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Cannon Films and the Search for Critical Acclaim

August 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

A look back at Cannon Films and their search for critical acclaim which led to some memorable successes and failures… When aficionados think back to the glory days of Cannon Films, most notably in the peak years under Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, they invariably cast their minds to unashamedly schlocky and low-budget genre fare […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrei Konchalovskiy, Barbet Schroeder, Barfly, Bolero, cannon films, Duet For Love, Faye Dunaway, Hanna's War, Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavetes, King Lear, Love Streams, Menahem Golan, Mickey Rourke, Runaway Train, Sahara, Shy People, The Assisi Underground, Yoram Globus

Runaway Train: From Russian Arthouse to The Cannon Group

June 6, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at one of Cannon’s finest, Runaway Train… If you’re not familiar with the output of a certain iconic independent studio that were prolific in the 80’s, then chances are, of a certain age you probably saw or heard about a number of their films. It might be Masters of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrei Konchalovskiy, Eric Roberts, John P. Ryan, Jon Voight, Rebecca DeMornay, Runaway Train

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