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The MannVanuary Who Knew 2 Much

Back for year 2 of MannVanuary! Here are the rules:

1/1 Anthony Mann Film
1/1 Melvin or Mario Film
2/1 Black Western
5/5 decades (western) - 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2010s
11/7 films from Black directors
1/1 Aussie Western
4/4 westerns from the following: Andre de Toth, Eastwood, Walter Hill, Peckinpah or Boetticher.
7/7 decades (noir) - 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s
4/4 noir films from: Siodmak, Dmytryk, Lang, Dassin, Aldrich, Melville, Foley.

BONUS - 1 Michael Schultz film and Set it Off

Best film: Jean-Pierre Melville - Le Deuxième Souffle
Runner-up: André de Toth - Day of the Outlaw
Best Director: Diao Yi'nan - The Wild Goose Lake
Best Actor: Laurence Fishburne - Deep Cover
Best Actress: Teyonah Parris - Chi-raq
Best Screenplay: James Poe - The Big Knife
Technical Grand Prize: Malik Hassan Sayeed - Belly (cinematography)

  • Le Deuxième Souffle
  • Day of the Outlaw
  • The Wild Goose Lake
  • Body Double
  • The Great Silence
  • Eve's Bayou
  • Sweet Country
  • Belly
  • Chi-Raq
  • Man of the West
  • Deep Cover
  • Outrage
  • The Big Knife
  • Pale Rider
  • The Story of a Three-Day Pass
  • Crossfire
  • Menace II Society
  • Cooley High
  • Extreme Prejudice
  • My Brother's Wedding
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • The Naked City
  • Boss Nigger
  • Set It Off
  • Junior Bonner