Saturday, December 25, 2021

The King's Man

 



Matthew Vaughn's The King's Man is epic and globetrotting but has a distressing mix of tones, and a sudden but narratively propulsive death that enrages, not just because it was unexpected but because the film sacrificed its most interesting character for the sake of legend.

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The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)

    In 1974, PBS broadcast a production of Philip Hayes Dean's The Sty of the Blind Pig, masterfully directed by Ivan Dixon. (A link to...