I can’t decide what moment of The Crossing Guard is my favorite. I have it narrowed down to two. It’s either the (louder) one at the end, where Jack Nicholson realizes where he is and how he got there, or it’s when I realized Anjelica Huston–who starts the film in a support group–has never spoken […]
Entries Tagged as 'Richard Bradford'
Gold Coast (1997, Peter Weller)
September 13th, 2007 · No Comments
I was going to start saying the amount of Elmore Leonard adaptations had dwindled, peaking after soon Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Jackie Brown. However, it appears Leonard adaptations are a mainstay, whether theatrically or–mostly–on television. Gold Coast actually might not even have come from that period (except David Caruso’s hero is in the […]
Tagged: David Caruso· Elmore Leonard· Harley Peyton· Peter Weller· Richard Bradford· Showtime Networks· ★★
Badge of the Assassin (1985, Mel Damski)
August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Mel Damski, if Badge of the Assassin is any indication, might be the finest TV movie director ever (who never went on to good theatrical films anyway). He understands composition, camera movement, editing–how to let actors do what actors do–beautifully. Badge of the Assassin looks like a TV movie and that description is, thanks in […]
Tagged: CBS Television· James Woods· Lawrence Roman· Mel Damski· Philip Rosenberg· Richard Bradford· Robert K. Tannenbaum· Yaphet Kotto· ★★½
An Enemy of the People (1978, George Schaefer)
July 16th, 2006 · No Comments
Growing up–early, before I’d really seen any movies–I knew Steve McQueen was in The Great Escape (though I hadn’t seen it, I’d seen the motorcycle clip) and I knew he’d gotten his start in The Blob. When I first did get into film, when AMC was still the station to watch, I discovered McQueen had […]
Tagged: Alexander Jacobs· Arthur Miller· Charles Durning· George Schaefer· Henrik Ibsen· Richard A. Dysart· Richard Bradford· Steve McQueen· Warner Bros.· ★★½
The Missouri Breaks (1976, Arthur Penn)
October 7th, 2005 · No Comments
Okay, so I’m a little confused.
How the hell is this film unknown? It’s just now coming out on DVD, but I’d never heard of it until I read something for a film class (six years ago) about Arthur Penn. Penn didn’t survive the 1970s (and it’s not all Target’s fault). Somehow, his films remained known […]
Tagged: Arthur Penn· Jack Nicholson· Kathleen Lloyd· Marlon Brando· Randy Quaid· Richard Bradford· Thomas McGuane· United Artists· ★★★★



