Can finally pull the trigger on this, the third year of Cinemonster's Mannvanuary challenge, celebrating Black cinema, westerns, noir, and their various crossovers. Building this as I go, determined to make it all happen in January.
Per CM: Nothing crazy. 24 films and 2 bonus. Use the 'categories' to get to 24, but hit those minimums. Use tag 'mannvanuary3'
1 Anthony Mann Film - Strange Impersonation
1 Melvin or Mario Film - Posse
1 Black Western
5 decades (western) - Three Godfathers (1930s), Ten Wanted Men (1950s), Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1980s), The Shooter (1990s)
8 films from Black directors - Sleigh Queen, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, The V Word, Krush Groove, The Angry Black Girl and…
Can finally pull the trigger on this, the third year of Cinemonster's Mannvanuary challenge, celebrating Black cinema, westerns, noir, and their various crossovers. Building this as I go, determined to make it all happen in January.
Per CM: Nothing crazy. 24 films and 2 bonus. Use the 'categories' to get to 24, but hit those minimums. Use tag 'mannvanuary3'
1 Anthony Mann Film - Strange Impersonation
1 Melvin or Mario Film - Posse
1 Black Western
5 decades (western) - Three Godfathers (1930s), Ten Wanted Men (1950s), Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1980s), The Shooter (1990s)
8 films from Black directors - Sleigh Queen, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, The V Word, Krush Groove, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
1 Italian Western
4 westerns from the following: Corbucci (The Hellbenders), Sturges, Hawks, Delmer Daves (Dark Passage) or Boetticher (Ride Lonesome).
7 decades (noir) - The Naked City (1940s), Sunset Blvd. (1950s), Klute (1970s), 10 to Midnight (1980s), Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (1990s), Stalked by My Doctor: Patient's Revenge (2010s), The Menu (2020s)
4 noir films from: Ray, Ulmer (Detour), Lang (Western Union), De Toth, Florey, Melville, Foley.
BONUS - 1 Spike Lee that you haven't seen and The Final Comedown
We'll start Jan 1 and end Jan 31. See you on the other side.
