The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah
USA · 1969 Ageing outlaws go out in a blaze of glory in Peckinpah’s lament for the last days of the Wild West. Still the brutal benchmark for action cinema, influencing countless imitators. “Overwhelms and incites… foreshadows America right now” – Michael Wilmington, National Society of Film Critics Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Sam Peckinpah
USA · 1973 Trading ultraviolence for introspection, Peckinpah’s final western follows newly minted lawman Pat Garrett across the American West as he stalks his old friend, Billy the Kid. “A haunting meditation on integrity, survival and freedom” – BFI Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |