The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch (1969) was the definitive film, and only true epic, by one of Hollywood's greatest directors, Sam Peckinpah; and when it came to movie violence, it set the bar higher tha...
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Critical Essay by Paul Schrader
"The Wild Bunch is simply," says director Sam Peckinpah, "what happens when killers go to Mexico." And in the beleaguered career of Sam Pec...
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Critical Essay by John Simon
[The Wild Bunch is] an important bad film, avoidable by people who want genuine art, but recommended to all those interested in the faltering steps by which the American ...
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When a director has been as condemned and lionized as Sam Peckinpah has, it’s inevitable that the legend obscures the work.
So rather than add to the heap of writing that already exists abou...
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When a director has been as condemned and lionized as Sam Peckinpah has, it’s inevitable that the legend obscures the work.
So rather than add to the heap of writing that already exists abo...
Read more
The American Film Institute's original 1998 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "Casablanca," 1942.3. "The Godfather," 1972.4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.5. "Lawrence of ...
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The American Film Institute's 2007 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "The Godfather," 1972.3. "Casablanca," 1942.4. "Raging Bull," 1980.5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.6...
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As both a gun dealer and an undertaker, Ernie Severino was positioned to serve the Chicago mob in various ways.The soft-spoken 60-year-old testified Thursday in the trial of five reputed mobsters t...
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on December 28 since 1900: 1908 - More than 82,000 people were killed in an earthquake
which reduced Messina, Sicily's se...
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The Chicago Bears know how to make a Super Bowl memorable. They're making this one historic long before it's played. Dissed all season long, Rex Grossman and Co. are heading to the big game for the...
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The Chicago Bears know how to make a Super Bowl memorable. They're making this one historic long before it's played. Dissed all season long, Rex Grossman and Co. are heading to the big game for the...
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The Wild Bunch
Critical Essay by Paul Schrader
Peckinpah\'d5s Obsessions: Aging Men, and Marriage
