i hate valentine 's day is a 2009 romantic comedy film written and directed by nia vardalos .

the film stars vardalos and john corbett , previously seen together in vardalos ' hit 2002 film my big fat greek wedding .

the film was released on july 3 , 2009 , by ifc films .

i hate valentine ' s day

i hate valentine ' s day <EOT> why i hate valentine ' s day and what to do about it . - australian traveller

and now - - too soon - - comes " i hate valentine ' s day . "

you know the obvious stuff . you know the main reasons to hate valentine’s day .

nia vardalos , left , directs and stars in " i hate valentine ' s day " with john corbett .

we have valentine’s day . we don’t hate our partner . we love our partner . and we hate that this distinction is sometimes lost .

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maybe instead , it ' s time to take a second to examine why you hate valentine ' s day so much .

for " i hate valentine ' s day , " though , vardalos has chosen to direct . and that ' s a mistake that only compounds the ones in her screenplay .

but i hate valentines day . it’s more than just the rampant commercialisation – it’s the crap that carries on around it . here are the three worst things that happen on the day .

john corbett and nia vardallos are also a couple in my big fat greek wedding 2 . ian gomez , nia ' s real life husband also appears in i hate valentine ' s day and both fat greek wedding films .

i recently did one for my mum and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary and it was cheap and relatively painless . i used

i absolutely love valentine ' s day . it ' s my favorite holiday of the year . tons of people hate it , but those people are jaded and possibly allergic to candy conversation hearts . instead of hating on the fete d ' amour , they should just focus their loathing on the worst part of v - day : the valentine ' s day prix fixe menu .

in conclusion : remain calm . you are loved . valentine ' s day is not your enemy .

it seemed unlikely that vardalos could star in a movie flatter or more desultory than my life in ruins . but she ' s outdone herself with i hate valentine ' s day , which she not only wrote but directed , in addition to starring .

because hate , like love , takes work . if you don’t nurture your hate , keep it fresh , keep it spontaneous , soon you will feel nothing at all .

another reason people hate on v - day is the more obvious one — if you ' re single ( # represent ) , you may hate seeing all the couples in relationships " rub it in your face " by existing on valentine ' s day . you feel lonely . you feel upset with yourself . and that notion makes me sad for you , because if that ' s why you hate the day , then you ' ve got it all wrong . valentine ' s day isn ' t just about romantic love — it ' s about all kinds of love . the love you have for your family , for your friends , for your dog , for the cheese lady at the deli who sometimes sneaks in a free sample for you , for yourself . you have so many people in your life to be thankful for , who shaped you into the person you are today . this day is about all of them . maybe try celebrating the day by being mindful of that , and you ' ll find that you don ' t actually hate valentine ' s day . you hate your mistaken idea of what valentine ' s day represents .

ok , so i am a guy but people tell me i am not too bad on the romance stakes . the wife says it’s a bit inconsistent – it’s not daily .

do you say “happy valentine’s day” to people at work ? if so , is that sexual harassment ? and how about with family members–do you say happy valentine’s day to your aunt , your cousin ? only the finest of lines separates etiquette and incest .

it all happens in one day . everyone wants delivery on the day and everyone wants it early .

“i had been dating this guy for a couple of months and things were clearly going nowhere . i was planning on breaking up with him before valentine’s day but he made such a big deal about celebrating it with me that i figured i’d give it a couple of days . after all , he wasn’t that bad . on valentine’s day we went out for dinner and had a blast . at the end of the night he finally said , “i want to give you your gift already ! ” i felt bad because i didn’t get him anything , so with a lot of hesitation i agreed to see what it was . he had tattooed my initials on his arm ! i took one look at it and freaked out . i told him right then and there that we could no longer date , as our feelings were clearly not mutual . he didn’t take it very well and to this day has my initials tattooed on his arm as a reminder of how awful a person i was to him . ” —melissa , 39

" i hate valentine’s day” is a romantic comedy with one peculiarity : the heroine is stark , staring mad . i will tell you how i arrived at this diagnosis . genevieve has an unbreakable policy regarding men : five dates , and she’s out the door . she even specifies exactly what each of the dates must be like , leading up to no . 5 , during which she doesn’t say so , but going all the way is a possibility .

that ' s a shame , because i wanted " i hate valentine ' s day " to be better . we could use a decent romantic comedy , and , speaking of " decent , " give vardalos some credit there : even when other date flicks stooped to raunchy gags , she ' s always worked clean . forget that pg - 13 rating ; this is a film you can take your young daughter to .

prices - on valentine ' s day a florist ' s rose prices double , of course we cannot double our prices so we work on a much slimmer margin .

they’re everywhere . “ways to find love on valentine’s day ! ” “100 ways to bag a man on valentine’s day ! ” you can’t go to the grocery store without seeing these top 10 lists everywhere . and you know the worst offenders ? the top 10 lists that pretend to be cynical of valentine’s day , yet still here they are , gobbling up more space , wasting your time . oh , wait .

" i hate valentine ' s day " movie review - - the ancient greeks used to tell the story of sisyphus , who was fated to roll an enormous boulder to the top of a mountain - - only to have it slip away just as he neared the top . it ' s a story nia vardalos can probably understand .

“i had recently gained a couple of pounds and was feeling super insecure about it . my husband of six years decided he wanted to help and so for valentine’s day he got me a gym membership and a juicer . let’s just say i didn’t talk to him for a couple of days ! ” —denise , 46

“one year , the guy i was dating made it seem like he forgot about valentine’s day . he didn’t make any romantic gestures when i saw him in the morning , and then decided to go to chipotle with his guy friends for lunch . it wasn’t until late in the afternoon when he dropped off some flowers—and they were basic flowers . i don’t even think we had a dinner or anything ( even though we lived in the same building ) and we were dating for about ten months at that point . i also love valentine’s day and cheesy , romantic gestures ( which he knew ) , so i was pretty bummed . ” —sarah , 23

“he got mad at me because i didn’t want to go out with him and five of his idiot friends to smoke weed and go to the chinese buffet . he forgot it was valentine’s day . ” —cat , 30

“my husband and i had only been married for about three years when he was forced to work a last - minute job away from home . back then there were no cell phones , so i was left home alone on valentine’s day without an explanation . i was hurt , angry , and worried all at the same time . the next night he came home with a gift that he saw at a store on his way… a dozen artificial bright orange roses . my reception of this bouquet was not what he expected . i took one look and realized it was an arrangement for a cemetery marker ! let’s make sure we never confuse valentine’s day and memorial day . ” —stephanie , 59

and if i haven ' t sold you , and you really and genuinely hate valentine ' s day , at least be cool about it . maybe avoid going on facebook that day . don ' t put yourself in a situation where you know you ' re going to be miserable or make other people around you miserable . you do you , the same way the non - valentine ' s day haters are doing them . stay in your lane , or better yet , don ' t bother getting on the road at all that day . it ' s one damn day of the year , you can put your big kid pants on and wait to complain about your # singlewoes until tomorrow .

but that’s just it : february 14 is weighed down by unrealistically high expectations , and some guys don’t always hit the nail on the head . so we , and the folks over at wp diamonds , asked women about the worst things guys have done to royally screw up valentine’s day . it’s to be expected : finding her a valentine’s day gift she’ll actually love , especially after the holidays , can be tricky . plus , it totally depends on the type of women you’re spending it with . some women actually hate valentine’s day —but if you know she’s expecting a romantic night out , consider this your go - to list of things not to do this year .

i heard horrible reviews for this , but honestly it ' s not that bad . when you go into a movie called mothers day , released mother ' s day week , you really shouldn ' t be too shocked about what you get . i hate cloying in a movie , and luckily this one only falls into that a few times . the racism from the older parents towards their daughters indian husband had me cringing more really . it ' s not a movie i will be watching over and over . it is pretty disposable as movies go with the expected amount of predictability . but for a movie to take my mother to on mother ' s day , which she very much enjoyed , i give it three stars .

genevieve is a woman beloved by all who encounter her , when in real life , i would be terrified of her . she is considered a source of great wisdom about romance , although dr . phil might advise protective custody . in “i hate valentine’s day , ” she runs the cutest little florist shop in brooklyn and dispenses invaluable advice to men uncertain about a valentine’s day gift ( flowers ) . she has two gay assistants who think she is about the best thing since maria callas . and this cute guy opens a tapas bar next door , named get on tapas , haha .

i recommend mother ' s day to no one , unless you happen to despise your mother and are looking for a passive - aggressive way to communicate your loathing to her .

roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…

there are also , however , some additional reasons to hate this “holiday , ” some new ways to fuel your spite .

" v for vendetta " what better way to forget about valentine ' s day than a movie about a fascist government and a vigilante ? there is no better way .

" the shining " you ' ll be happy you ' re not married to a psycho lunatic who ' s trying to kill you and your family after watching this . happy valentine ' s day to you .

in " i hate valentine ' s day " nia vardalos stars as genevieve , a romantic , carefree florist . she loves romance but keeps her relationships short with a " five date " rule . her theory is tested when her whirlwind romance with greg ( corbett ) , the charming new restaurateur in town , reaches the end of their fifth date , and she realizes she wants more .

reds , pinks , flashing hearts , neon flowers , winking cupids . christ . can we just all take it down a notch ? valentine’s day makes pawn shops look classy .

i ' m single , too . and i get it . it feels bad when nobody ' s paying attention to you . i could demonstrate my understanding of this by taking you all the way back to the 15 - plus years of my formerly shy self ' s " pay attention to me " complex that ultimately led to a doomed theater career in high school and less doomed grown up career broadcasting my personal life on the internet , but i ' m saving it for my sh * tty memoir anyway . what i ' m really here to talk about is valentine ' s day , specifically to clear up a few things for the haters on what exactly this holiday is about .

valentine’s day is fast approaching , so you might already be scheming up the perfect gift or date night for whoever is lucky enough to spend the day with you . flowers ? of course . chocolate ? even better . jewelry ? freaking nailed it .

" he got game " this spike lee movie will have you forget that it ' s even valentine ' s day at all . denzel washington plays a basketball star ' s father who ends up in prison after accidentally killing his wife during a domestic violence dispute .

are the guys i reckon who do a grand jpob of the theatre / arts package .

feb . 14 , otherwise known as single ' s awareness day ( sad ) or more popularly known as " valentine ' s day , " is upon us . but , whatever . either way , here are some things to watch if you loathe all the love and hearts and crap . enjoy .

we just checked the “the runaway valentine” out from our ilrbary and i think its hysterical ! have you seen “sweet hearts” by jan carr ? it’s the nicest little rhyming book about a young panda hiding valentine’s cards for his parents to find — “one heart on the bathroom mirror , one heart in a shoe , one heart by my mommy’s mug , to tell her ‘i love you’ –it is too cute and my daughter ( 3 ) just adores it ! we plan on doing this on feb . 14 to surprise our “daddy panda , ” heehee ! will we be seeing any silly eagle book crafts to go along with valentine’s day ? !

" mother ' s day " is the latest star studded ensemble comedy from director garry marshall ( " pretty woman , " " valentine ' s day " ) . bringing together jennifer aniston , kate hudson and julia roberts along with jason sudeikis , it ' s a celebration of mothers everywhere . this big - hearted comedy invites us all to enjoy the laughter , tears and love as three generations come together in the week leading up to mother ' s day .

" mother ' s day " is a total mess , but what ' s truly offensive is that they didn ' t even try to make this cynical , post - sunday brunch cash grab even remotely watchable . your mom deserves so much better this mother ' s day .

mother ' s day might be trying to show how diverse and progressive it is in representing every kind of family , but it ' s a laugh track away from three ' s company levels of subterfuge .

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“last year , i met someone on tinder who i thought was pretty cool and it just so happened that our first date was to be on valentine’s day . i was super excited because we were going to this new restaurant in my neighborhood that i had been dying to try . we were to meet there at 8 p . m . i got dressed up for the first time in ages and drove to the restaurant . he had made reservations under his name and so the hostess walked me over to our table . when i got there , a woman was already sitting at the table . i looked at the hostess with confusion and asked her if she was sure that this was our table . she smiled , nodded , and walked away . turns out my tinder date had a wife . she found out about the date he had set up and came in his place instead . needless to say , i will never use tinder ever again ! ” —erica , 27

vinegar valentine ' s card , c1875 . shows a miserable woman holding several books : ' pray do you ever mend your clothes , or comb your hair ? well , i suppose you ' ve got no time , for people , say , you ' re reading novels all the day . '

valentine’s day is known as a time for people to send love notes , including anonymous ones signed “your secret admirer . ” but during the victorian era and the early 20th century , february 14 was also a day on which unlucky victims could receive “vinegar valentines” from their secret haters .

like valentine’s day . thanks to february 14 th –and the movies needed to feed that beast–hollywood execs sit around meetings , munching on tuna sandwiches , saying things like , “i’m visualizing… kate hudson . she’s a lawyer , cute and spunky , like ally mcbeal . and even though she’s one of the 100 sexiest actresses on the planet , she can never find a date–because she’s , ah , clumsy . oh ! and she wears glasses ! one day she meets mr . right… . only he’s… the opposing counsel ! now all we need’s a title . jimmy , whattya got ? trial of the heart ? make it happen ! ”

it’s a victory of style over substance the public song and dance for valentines day is often more about each member of the relationship proudly showing off at the water cooler the next day . its meaningless in reality .

shirley walks out of the office with lou , her new boss . dawn brings her things into joan ' s office , and sits down in joan ' s chair as the new director of personnel . jim and roger take the elevator downstairs together , and jim tells him , " i ' d hate to think of you as an adversary " .

because that ' s just it , and say it with me now : this day is not about us single folk . plot twist — this day isn ' t even about people in relationships ! this day is about love . and quite honestly , all your whining is wrecking it for everyone .

and who could blame them ? just as card makers today sell valentines targeted for siblings , in - laws , grandparents , or pets , manufacturers during valentine’s day’s heyday saw these insulting messages as a way to make money , and it’s clear that consumers liked what they were selling . according to the writer ruth webb lee , by the mid - 19th century , vinegar valentines represented about half of all valentine sales in the u . s .

this was not as bad as i thought it would be . comfortable predictable yet still enjoyable to watch .

i get that it ' s cool to be cynical now . it ' s a fun thing we all do — to get a laugh , to protect our egos , to take our rightful place as the april ludgate of the office . you ' re the antis , you ' re ~ cool ~ , you ' re subversive , blah blah blah . only it ' s not subversive . take a look around , haters . the anti - valentine ' s day movement is hella louder than the actual holiday , and i am drawing my line in the metaphorical sand .

" the big short " yaaassss , wealthy wall street white men take advantage of the nation ' s collapsing housing industry and make even more millions . yay capitalism . this movie will probably direct your hatred of valentine ' s day elsewhere and for a better cause .

people sent vinegar valentines as far back as at least 1840 . back then , they were called “mocking , ” “insulting , ” or “comic” valentines—“vinegar” seems to be a modern description . they were especially popular during the mid - 19th century , when both the u . s . and britain caught valentine’s day fever , a time talked about as “a valentine’s craze or valentine’s mania , ” pollen says . “the press was always talking about this phenomena … these were new , kind of mind - boggling quantities , these millions and millions of cards , ” both sweet and sour .

you think you’ve got issues . my valentine date got run down by a kangaroo ! urltoken

don drops sally off at school , and as she leaves the car , she wishes him a " happy valentine ' s day " and tells him that she loves him . don watches as she walks up the steps of her dormitory .

joan has moved dawn from outside lou ' s office to reception so meredith is now lou ' s secretary . bert walks into joan’s office , displeased with the new arrangement . “i’m all for the national advancement of colored people , but i don’t believe people should advance all the way to the front , ” he says . he orders joan to switch the secretaries around again but dawn or shirley cannot be at reception .

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men were not immune to the vinegar valentine attacks , like this one mocking a bald guy in 1907 .

this vinegar valentine from the late 19th century calls out a terrible singer . from the strong museum of play .

a rare vinegar valentine from the 1860s points out the grim reality of a physician visiting the civil war battlefield .

several cards from this 1940s vinegar valentine series suggests that the recipient kill his or herself for some small offense .

we still have nightmares . we’re still scarred . in school we had to scrawl out stupid notes and put them in a girl’s locker , where , usually , we would be humiliated by rejection or actually get stuffed in the locker ourselves . ( that happened to everyone else too , right ? right ? ) and now we have valentine’s day e - cards . awesome . i’d rather have more spam about low home mortgages , penis enlargement , or erectile dysfunction . at least those are meant to solve problems .

first of all , who are any of us to police the harmless things other people enjoy ? yeah , i get it . it ' s a commercialized holiday , it ' s a waste of money , all that tired old jazz . but some people like it . some people enjoy the dumb cards and the fancy restaurants and the sappy declarations of love . you being aggressive about how much you hate them for it isn ' t going to make it go away , but more to the point — they don ' t deserve that . they didn ' t do anything to you , and their enjoyment of the holiday isn ' t doing anything to you . your anger at them comes from some reflection of yourself and your own circumstances that has nothing to do with people who are happy on valentine ' s day .

although scholars don’t know how many of them were sent as a joke—the someecards of their day—or how many were meant to harm , it is clear that some people took their message seriously . in 1885 , london’s pall mall gazette reported that a husband shot his estranged wife in the neck after receiving a vinegar valentine that he could tell was from her . pollen also says there was a report of someone committing suicide after receiving an insulting valentine—not completely surprising , considering that’s exactly what some of them suggested .

in the sc & p elevator , peggy tries to convince stan and michael to work late when they remind her it ' s valentine ' s day . they then tease her about her lack of a date . michael jokes that peggy ' s calendar for the day reads , " masturbate gloomily " . they approach peggy ' s office and she notices a vase of dozen red roses . she assumes they are from ted and takes them into her office . meanwhile , peggy is first flattered by the roses then becomes upset . she calls moira , ted ' s secretary , leaves a stilted message for ted about the loss of a made - up account that is supposed to convey that ted ' s flowers won ' t fix things with peggy . " there’s nothing more you can do , " peggy declares . " the account is lost . " moira asks which client she’s talking about and peggy says ted will know .

must settle down sometime , but won ' t throw himself away too early . vinegar valentine ' s card , 19th century . shows a haggard whiskered man leaning against a bar , smoking .

vinegar valentine ' s card , c1875 . shows a young woman throwing a bucket of water at a man . bears message : ' here ' s a pretty cool reception , at least you ' ll say there ' s no deception , it says as plain as it can say , old fellow you ' d best stop away . '

well i reckon a photo book is pretty darn special these days – organising digital photos is such a pain , that the photo book is a decent solution .

vinegar valentine ' s card , c1875 . shows a man bearing a picture of a heart struck by arrows and the title ' pity a poor wounded heart ' . bears message : ' tis said you share your love with many . but i believe you have not any at least enough to give away . you keep it for yourself they say . '

" sinister " you might not want to watch this alone - - or maybe you do . we don ' t know your life . a true - crime author finds home movies that show the murder he ' s researching is the work of a serial killer from a long time ago . this one is actually pretty scary and has a few twists . definitely anti - valentine ' s day .

" mississippi damned " nothing is as anti - valentine ' s as a depressing movie about three poor black kids from rural mississippi who witness violence , drug abuse and addiction on a constant basis .

it’s almost like a scoreboard for women – the size of the bouquet is a measure of the women’s ability to garner the devotion of some guy .

“we ended up breaking up the next month . he bought me nothing and i bought him indians home opener tickets . ( it’s not about the gifts , but still , cough up some chocolate or something , homeboy . ) ” —brielle , 22

where ignorance is bliss , ' tis folly to be wise . vinegar valentine ' s card , 19th century . shows a shy woman in black . bears message : ' why maiden why , are you so very shy ? pray don ' t imagine for a moment i , am on the point of making love to you , for you are much mistaken if you do . '

" all good things " this movie starts out great and lovey enough with a couple in love , but things take a turn for the worst when they can ' t seem to make their marriage work . so even if you were in a relationship and happy this valentine ' s day , chances are it probably wouldn ' t work anyways so yeah .

write you down an ass ? tis done sir . vinegar valentine ' s card , 19th century . shows a man in black holding a picture of another man . bears message : ' oh what a pretty valentine , and so like you , friend of mine for every one says you ' re an ass , and other donkeys quite surpass . '

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when it comes to wedding ceremonies and officiants , it’s a brave new world .

there ' s an establishing shot of the manhattan skyline showing the empire state building lit up in blue and green . any new yorker knows that around valentines day , the empire state building would be lit up all red .

you like love . you’re a lover . and you don’t mind showing expressions of your love . for example , you relax on the couch by yourself , giving your partner the gift of space , the gift of silence , the gift of solitude . but you mind the goddamn love tax . on valentine’s day , you’re forced to buy roses and junk , otherwise you’ll get an audit ( “why didn’t you buy me flowers ? ” ) tax day comes twice a year , and both times it sucks .

getting her to watch , though - - that ' s a different matter . " i don ' t know , " my bored 15 - year - old daughter muttered half an hour in . " i don ' t think this is going to go anywhere . " critics ' children . they ' re so jaded . so right , too . stephen whitty may be reached at swhitty @ urltoken or ( 212 ) 790 - 4435 .

what ' s the difference between england , britain and the u . k . ?

it’s unimaginative beyond the commercialisation , it’s a manifestation of the most unimaginative lazy effort in a relationship imaginable . anyone who goes all out on valenitines day is , to me , not worth being in a relationship with . they do not have the personal fortitude to act in any imaginative way . they are nothing but sheep .

if you like your films light and bright , without pause for any of the authentically raw emotions that would naturally be associated with any one of these story lines , then go on , take your mum and go see mother ' s day .

why do we fall for it every year ? it feels like speed dating at a wedding reception . restaurants raise their prices , limit their choices , and treat the night like a catering job . and they get away with it because they know that we ' re easy marks on valentine ' s day . we ' re looking to impress our significant others and we think going to the big name restaurant is going to be soooo impressive . it ' s not . it ' s usually quite disappointing . in fact , you ' d be much better off finding some small , out - of - the - way place that doesn ' t even acknowledge that february 14th happens to be a holiday . or , better yet , you should just stay home and cook dinner together this year . you ' ll save money , you won ' t have to deal with the arcane restrictions of the dreaded valentine ' s day prix fixe menu , and you ' ll only be steps away from the bedroom . it ' s a victory for all parties involved .

valentine ' s day . all of which is fitting as the owner of roses for romance , a quaint flower shop in the heart of a friendly brooklyn , ny neighborhood . her one problem is that she hates relationships . having been hurt numerous times in the past when it comes to matters of the heart , genevieve keeps herself happy by not letting any one man in . dating is ( more… )

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the story : vardalos plays genevieve , a florist in brooklyn who has a rule about men - - no more relationships . it ' s a daddy thing , related to her father deserting her mother - - which would make sense if it had happened when she was 12 . as it turns out , dad fled when genevieve was 25 ( which raises a whole other set of issues , but i ' m making way more out of this ill - considered plot point than i should ) .

once upon a time , couples planned their big romantic celebration around needlessly expensive jewelry and going to their favorite restaurant . there ' d be a little wine , some good food ( the ever - sexy chicken a la king , perhaps ) , and maybe even a roving violinist if they were lucky . now , valentine ' s day at restaurants has turned into a factory experience . it goes something like this :

manhattan , a day before valentine ' s day . genevieve owns a flower shop and has a personal dating rule : a limit of five dates with a man to avoid a relationship - - she loves the romance part but not the drama of what comes later . she ' s upbeat and perky about the trumped up holiday , though that ' s the nature of her personality . greg buys a restaurant nearby her shop , they decide to date . ( this after he buys roses for his girlfriend on valentine ' s day , and tries to be romantic at genevieve ' s suggestion : sneak into her apartment and leave them for her . . . but there he found her in bed with someone else , we ' re told . ) the couple end up doing the first three dates just fine , and on the fourth , she sleeps over , and he stops calling . not pleased with that , she confronts him , and he ' s counting the sleepover and subsequent day spent in bed and dates four and five , and she won ' t admit to him or herself that ( a ) she likes him beyond the five date rule , and ( b ) the multi - day togetherness wasn ' t a fifth date in her book . she lets the relationship fizzle out , though is miserable with that decision . nearly a year later , he decides to go for the grand gesture , bringing out things that are not comfortable for her ( like a red dress ) and he sings karaoke - style to her ( outside his comfort zone ) , with backup by a bunch of people they know , with the finale being everyone arranging themselves in the shape of a heart from her vantage point of her upstairs apartment window ; she calls him upstairs .

back at sc & p , lou calls joan and dawn into his office . he is angry that he had to deal with sally , and blames dawn , whose time is split between don and him . " i want my own girl , " he says to joan , adding that dawn should have been there to deal with sally . dawn stands up for herself , reminding lou that she skipped lunch to buy a gift for his wife . " if you had been thoughtful enough to get her a gift when i told you about it ten days ago , i would’ve been here , ” she points out . a sputtering lou counters , “don’t you understand ? it’s not my problem . ” joan agrees to switch the secretaries for him .

don has lunch with dave wooster from wells rich greene . dave mentions the rumors he has heard about what happened with don . “i don’t know what the truth is , and i don’t really care , " he tells don . he offers him a position at wells rich and green , but don assures him that he still has a job and also a non - compete clause . he insists he is not looking for another position .

" it follows " this movie is about a weird supernatural being that follows you and tries to kill you and the only way to get rid of it is if you have sex with someone . so i guess that ' s a good way to be happy about probably not getting any on this special love holiday .

vinegar valentine ' s card , c1875 . shows a drunken man holding on to a lamp post . bears message : ' the kiss of the bottle is your heart ' s delight , and fuddled you reel home to bed every night , what care you for damsels , no matter how fair ! apart from your liquor , you ' ve no love to spare . '

even if stars jennifer aniston , julia roberts and kate hudson are mom ' s all - time favorites , don ' t subject her to this cloying , plotless dose of saccharine unless she ' s done you wrong .

“my ex sent his mom out with $ 20 and told her to get me stuff . i got all this junk candy and a cheap plushy rose that he told me was better than a real one because it would never die . he handed it all to me in a plastic bag , tags and all . meanwhile , i had bought him a new , fancy wristwatch because he was always running late , and wrapped it up real nice . at least he enjoyed the exchange . ” —rebekah , 24

back in california , pete surprises bonnie at the house she is showing and attempts to convince her to leave work early to they can spend valentine ' s day togehter . when bonnie refuses , pete vents about the lost chevrolet account . she reminds pete that they are both in sales , and are both at the mercy of higher - ups . bonnie tells him a story about a house she sold to " some okies " that burned down while in escrow , and describes it as an act of god . “our fortunes are in other people’s hands and we have to take them , ” she tells him . pete agrees to let bonnie finish her work .

don and sally stop for petrol and a meal . she is still pouting , so he explains why he lost his job . “i said the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong time . i told the truth about myself , but it wasn’t the right time , ” he explains and assures her that she knows the truth about him . sally asks if he still loves megan , he says yes . then sally asks why he doesn’t just tell megan that he doesn’t want to move to california . don doesn ' t have an answer for her .

apart from the pretty faces and the challenges of raising kids , there ' s nothing really that would connect with any of us .

trippy indie madeline ' s madeline is the movie that lakeith stanfield and boots riley from sorry to bother you want to see the most .

vinegar valentine ' s card , c1875 . shows a middle aged woman looking at a drawing of a cat in female dress . bears message : ' why do they call you a nasty old cat , and say many things a deal ruder than that , ' tis from envy perhaps of your manifold graces , how would it not please you to claw in their faces ' .

meet genevieve ( nia vardalos ) . she loves romance . she loves flowers . she loves valentine ' s day . all of which is fitting as the owner of roses for romance , a quaint flower shop in the heart of a friendly brooklyn neighborhood . her one problem : she hates relationships . having been hurt numerous times , genevieve keeps herself happy by not letting any man in . dating is a game to her , a game she is very good at . genevieve doesn ' t get dumped and never gets hurt , because she doesn ' t stick around long enough for things to get ugly . then she meets greg ( john corbett ) .

basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …

tutored in several european languages for hours on end and strapped to a steel rod for posture , consuelo vanderbilt ' s childhood was anything but easy .

the waiter comes around to take your order . you get three courses and two options per course . choose wisely , but don ' t worry , they ' re not going to be nearly as good as anything you can get on a regular night in the same restaurant . when the food is served - - all at the same time , banquet - style - - you notice that your fish is cold . that ' s because it was prepared on a huge baking sheet with all of the other fish and then sat under a malfunctioning heatlamp until the beef was ready . you try to find your waiter to send back your fish . he ' s nowhere to be found - - until it ' s time for the check . when you do see the check , you ' re shocked to realize that every course is $ 10 more than you would have paid on any other night here . no time to protest , though , because all the checks are dropped at the same time and you better pay up , pal , because the 8 o ' clock crowd is almost here and you ' re in their seats . happy valentine ' s day , sucker !

one tired reason i hear a lot is because it ' s so " commercialized " . my answer to that is : ok , and so is literally every other holiday we have , and hating everything is going to get very exhausting at some point . the " commercial world " is entirely optional to you . the people who are spending their money aren ' t somehow undermining the true meaning of love by " succumbing " to commercialism . they ' re just doing what makes them happy , the same way not spending money on a holiday you dislike makes you happy . everybody ' s happy ! you see how this isn ' t really a thing at all ?

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roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the " 11th hour " series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .

before these mass - produced cards hit the market , people had hand made their own valentines , both sentimental and vinegar ( so far , the historical examples of nicer valentines predate the meaner ones ) . pollen argues that although manufacturers didn’t invent vinegar valentines , they expanded upon them . in barry shank’s book on greeting cards and american business culture , he writes that vinegar valentines “were a part of the valentine craze from the earliest years of its commercialization . ”

in 1910s , an anonymous postcard might berate a couple , if the woman were perceived as dominating the man . the same sort of arguments were made against women’s suffrage .

meanwhile , sally is smoking a cigarette with her friends in a dorm room at her private school . they are making plans for their classmate sarah ' s mother ' s funeral in new york tomorrow . they plan to skip the burial and go shopping in greenwich village . sally’s friend carol states that sarah won ' t be back at school until easter and that she wishes her own mother would die . sally adds she would stay at school until 1975 if she could " get betty in the ground . "

what happened ? someone fell asleep at the switch . look at our school systems . boys and girls are encouraged to give these chalky , heart - shaped candies to all the other boys and girls , sending pre - inscribed messages like “i love u” and “b mine . ” does no one else find this appalling ? is this the future of the united states–a nation of whores ?

printers mass - produced valentine cards that ranged from the expensive , ornate , and sentimental kind to the vinegar variety , which were cheap . “they were designed to expand this holiday into something that could include a whole range of different people and a whole range of different emotions , ” she says .

it ' s a tad unfortunate to see aniston hamming it up to the high heavens , doing what she has been doing in rom - coms since , well , forever .

let’s assume conservatively that genevieve started dating when she was 20 , and that she has met on average three men a year willing to accept her strictures . and that after completing all the requirements , half of them have triumphantly arrived at home plate . given her age , which a gentlemen does not mention , that works out to 39 sex partners . according to surveys reported by abc news and the new york times , which i don’t necessarily believe , the average american woman has between four and seven sex partners in a lifetime . that means genevieve is not only an obsessive - compulsive , but a nympho .

peggy lies on the sofa in her office , drinking . shirley informs her that moira is on the phone for her . “tell her to tell ted i have no intention of talking to him today , ” peggy orders . she marches out to shirley’s desk and places the roses on her desk , complaining they smell " like an italian funeral . " then , peggy decides she wants to throw the flowers away because they’re “cursed” . shirley finally blurts out that they are from her fiancé . “you have a ring on , ” snaps peggy , holding back tears . “we all know you’re engaged . you did not have to embarrass me . ”

based in los angeles , jason kessler has written for television shows such as nbc ' s the office , true jackson , vp on nickelodeon , and the mtv movie awards . photo by matt armendariz .

you walk into the restaurant at your designated time . i hope you like eating at 6pm , because the 8pm seating was full a month ago . since every reservation in the entire place is for the exact same time , you have to fight to get the host ' s attention to even get to your table . finally , you are seated at a table for two in a long row of identical tables for two . unfortunately , the restaurant has shoved the tables so close together that you feel like you ' re eating on benches in a school cafeteria . get to know your neighbors now because you ' re going to be hearing their conversation for the rest of your allotted two hours .

it ' s fine that the makeshift trilogy ( please , let it only be a trilogy ) is a simple - minded ode to love meant to send everyone home happy . so why doesn ' t it actually send anyone home happy ?

back at sc & p , shirley and dawn meet up in the coffee room . shirley is upset because the roses were actually meant for her , from her fiance charlie . she asks dawn for advice on how to get her roses back . dawn tells shirley to keep her mouth shut about it if she wants to keep her job . for an example , dawn mentions that don hasn’t told his wife he’s on leave . “keep pretending . that’s your job , ” she shrugs .

the story casts the actress as a never - married florist who keeps relationships at bay with a strict five - date limit . that way , she reasons , there ' s never a chance of getting really involved - - or really hurt .

sold in the united states and britain , these cards featured an illustration and a short line or poem that , rather than offering messages of love and affection , insulted the recipient . they were used as an anonymous medium for saying mean things that its senders wouldn’t dare say to someone’s face—a concept that may sound familiar to today’s readers . scholar annebella pollen , who has written an academic paper on vinegar valentines , says that people often ask her whether these cards were an early form of “trolling . ”

that ' s the story , and vardalos has tried to jazz it up a bit by casting john corbett - - her hunky suitor from " my big fat greek wedding " - - as the restaurateur and friend rachel dratch as one of her pals .


the mysterious rider is a 1933 american pre-code western film directed by fred allen and written by harvey gates and robert n. lee .

the film stars kent taylor , lona andre , berton churchill , irving pichel , warren hymer , gail patrick and cora sue collins .

the film was released on january 20 , 1933 , by paramount pictures .

the mysterious rider ( 1933 film )

the mysterious rider ( 1933 film ) <EOT> no other videos have been filed under the fighting phantom ( the mysterious rider ) as of yet .

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when the west was young a reissue of heritage of the desert . 1933 .

mysterious rider , the year : 1921 studio : hodkinson director : benjamin b . hampton featured players : claire adams , carl gantvoort , robert mckim , james mason

1933 : buffalo stampede : above youtube video . can also be found at internet archive

the film ' s scenes of the buffalo herds were filmed in yellowstone national park .

review : a remake of the 1933 film has a somewhat different plot . dumbrille , wrongly accused of murder , redeems himself after hayden tries to cheat homesteaders out of their land . this time the bad guy fools the innocent farmers by having them sign their contracts… ( more )

man of the forest year : 1933 studio : paramount director : henry hathaway featured players : randolph scott , verna hillie , harry carey , noah beery , sr .

under the tonto rim year : 1933 studio : paramount director : henry hathaway featured players : stuart erwin , verna hillie , fred kohler , sr . , raymond hatton

wild horse mesa year : 1933 studio : paramount director : henry hathaway featured players : randolph scott , sally blane , jim thorpe , fred kohler , sr .

a remake of the 1933 film has a somewhat different plot . dumbrille , wrongly accused of murder , redeems himself after hayden tries to cheat homesteaders out of their land . this time the bad guy fools the innocent farmers by having them sign their contracts in invisible ink . the story works well and there ' s some good photography , though this still is nothing . . . read more

this is one of 20 zane grey stories , filmed by paramount in the 1930s , which they sold to favorite films for re - release , circa 1950 - 1952 . the failure of paramount , the original copyright holder , to renew the film ' s copyright resulted in it falling into public domain , meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a vhs / dvd copy of the film . therefore , many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely ( and usually badly ) edited and / or of extremely poor quality , having been duped from second - or third - generation ( or more ) copies of the film .

you can savor the performances of james stewart and john wayne , co - starring alongside each other in a western for the first time , or lee marvin , a man seemingly born to play ruthless and brutal heavy types ; you can relish the supporting efforts by the film’s excellent secondary cast , which includes the likes of woody strode , john carradine , lee van cleef and edmond o’brien . but the names , big and small alike , all fall under the umbrella of ford , who asserts himself as the film’s true principal with the authority of his peerless craft . —a . c .

rudolph maté’s the violent men breezes by , but it isn’t exactly a breeze . the film falls under the same umbrella as movies like forty guns and johnny guitar , where the cattle baron is replaced with a cattle queen . those comparisons are intrinsically unfair , though , as maté is neither samuel fuller nor nicholas ray ; the violent men suffers in the shadow of its relatives in this particular genre niche . the good news is that the film is over the top enough to be worth checking out , particularly as it concerns barbara stanwyck , who plays the ruthless and calculating martha wilkinson with just the right amount of percolating menace , as well as glenn ford , playing a fairly prototypical western hero type with burly brio . ( if you get flashes of double indemnity at the presence of edward g . robinson , well , that’s just to be expected . ) maybe this film is done better elsewhere in the western canon , but the violent men is certainly done well enough . —a . c .

“looks can be deceiving , ” says michael madsen to kurt russell upon first introduction in the hateful eight . no four words could be more appropriate to the moment , or to the movie , a sprawling film with an intimate core . more so than most marquee movies and tent poles claiming to be “epic , ” it actually lives up to the word . there’s a pomp and grandiosity to the weight of the film—the cast is stupendous , the dialogue dazzles , disgusts and delights in equal measure , and the craftsmanship is peerless . quentin tarantino is chiefly interested in the exchanging of barbs and threats more than he is in action . make no mistake , the hateful eight is insanely violent , but it’s fixated around violent talk and violent reverie before physical violence . frontier justice does quench our thirst , but the themes of social justice that drive the film are more satiating by far . it all adds up to a towering work , as profound as it is profane . —andy crump

there are bleak westerns , and then there’s the culpepper cattle co . , a movie so goddamn bleak it makes mccabe and mrs . miller look like it’s a wonderful life . where to start with this film ? at the beginning , where gary grimes’ wide - eyed fanboy ben seeks out his start in the profession by joining up with a cattle drive ? the film’s quick progression into the decline of ben’s romanticized notions of what “cowboyin‘” actually means ? or the climax , which leaves everyone but grimes and anthony james on the proverbial slab ? the culpepper cattle co . is about as grim and unsparing as they come , and it makes no apologies for either . —a . c .

just a couple years after working with his buddy dennis hopper on the landmark indie film easy rider , peter fonda decided to take a spin in the ol’ director’s chair himself with the hired hand . unlike hopper , though , fonda didn’t meet with immediate runaway success ; critics pooh - poohed its hippie - dippiness and its religious symbolism , and audiences didn’t care enough to go see it . for a time , the hired hand remained filed under “failure . ” but time heals all wounds , and around the early 2000s , the hired hand enjoyed a new restoration and , upon reexamination , heaps of critical praise . so it goes . for what it’s worth , the hired hand is absolutely a better movie than its initial response allowed , a laid - back and poetic bit of existential musing about the unglamorous side of the cowboy way , brutal when it needs to be but mostly defined by its overarching sense of pining . —a . c .

during the first scene between randolph scott and buster crabbe , the shadow of the boom mike is clearly visible on both actors .

douglas dumbrille played a lot of villains and pompous targets for comics , but in one or two westerns , he got to play a good guy . in the mysterious rider , from a zane grey story , he ' s pecos bill , who ' s heading back to his old stomping grounds . he ' s working under a fake name , because he ' s wanted for murder . it takes half an hour for the details of this story to come out , and another half hour to settle matters , but he ' s surprisingly warm and straightforward and competent here . there are also a few people playing roles that will surprise you . sidney toler shows up as dumbrille ' s amiable and nasty sidekick who turns out to be a cook , and russel hayden takes a break from the hopalong cassidy franchise . some good location shooting in the arizona dessert caps off this harry sherman production for paramount . doubtless he got to spend more money than a poverty row b producer , but it shows on the screen .

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with true grit , joel and ethan coen remake one of the better cowboy films of the 1960s , a film that influenced countless other films , including clint eastwood ’s unforgiven . they also take on the genre’s biggest star—john wayne , who played the irascible marshal rooster cogburn in the original ’69 adaptation of charles portis’ straightforward and engaging novel . casting , however , has never been a coen weakness , and jeff bridges wholly reinvents the role for which wayne received an oscar . there is a simplicity about the performances here that jives well with the rich landscapes and the authentically recreated , urban settings of 19th - century arkansas and indian territory . that , and the genuine attire of the times , allows the coens to create a world where the actors can play real characters , not caricatures of reality . it’s a talent that keeps begging the question , “what’s next ? ” —tim basham

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unlike monte hellman’s previous western , ride in the whirlwind , the influence of myth and surrealism carefully encroaches upon these proceedings . the shooting is much more enigmatic affair , although period detail and an unromantic streak pervade this one as well . a bounty hunter ( warren oates ) agrees to lead a mysterious woman ( millie perkins ) through a hellish desert to a desolate town . but following them is a dandyish gunslinger ( jack nicholson ) who’s fast on the trigger and seems to have a strange bond with perkins . what perkins’ and nicholson’s real motives are is confounding to oates , until the bizarre truth of their quest is fully revealed . the shooting is a hypnotic affair , fatalistically leading to one of the great head - trip finales of all time . —d . h .

leave it to kelly reichardt to reclaim the western for women . western movies tend to be seen as “guy” affairs , less so now in 2016 than in years past ; they are manly products about manly men doing manly things and pondering manly ideas , though that’s an oversimplified critique that erases the impact women have had on westerns in front of and behind the camera . what reichardt does in meek’s cutoff is shunt the men to the side and confront the bullshit macho posturing that is such an integral component of the western’s grammar ; the only man here worth his salt is stephen meek ( bruce greenwood ) , and even he is kind of an incompetent , entitled scumbag . so it’s up to emily tetherow , played by the great and luminous michelle williams , to challenge his self - appointed authority and take responsibility for the people in the caravan he has led so far astray from their path . meek’s cutoff is a stark , minimalist film , which is to say it’s a kelly reichardt film . the stripped - down , simmering austerity of her aesthetic pairs perfectly with the sensibilities of western cinema . —a . c .

there’s a pervasive melancholy to this fulci spaghetti western that most may not anticipate from either its creator or its genre . fulci is , after all , the guy who brought us such gory gems as the beyond , city of the living dead , the black cat and zombie flesh eaters , and the western and all its subgenres tends to be a place of high values , higher gestures and little room for ennui . but four of the apocalypse is , in a word , sad , a real downer of a film about a card shark , a pregnant prostitute , a drunkard , and a disturbed man who claims to see dead people , each on the run from a pack of murderers . maybe that sadness is just a reflection of the era : the 1970s saw the inevitable heat death of the spaghetti western realized , and four of the apocalypse ’s mournful tone feels like a concession of sorts to the demise of its category . —a . c .

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to describe the film as a journey of obsession would be putting it mildly . john wayne’s ethan edwards is popularly described as an ahab type , but the truth is that ethan is his own character . here is a man whose need to rescue his nieces from a band of comanche indians does not drive him so much as it consumes him ; his compulsions blend with his rage and justify casual moral atrocities . such is the power of racism and prejudice as ford depicts them . both qualities invite us to act against our better natures , though it is not clear until the end whether ethan has one—and even then , just as in the beginning , he remains an outsider , the kind of guy you just do not ask into your home . ethan is as quintessential a wayne character as the searchers is a ford film , and 60 years ago , they left an impression on cinema that is still seen throughout the medium to this very day . —a . c .

the heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to unccover the killer and clear his cousin ' s name .

the ranchers have given money through benton to the crooked lawyer harkness to save the titles to their land . when harkness gets a better offer , he steals benton ' s receipt for the money and . . . see full summary »

the ranchers have given money through benton to the crooked lawyer harkness to save the titles to their land . when harkness gets a better offer , he steals benton ' s receipt for the money and benton is jailed . to fight back , benton escapes jail at night to become the phantom .

as cocked - brow smartass “the kid . ” not the least of note here is dante spinotti’s characteristically vivid cinematography .

what’s the saying ? if you’re going to steal , steal from the best . that’s what sergio leone did back in 1964 , when he released a fistful of dollars upon the world and in doing so reinvigorated a whole genre under the “spaghetti western” tag . the film is a straight - up rip - off of akira kurosawa ’s masterpiece , yojimbo , and unapologetically so . but leone proves that lifting a story out of its setting and populating it with a whole new cast of characters works as a narrative tactic . he made stronger movies throughout his career , but a fistful of dollars , for all of its influence over the western from the 1960s forward , is arguably his most important . —a . c .

when you think of western movies , you probably picture the grandeur of the american frontier : big , open expanses of land capped off with an endless blue sky , a rugged panorama rife with as much danger as opportunity . you probably don’t think of intimacy of setting . in that respect , johnny guitar is an anomaly of sorts in a genre that is routinely vast in its physical scope and scale : the film takes place almost exclusively in a saloon that stands just two stories high . you can chalk all of this up either to invention or , more realistically , to budgeting snafus , but johnny guitar ’s small stature doesn’t hold it back from being a solid western . ever notice the homoerotic tensions that crackle between the good guys and the bad guys in western films ? johnny guitar plays with that by channeling the energy back and forth from joan crawford to mercedes mccambridge—their characters loathe each other , but not as much as crawford loathed mccambridge and vice versa . that little reversal is enough to make the film feel special despite being so scant . —a . c .

is the western the most american of movie genres ? you can make an argument for the western film’s internationality on the names of the directors who have contributed to its iconography : you have your john fords and your anthony manns , your sam peckinpahs and your samuel fullers , but over in europe you also have filmmakers like sergio leone , enzo g . castellari and sergio corbucci , among many , many others , as authors of western offshoots that influence filmmakers even today . ( and of course there are those great entries in the western canon that were lifted wholesale from akira kurosawa ’s filmography . ) hell , let’s flash from the western’s glory days to the last decade , where kim jee - woon and takashi miike have put their individual stamps on its tropes and motifs . for these reasons , there’s certainly an argument to made that the western is truly “universal . ”

re - titled ' buffalo stampede , ' this film was first telecast in detroit sunday 21 february 1954 on wxyz ( channel 7 ) , sunday 28 february 1954 on wcbs ( channel 2 ) , and in los angeles sunday 9 may 1954 on knbh ( channel 4 ) . in san francisco it hit the airwaves monday 5 september 1955 on kpix ( channel 5 ) .

like the wide and sprawling landscapes that are so much a part of the western’s character as a genre , the western itself is a big , open canvas for storytelling of all stripes . with that in mind , we here at paste set about collecting westerns from all over the map and across the ages to assemble our picks for the 100 best western films of all time . —andy crump

arguably the greatest of the italian westerns , but also one of the finest westerns ever made . leone’s penchant for turning the genre’s sacred themes and obsessions inside out goes full tilt here . clint eastwood and lee van cleef are back for this third dollars movie , but the addition of eli wallach adds a significant amount of caustic humor and even more cynicism to the mix . set during the civil war , though in a dry , barren landscape resembling the surreal panels of a krazy kat cartoon more than historical reality , leone’s epic is the sublime , gloriously cinematic creation that he was always gunning for . composer ennio morricone’s score ties it all together , particularly in the orgasmic “ecstasy of gold” finale . the director may have gone even more baroque with his subsequent once upon a time in the west , but this is still his greatest achievement . pop culture and the genre were never the same . —d . h .

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but no matter where western movies are made , no matter what subgenre classifications they are individually accorded , and no matter who makes them , the films always engage with symbols , eras and images that are quintessentially “american . ” the western is the domain of the cowboy , the solitary hero . it’s a place where law and chaos are ever in conflict with one another and where the difference between survival and death usually comes down to who is faster on the draw . it’s a testament to the rich , awesome power of the western as a narrative mode that filmmakers from around the planet have found stories worth telling within its purview , but even the italian maestros simply added their own unique ( and significant ) flourishes to a cinematic tradition that is american in its dna .

greed is a recurring theme throughout the western , whether in the scheming cynicism of vera cruz , the landowner conflicts of once upon a time in the west and shane , or in the naked spur , where greed is a divisive force . in john huston’s the treasure of the sierra madre , greed is corruptive . greed corrodes your soul and poisons you against your comrades . greed persuades you to yank your prospecting partner out of bed and shoot him in the dead of night . all that and more for bags of gold that wind up being tossed to the wind like so much chaff . it isn’t all ugliness and gloom—in one particularly noble gesture , walter huston’s howard saves a kid’s life—and there are even a few laughs along the way ( most of them huston’s ) , but the treasure of the sierra madre ’s morality tale about the taint of avarice is deeply sobering as an anti - capitalist screed . —a . c .

credit : edward s . curtis , early 1900s ; national anthropological archives , smithsonian institution ; essential plant for the survival of the mescalero apache people

you know rancho notorious has to be pretty damn great if mel brooks felt comfortable using its female lead as the basis for blazing saddles ’ lili von shtupp . you also know it has to be pretty damn great because it’s a fritz lang film , and fritz lang films generally tend to be high - caliber affairs . that’s as true of rancho notorious as most anything in lang’s body of work , but by consequence of its creator , it’s probably better categorized as a lang movie than as a western . sure , rancho notorious boasts all of the standard tropes and details we like about western films—gunfights , fistfights , bank robberies , jailbreaks—but it’s also replete with the standard thematic interests you’ll find peppered across all of lang’s productions , summed up best by the last line of the film’s introductory song : “hate , murder , and revenge ! ” lang likes inflicting endurance - level suffering on his protagonists , and rancho notorious , a noir - grim yarn in which a ranch hand tracks down his fiancée’s killer to an outlaw hideout disguised as a saloon , is no exception . —a . c .

one of the finest non - leone italian westerns . it’s also , along with a bullet for the general and the great silence , the best of the so - called marxist westerns . lee van cleef is hired by a railroad baron to track down a mexican outlaw , played by the seedily charismatic tomas milian , accused of raping a teenaged white girl . but van cleef’s firm belief in right and wrong and just use of corporate power are challenged once he’s on the hunt . there are some marvelously eccentric touches , e . g . , wild torture sequences , and a knife vs . gun duel . ennio morricone’s score is one of his grandest . but what makes the big gundown one of the truly great westerns is the central , complex relationship between van cleef’s bounty hunter and milian’s revolutionary fugitive , and the pair’s brilliant performances . —d . h .

lawrence kasdan’s winning homage benefited from a sterling ensemble cast ( scott glenn , kevin costner , kevin cline , danny glover , brian dennehy , john cleese , jeff goldblum , rosanna arquette ) , keen pacing—both in action and humor—and an all - in approach to the classic western . the traditional motifs are all there as a quartet of cowboys treks to the film’s namesake town and helps its citizens fight back against corrupt powers that be . from fraught duels to wagon trains and cattle stampedes , silverado is neither revisionist nor original , but it’s terrifically energetic and fun , not to mention beautifully polished in production . —a . s .

a john ford movie without henry fonda or john wayne is like a birthday cake without candles , or the fourth of july without fireworks . but wagon master finds more than suitable replacements in ben johnson and harry carey jr . , who play , as you might expect , wagon masters hired to help a mormon wagon train make it to utah in one piece . that they are imperilled along the way by a pack of dastardly bandits is par for the western course . that the film exudes so much warmth and general good feeling is , perhaps , far more surprising , not just for its genre but for its creator . ford is not widely regarded as sentimental , or gentle , or even the least bit cuddly , but wagon master is such a good - tempered romp that you might not expect to see his name on the marquee whatsoever . —a . c .

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hoppy ' s brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers . to get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man .

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view to the east from cedar ridge , arizona ; credit : trung q . le

for those who need to be cajoled into watching day of the outlaw , consider the presence of burl ives , and robert ryan , and andre de toth . and if you worship at the altar of tarantino , consider day of the outlaw as required viewing—it’s a clear predecessor to and influence on the hateful eight , one of the best films of 2015 , though de toth’s noir - forward approach to the western genre makes this tale of snowbound frontier justice worth your time and our collective admiration on its own merits . a minor classic is still a classic , after all . —a . c .

28 . the ox - bow incident director : william a . wellman year : 1943

the spaghetti western is a subgenre of the western , and the zapata western is a subgenre of the spaghetti western . it’s a subgenre within a subgenre , a subgenre inception , or not . what really matters here is that a bullet for the general is a great flick whether or not you care about categorizations ; if you do , it’s probably important to note that this is one of the better known and more influential westerns of its make . most important to know is that klaus kinski plays a grenade - lobbing idealist priest and gian maria volontè plays his profiteering bandit brother . their philosophical differences throw a spanner in the works as they fight to support revolution in mexico . kinski is most often remembered for his roles in westerns like the great silence , but the gusto and relish he shows in a bullet for the general is equally unforgettable . —a . c .

there’s a reason that leone’s masterpiece is considered one of the greatest movies ever made and not just one of the great westerns : once upon a time in the west is an enduring monument of its era , its genre and filmmaking itself . —a . c .

maybe hondo is the quintessential john wayne film , maybe it isn’t . it’s certainly his best performance , though there are strong arguments to be made for true grit and the searchers . but leaving those arguments for another time , hondo is a definitive western . it is undoubtedly a definitive john wayne western , one that sees the great american cowboy refining and honing himself as a performer , sculpting his image as well as the figure of archetypal manhood he played throughout his career . he’s a man’s man , that hondo , but he’s sensitive , too , the kind of guy who’ll teach your son , bereft of a present father , how to fish and how to swim , and instruct him on the importance of good axe maintenance ; later , he’ll tell you that you smell “all over like a woman , ” and maybe he’ll make poetic pronouncements about the failures of human language . hondo’s layers make him an enduring character even in wayne’s storied filmography , and by consequence elevate hondo from a good western to a great one . —a . c .

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arizona raiders a reissue of arizona mahoney with robert cummings billed as the star . 1951 .

79 . gunfight at the o . k . corral director : john sturges year : 1956

although this film was re - released theatrically under its original title in 1950 by favorite films , when it was sold to television , the title was changed to ' mark of the avenger ' , most likely to protect theatrical re - release showings which were still in progress in some territories . it was first telecast in new york city friday 29 january 1954 on wcbs ( channel 2 ) , in los angeles sunday 23 may 1954 on knbh ( channel 4 ) , and in detroit friday 16 july 1954 on wxyz ( channel 7 ) ; in san francisco it was first broadcast wednesday 6 july 1955 on kpix ( channel 5 ) .

“nope , ” replied slinger , “i don’t like the deal and if i happen to run into any of you gents upon the diamond , i’ll take particular offense . savvy that ? ”

it is and always has been the fashion to criticize actors for so - called vanity projects , when they dare to get in the director’s chair while keeping their faces in front of the camera . if you want to accuse kevin costner of being vain , by all means . but don’t conflate perceived vanity with caliber of filmmaking . maybe open range is a vain movie . it does , after all , end with an explosive and extended gun battle in which costner transforms from a broken - down ex - soldier into the whirlwind of death he is framed as in whispers and through innuendos that pepper the film’s script . call that a naked ego boost if you like . open range confidently takes its time building to a violent crescendo . it earns its gunplay . there’s no vanity in that whatsoever—just good old - fashioned storytelling know - how , capped off with a technical display of real - time action that proved a necessary tonic in a post - matrix moviegoing era . —a . c .

last roundup , the ( source - the border legion ) year : 1934 studio : paramount director : henry hathaway featured players : randolph scott , barbara fritchie , fred kohler , sr . , monte blue

riders of the dawn ( source - the desert of wheat ) year : 1920 studio : hodkinson director : hugh r . conway featured players : roy stewart , claire adams , robert mckim , norman kerry

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maybe it’s more accurate to say that they made the western their own . spaghetti westerns are , after all , a cousin to american westerns in terms of style , content , themes and morality . the italian westerns are literally gritty where american westerns are polished and clean ; they deal in ambiguity instead of black and white . the average spaghetti western hero looks like a total bastard next to the clean - cut heroes of american westerns , who uphold all of the best and most commonly accepted standards of heroism as we know them . who would you rather save the day for you ? will kane , or the man with no name ? there’s a divide separating the westerns made by europeans and those shot by americans , but if you can sort these movies out by their varying approaches , you can’t keep them all from standing under one umbrella . ( a better point of debate : did the spaghetti western become a thing in 1958 or 1964 ? )

lassiter ' s sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws . years later lassiter arrives at the withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter . he immediately . . . see full summary »

featured players : richard dix , lois wilson , noah beery , sr . , marjorie dawchallenge of the frontier

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it ' s not too bad , but the good cast builds up expectations for this western that are not really fulfilled . the story is just fair , and only the occasional good action scenes keep it going . it stars randolph scott , and has a good supporting cast that includes the likes of harry carey , buster crabbe , and more . the story has quite a bit going on , most of it focusing on rival groups of buffalo hunters . a lot happens , but much of the time it doesn ' t seem to fit together that well , and there are some slow stretches that could easily have been shortened or omitted . it ' s worth a look for the cast if you like older westerns , but don ' t expect too much .

the falls shown in this photograph were 28 feet high pre - 1907 ; credit : h . t . cory

bear hunting in the sierra mountains ; by f . o . c . darley , 1880s ; john muir collection

a strange , troubled , underrated , masochistic western . the production was problematic to say the least , compounded when the original director , stanley kubrick , was fired after butting heads with his star one too many times . marlon brando took over the directing duties , and it’s his vision and obsessions that permeate every tortured frame … not always to good effect . it’s certainly riveting in its psychological dimensions , however , and even when brando is at his most excessive , the result is always fascinating and weird . brando plays a tortured , revenge - minded gunslinger who goes up against his old friend who once betrayed him , played by karl malden . the movie’s seaside monterey locale adds a distinctive presence to the otherwise angsty proceedings . freud would have had a field day with this one . —d . h .

) ; a gender - bending narrative that sends sharon stone’s monotone gunfighter , “the lady , ” on a righteous quest into the town of redemption ( natch ) to avenge her father’s death via quick - draw contest . gene hackman relishes his turn as the tyrannical mayor , not so subtly named herod , responsible for said killing , as does a pre -

ah , django . who can say no to that soundtrack ? who can pass up the grizzled mug of franco nero , or the filmic stylings of sergio corbucci ? quentin tarantino certainly couldn’t , and thus we have django unchained as a delightfully violent relic of 2012 ( see no . 85 ) . more importantly , we have django and we have django , a righteous , coffin - dragging , gunslinging , erstwhile union soldier wandering the united states - mexico border who winds up caught between tattered remnants of the confederacy and mexican revolutionaries . django cuts a figure of cool reserve , the kind we’ve come to associate with the spaghetti western’s antihero archetype ; he’s out for a cause , his own cause , and he sees his cause realized through the subterfuge and manipulation favored by his forebears ( a fistful of dollars , and by extension yojimbo ) .

escaping from the marshal , billy and fuzzy ride to laramy only to find it a ghost town . sykes and his gang have driven people away while they look for the gold mine of a man they have . . . see full summary »

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re - titled ' buffalo stampede ' by favorite films for its 1950 re - release , this title was often shown in tandem with the re - release of born to the west ( 1937 ) , re - titled ' hell town ' .

scene in a yaqui “bullpen” on the exile road from san blas to san marcos ; from “barbarous mexico” by john k . turner

if you’re a gunfighter , you schedule your life around shootouts in the wide - open streets of dusty old frontier towns . it’s what you do . but what happens when you leave that life and that life refuses to leave you ? what do you do when you are the sum of your reputation , a target for the latest young quick drawin‘ upstart on the block to challenge , and nothing more ? well , you kill those young quick drawin‘ upstarts as they come at you , albeit with a healthy dose of reluctance . the gunfighter is a doleful little ditty , quick , to the point , jam - packed with incident , and shaped by its tone as much as its action—plus gregory peck’s jawsome , bitter , remorseful leading performance . it’s darwin’s kind of western , a movie where the fastest survives but in which surviving and living don’t exactly line up with one another . —a . c .

the movie’s opening scenes are startling and mesmerizing : missouri farmer eastwood is unable to save his wife and child from being murdered by a band of ruthless jayhawkers , led by the nasty bill mckinney ( deliverance ) . having survived the assault and with nothing left to lose but his life , wales joins a bunch of confederate - allied bushwhackers and enters the civil war , hoping that he will again run into mckinney’s captain terrill and his gang . upon refusing to surrender after the war , wales goes rogue and meets up with a number of outsiders—an old indian chief and young woman , and an elderly woman and her granddaughter—in an attempt to remake his family down in texas , far from the violence that has consumed his life . at once adventurous and even comical at times , the outlaw josey wales is also cast with elegiac tones via cinematographer bruce surtees . it’s a triumph and one of eastwood’s career highlights . —d . h .

fire fighters going to the front ; lassen national forest , california , 1927 ( fhs5536 ) ; credit : u . s . forest service history

director budd boetticher is one of the greatest pulp poets the american western genre ever produced . as with anthony mann’s 1950s work in the genre , boetticher’s productions are narratively taut and sizzling with undercurrents of sex , violence and sadism . it’s great stuff . his best movies were those starring matinee favorite randolph scott , a standard , chiseled hollywood hero , going toe - to - toe with neurotic , psychopathic heavies , like james best in this one . boetticher builds up tension to a feverish degree , though the finale is unexpected in its moral weight and thoroughly satisfying . essential . —d . h .

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border legion , the year : 1919 studio : goldwyn director : t . hayes hunter featured players : hobart bosworth , blanche bates , eugene strong , horace morean

border legion , the year : 1924 studio : paramount director : william k . howard featured players : antonio moreno , helene chadwick , rockliffe fellows , gibson gowland

code of the west year : 1925 studio : paramount director : william k . howard featured players : owen moore , charles ogle , constance bennett , mabel ballin

last of the duanes year : 1930 studio : fox director : alfred l . werker featured players : geroge ofbrien , myrna loy , walter mcgrail , lucille brown

dude ranger , the year : 1934 studio : fox director : edward f . cline featured players : george ofbrien , irene hervey , m paul kelly , leroy mason

heritage of the desert year : 1924 studio : paramount director : irvin willat featured players : bebe daniels , lloyd hughes , ernest torrence , noah beery , sr .

to the last man year : 1923 studio : paramount director : victor fleming featured players : richard dix , lois wilson , noah bery , jr . , robert edeson

wanderer of the wasteland year : 1924 studio : paramount director : irvin willat featured players : jack holt , billie dove , noah beery , sr . , kathlyn williams

west of the pecos year : 1934 studio : rko director : phil rosen featured players : richard dix , martha sleeper , fred kohler , sr . , louise beavers

wildfire , escape , zane greys western magazine , may 1949 , vol . 3 , no . 3 : scars , the man who rode back | source : urltoken

junction of the jemez and guadaloupe rivers , 1884 ; photoprint copyrighted by b . l . cook , e . a . bass , and e . m . robinson

last trail , the year : 1921 studio : fox director : emmett j . flynn featured players : maurice b . flynn , eva novack , wallace beery , rosemary theby

riders of the purple sage year : 1925 studio : fox director : lynn reynolds featured players : tom mix , beatrice burnham , george kohler , sr . , arthur morrison

riders of the purple sage year : 1931 studio : fox director : hamilton mcfaddon featured players : george ofbrien , marguerite churchill , noah beery , sr . , james todd

lone star ranger , the year : 1919 studio : fox director : j . gordon edwards featured players : william farnum , louise lovely , irene rich , g . raymond nye

thundering herd , the year : 1925 studio : paramount director : william k . howard featured players : jack holt , lois wilson , raymond hatton , noah beery , sr .

light of western stars , the year : 1940 studio : paramount director : wesley selander featured players : russell hayden , jo ann sayers , victor jory , noah beery , jr .

water hole , the ( lost pueblo ) year : 1928 studio : paramount director : f . richard jones featured players : jack holt , nancy carroll , john boles , montague shaw

light of western stars , the year : 1925 studio : paramount director : william k . howard featured players : jack holt , billie dove , noah beery , sr . , alma bennett

arizona raiders , the ( source - raiders of spanish peaks ) year : 1936 studio : paramount director : james hogan featured players : larry " buster " crabbe , marsha hunt , . raymond hatton , jane rhodes

ben wade and his partner frosty return to bellounds ' ranch where twenty years earlier wade was wanted for murder . unrecognized , he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in . . . see full summary »

vanishing pioneer , the ( source - an original screen play by zane grey ) year : 1928 studio : paramount director : john waters featured players : jack holt , sally blane , william powell , fred kohler , sr .

ben wade and his partner frosty return to bellounds ' ranch where twenty years earlier wade was wanted for murder . unrecognized , he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in folsom ' s cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score .

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" stand by your homes ! fight ! fight for what rightly belongs to you ! : . . . those were their orders ! ( original poster )

stars : randolph scott , charles ' chic ' sale , mrs . leslie carter

cowhand ladd dances with cantina girl estrella and has a part in shooting sheriff tyler .

hopalong and his horse topper catch bad guys with red connors for comic relief .

giacomo casanova returns to venice , to help his brother , falsely accused of robbery .

hoppy , johnny and windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought - stricken north .

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featured players : elmo k . lincoln , eileen percy , margery wilson , edward coxen

desert gold year : 1926 studio : paramount director : george b . seitz featured players : neil hamilton , shirley mason , william powell , robert frazier

fishing with zane grey in new zealand a documentary of zane grey fishing in new zealand .

fishermanfs pluck a short subject based on zane greyfs river running and steelhead fishing experiences .

featured players : william farnum , louise lovely , g . raymond nye , clarence burton

lightning year : 1927 ( source - original story ) studio : tiffany director : james c . mckay featured players : jobyna ralston , margaret livingston , guinn williams , robert frazier

featured players : lane chandler , betty bronson , fred kohler , sr . , guy oliver

south sea adventures a documentary of south sea fishing trips initially shown on television .

stairs of sand year : 1929 studio : paramount director : otto brower featured players : wallace beery , jean arthur , fred kohler , sr . , phillip holmes

thunder trail ( source - arizona ames ) year : 1937 studio : paramount director : charles parton featured players : gilbert roland , marsha hunt , charles bickford , j . carrol nash

featured players : richard dix , lois wilson , noah beery , sr . , malcolm macgregor

when romance rides ( source - wildfire ) year : 1922 studio : goldwyn director : eliot howe featured players : charles o . rush , claire adams , jean hersholt , tod sloan

white death year : 1936 studio : associated director : edwin g . bowen featured players : zane grey , nola warren , alfred frith , john weston

wild horse mesa year : 1925 studio : paramount director : george b . seitz featured players : jack holt , billie dove , noah beery , sr .

wild horse mesa year : 1947 studio : rko director : wallace a . grissell featured players : tim holt , nan leslie , richard martin , harry woods

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villagers of cashibo greet their new guests ; photo by : bullseye productions ltd . and chris taylor

fred harvey’s hotel castañeda , las vegas , new mexico ; western history / genealogy department , denver public library .

illus . in : harper’s weekly , 1874 dec . 12 , v . 18 , no . 937 . lc - usz62 - 55602 ; credit : library of congress

arapaho camp with buffalo meat drying near fort dodge , kansas , 1870 . arc identifier 518892 ; credit : national archives

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