Davidlaportephotos·May 4What Greatness Looks LikeIt was late morning when I received the call. I was asked to do a favor and get his client in as soon as possible for a publicity shot. His…
Larrylambert·Jan 1410 Facts About Jack PalanceHe was more than a “low down Yankee liar.”A response icon1A response icon1
Rino Ingenito·Dec 5, 2025“The Iron Silhouette: Jack Palance and the Making of the Western Tough Guy.”How a Coal Miner’s Son Re-forged the Myth of American Ruggedness.A response icon1A response icon1
Colin Edwards·Jul 18, 2025‘Sign of the Pagan’ or — Much Worse (but also much better) than ‘Spartacus’?I love Douglas Sirk. I love sword and sandal movies. Wouldn’t it be cool if Douglas Sirk had made a sword and sandal movie? Wait a minute…
InPicture PalacebyLoren Kantor·Jun 4, 2025The Dramatic Menace of Jack PalanceI worked with Jack Palance in 1992 as a writer on the television series Legends of the West. He was intimidating. His height, sharp…A response icon34A response icon34
Colin Edwards·Mar 29, 2025‘Rulers of the City’ or — Di Leo’s Irresistible Lunacy?Fernando Di Leo was notorious for the attention-grabbing openings of his movies, and ‘Rulers of the City’ (1976) is no exception as we…
InThe Front RowbyLucas Hardwick·Mar 21, 2020Quarantine Film Fest — “The Big Knife” (1955), dir. Robert AldrichI tend to love movies that feel isolated, particularly if they occur in the span of a day or a few hours and especially if they’re in one…
Frank Calvillo·Nov 8, 2017Arrow Heads Vol. 46: True Hollywood Darkness Comes to Light in THE BIG KNIFEThe stuff dreams are made of…and nightmares too.
