40 years after the release of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece, a lackluster remake hit the cinemas, but this time without a controversial firestorm. 2011's Straw Dogs, directed by Rod Lurie (The ...

As a remake of the 1971 Pekinpah classic, Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs serves to expose layers of polarity deeply rooted within modern American culture. Newlyweds David Sumner (James Marsden) and Amy (the ...

The idea of the aging athlete, thief, or cowboy who has one last fill-in-the-blank left in him is at least as old as Sam Peckinpah’s magnificently bloody—and deeply moving—1969 western The ...

“Dog Bite Dog” emerged as a standout winner at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival‘s SIFF Project market, securing both the Recommended Projects award and Happy Mahua’s “Joyful ...

Austin writer W. K. Stratton’s most recent book is The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film.

“Dog Bite Dog” emerged as a standout winner at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival’s SIFF Project market, securing both the Recommended Projects award and Happy Mahua’s “Joyful ...

I think Tyler Perry released a film called Straw, and then there has been so much talk about it on social media pages, but I don’t remember getting this kind of attention when I’ve released a ...

We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The dramatic saga of Sam Altman’s firing and subsequent rehiring at OpenAI in 2023 is reportedly headed to the big screen.

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman is “deeply obsessed” with the 2013 film Her, according to technology journalist Karen Hao. “Science fiction hugely shapes OpenAI’s imagination and ...