Hawks Flies Again Jun 1, 2008
" (1964). For part two of its retro, June 11-15, the Anthology will present Hawk's Western trilogy: "Rio Bravo" (1959), "El Dorado" (1966) and "Rio Lobo" (1970). Plus "Red River," of which the Anthology says: "Arguably not late Hawks, but with a movie this great, why worry about technicalities. " Bravo! The Anthology is on Second Street at Second Avenue in the East Village; (212) 505-5181. * Catherine Deneuve isn't afraid of vampires. She has agreed to travel to the Transylvania Film Festival in... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The week's best films Sep 17, 2007
Rio Lobo (Howard Hawks, 1970) 3. 40pm, BBC2. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Interview: James Mangold Sep 16, 2007
"The great original Westerns -- Shane, My Darling Clementine, Rio Lobo, Josey Wales, Unforgiven -- these are movies about characters. They're not tribute shots or little buried easter eggs to other movies in them. There's a point at which your geeky love of movies becomes to me an impediment. I have a geeky love of movies but there's a point where you have to put the DVDs away and shoot the film. Or else you're never really there with the characters. You're always kind of living out some kind of... (IGN FilmForce)
John Wayne's legend lives on at his birthplace Jun 17, 2007
The cavalry hat he wore in "Rio Lobo" is in a showcase in that little bedroom in the house today called "the Birthplace of John Wayne," an earnest tribute. Modest admission charged. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
John Wayne's Iowa May 27, 2007
Scheduled for showing, for free, at the Iowa on what would have been John Wayne's 100th birthday: "Rio Lobo," "The Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Rio Bravo" all starring Marion Morrison of Winterset, Iowa ... The cavalry hat he wore in "Rio Lobo" is in a showcase in that little bedroom in the house today called "the Birthplace of John Wayne," an earnest tribute. (Chicago Tribune)
Old Tucson Celebrates John Wayne's 100th Birthday May 26, 2007
El Dorado and Rio Lobo. Because the history of Old Tucson and the Duke's career are linked, the studio is screening a documentary Saturday, May 26, at 11:45 am, featuring Tucsonans who worked with John Wayne and includes rare photos recently found in the studio archives. (KOLD.com, AZ)
Bonding with DVD Sep 12, 2006
John Wayne Westerns such as Rio Lobo and True Grit have served as the shooting-off point for conversations between Christian Hochuli, 50, and son, Jakob, 4, of Hyattsville, Md. "I always liked Westerns, and he likes them, too. If it is John Wayne, he will want a holster and a hat and a bandanna," Hochuli says. (USA Today -- Life)
The Viagra Auteurs: Jul 4, 2006
I want to see Walter Hill's Rio Lobo and I want to see John Milius' 7 Womenbut where is the studio that would finance them, when Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) and J. J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III) are available. In Europe, where cultural monuments still enjoy some degree of governmental protection, elders like Jean-Luc Godard (75), Eric Rohmer (86), and Manoel de Oliveira (97) are still going strong, issuing new films on an annual basis. (Slate)
