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Jan 21, 2024 · “John Sayles does not make bad films,” writes Sam in their four-star review of Silver City.The Letterboxd data holds that to be true: Across eighteen feature films, the average rating for Sayles’s filmography is a mighty impressive 3.6 out of five, in a career spanning back to 1980’s Return of the Secaucus Seven.
Sep 28, 2020 · The 1990s was truly Sayles’ decade, beginning with the outstanding City of Hope (1991). Fans of The Wire will be in thrall to the breadth of focus of a single-city film, which was inspired by Altman’s Nashville (1975). With more than 50 principal characters, tangentially connected via a cat’s cradle of interconnected relationships, City ...
Jan 6, 2022 · John Sayles. Jan 17, 2022; Gary McCleery. We're very sad to hear of the passing of Gary McCleery, who was in Baby It's You and Matewan when we first ...
Nov 5, 2013 · For many, John Sayles is the quintessential American independent filmmaker. His 1979 debut Return of the Secaucus Seven immediately established him as a new kind of filmmaker, and along with ...
Sayles: John Milius made a two- or three-episode TV thing about the Spanish-American War [Rough Riders (1997)]. Filmmaker: I would be curious about his perspective. Sayles: Well, he’s a big Teddy Roosevelt fan, so Teddy Roosevelt is the hero of it. Renzi: And he likes a war.
Feb 28, 2023 · John Sayles, though, is the real deal. This is a first-rate historical novel told with wit, verve and a subtle understanding of the mechanics of the genre. Alex Preston is the author of four ...
5 days ago · Released: 1984. Directed by: John Sayles. "The Brother" (Joe Morton) is an alien and escaped slave on the run from his home planet. After he lands in New York City, he tries to adapt to life on the streets of Harlem. Although the Brother is mute, he does have great abilities at fixing machines, and he gets a job.
