe Great Escape, John Sturges, James Clavell, W. R. Burnett, Steven McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, WWII, Second World War, prison, prison camp, prisoners of war, war movie, action movie, mission, team, prison camp movie, escape, New Hollywood, classical Hollywood, classic, ensemble castComment