Here is the second year of CINEMONSTER's next foray into a themed film festival. Here is Cinemonster's List for his MannVanuary Deaux - complete with rules, criteria and whatnot.

It combines deep dives into both the WESTERN genre as well as the FILM NOIR genre! Plus highlighting black directors as well as various other genre directors!

What's not to love!?!

(Here is a link to my entry from last year's inaugural MannVanuary:
MannVanuary - Year 1)

Here's how my films shake out (includes the links to all of MY REVIEWS of each film):

Cinemonster's Criteria:

1 Anthony Mann Film
* Cimarron

1 Melvin or Mario Film
* Don't Play Us Cheap

1 Black Western
* Thomasine & Bushrod
* Brothers In Arms
* Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation

1 Aussie Western
* Sweet Country

7 films from Black directors
* (Deep Cover) - Bill Duke
* (Set It Off) - F. Gary Gray
* (Sweet Country) - Warwick Thornton
* (Tarzan in Manhattan) - Michael Schultz
* (Thomasine & Bushrod) - Gordon Parks, Jr.
* (Don't Play Us Cheap) - Melvin Van Peebles
* (Brothers In Arms) - Jean-Claude La Marre
* (Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation) - Jean-Claude La Marre

4 westerns from the following: Andre de Toth, Eastwood, Walter Hill, Peckinpah or Boetticher.
* (Ride the High Country) - Sam Peckinpah
* (Dead for a Dollar) - Walter Hill
* (The Stranger Wore A Gun) - Andre de Toth
* (Decision at Sundown) - Budd Boetticher

5 decades (western)
* (50's - The Stranger Wore A Gun)
* (50's - The Kentuckian)
* (50's - Vera Cruz)
* (50's - Decision at Sundown)
* (60's - Ride the High Country)
* (60's - Cimarron)
* (70's - Thomasine & Bushrod)
* (70's - God's Gun)
* (70's - The Grand Duel)
* (00's - Brothers In Arms)
* (10's - Sweet Country)
* (10's - Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation)
* (20's - Dead for a Dollar)

7 decades (noir)
* (40's - The Naked City)
* (40's - The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry)
* (40's - Crossfire)
* (50's - Suddenly)
* (60's - Le Doulos)
* (70's - Charley Varrick)
* (80's - 8 Million Ways to Die)
* (90's - Deep Cover)
* (90's - After Dark, My Sweet)
* (10's - Small Crimes)

4 noir films from: Siodmak, Dmytryk, Lang, Dassin, Aldrich, Melville, or Foley
* (The Naked City) - Dassin
* (The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry) - Siodmak
* (Le Doulos) - Melville
* (After Dark, My Sweet) - Foley
* (Crossfire) - Dmytryk

BONUS - 1 Michael Schultz film and "Set It Off"
* Set It Off
* Tarzan in Manhattan - (Michael Schultz)

I will keep track of my progress and MY REVIEWS below:

01. DEEP COVER - 4.0-star Review
02. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY - 3.5-star Review
03. DEAD FOR A DOLLAR - 4.5-star Review
04. SMALL CRIMES - 2.0-star Review
05. THE NAKED CITY - 3.0-star Review
06. SET IT OFF - 2.5-star Review
07. SUDDENLY - 3.5-star Review
08. SWEET COUNTRY - 4.0-star Review
09. THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY - 3.5-star Review
10. TARZAN IN MANHATTAN - 3.0-star Review
11. THOMASINE & BUSHROD - 3.5-star Review
12. THE STRANGER WORE A GUN - 3.5-star Review
13. THE KENTUCKIAN - 3.0-star Review
14. VERA CRUZ - 3.5-star Review
15. GOD'S GUN - 3.0-star Review
16. THE GRAND DUEL - 4.0-star Review
17. CIMARRON - 2.5-star Review
18. DON'T PLAY US CHEAP - 1.5-star Review
19. BROTHERS IN ARMS - 1.0-star Review
20. GANG OF ROSES 2: NEXT GENERATION - 1.0-star Review
21. DECISION AT SUNDOWN - 3.5-star Review
22. LE DOULOS - 3.0-star Review
23. AFTER DARK, MY SWEET - 3.5-star Review
24. 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE - 3.0-star Review
25. CROSSFIRE - 3.0-star Review
26. CHARLEY VARRICK - 4.0-star Review