26 movies
26/26 Completed 1/31/2024
My picks for the third annual MannVanuary challenge created by <a href="https://letterboxd.com/cinemonster/">Cinemonster</a>, mashing up Westerns, Noir, and Black Cinema (and all combinations thereof) in a tasty new year's stew.
Complete rules and categories here: https://boxd.it/rhvjw
1 Anthony Mann Film THE FURIES (1950)
1 Melvin or Mario Film (I'm doing both MVPs) NEW JACK CITY (1991) THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS (1967)
1 Black Western THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK (2023)
5 decades (western) THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK (2023) DEAD FOR A DOLLAR (2022) THE SISTERS BROTHERS (2018) THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (2008) THE MERCENARY (1968) RIDE LONESOME (1959) GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL (1957) THE FURIES (1950) RED RIVER (1948)
8 films from Black directors NEW JACK CITY (1991) THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS (1967) COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970) THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK (2023) THE OLD GUARD (2020) LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000) SUMMER OF SOUL (2021) THEY CLONED TYRONE (2023)
1 Italian Western THE MERCENARY (1968)
4 westerns from the following: Corbucci, Sturges, Hawks, Delmer Daves or Boetticher. THE MERCENARY (1968) RIDE LONESOME (1959) GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL (1957) RED RIVER (1948)
7 decades (noir) ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013) CONFIDENCE (2003) NEW JACK CITY (1991) HOUSE OF GAMES (1987) COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970) TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) LE DOULOS (1962) ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951) STRANGE ILLUSION (1945) ROPE (1948)
4 noir films from: Ray, Ulmer, Lang, De Toth, Florey, Melville, Foley. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951) STRANGE ILLUSION (1945) LE DOULOS (1962) CONFIDENCE (2003)
BONUS: 1 Spike Lee that you haven't seen BAMBOOZLED (2000) + THE FINAL COMEDOWN (1972)
