‘Taxi Driver’/’Raging Bull’ Screenwriter Paul Schrader Slams Clint Eastwood’s ‘Cry Macho: ‘It Fails In Every Area’

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Good in the ‘Wood?I went on opening day (September 17) to see Cry Macho, one of the many new movie releases out now in theaters.I took a look at theaters near me to compare movie showtimes and settled on going to the 1:15 p.m. showing at the Showcase Cinemas theater near me.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThis year’s Tokyo International Film Festival will give gala positions to two American movies. Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” has been set as the opening night title and will play on Oct.

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For over two decades, it’s felt as if Clint Eastwood has been saying goodbye. Starting with “Unforgiven,” a film that could almost be seen as the last western, he’s spent the better part of his late period ruminating on his place in all of this.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” ruled the domestic box office again while Clint Eastwood’s Western “Cry Macho” and Gerard Butler’s R-rated action-thriller “Copshop” crumbled in their debuts, highlighting the disparity between the kind of movies people are willing to venture out to see during the pandemic.“Shang-Chi,” the first Marvel superhero adventure to feature an Asian star and predominately Asian cast, pulled in a mighty $21 million

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaClint Eastwood is often viewed more as an icon than an actor.In Sergio Leone films, he’s the “man with no name,” staring down adversaries with a deadly squint and a malevolent hint of a grin, his craggy face mirroring the rocky landscape of the Spanish countryside where the spaghetti westerns were shot.

federales, and take refuge in a dusty border town. There, they’re befriended by a restaurant owner (Natalia Traven), who takes a shine to Mike, and find work breaking wild mustangs and tending to wounded farm animals. For all its Western trappings, “Cry Macho” is gentle at its core.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney’s “Shang-Chi” is heading for a box office three-peat.The Marvel superhero adventure, starring Simu Liu and Awkwafina, is projected to generate roughly $17 million between Friday and Sunday, which would represent a decline of around 50% from the weekend prior.

Mexico to America in “Cry Macho,” an aimless and sometimes cringe-worthy film. But it has perhaps the best performance by a rooster in modern cinematic history.The film is apparently supposed to be a meditation on masculinity, with Eastwood's one-time rodeo star Mike Milo taming and rebuilding his young rebellious charge into an honorable young man.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAt 91, Clint Eastwood still knows how to direct a movie with a nice, clean leisurely classical sparseness, something you wish more directors knew how to do (or wanted to). As a filmmaker, Eastwood has earned the right to be called ageless.