Criterion Collection Films Now on iTunes

For movie buffs, iTunes just received some of the best films that the Criterion Collection has to offer.  read more

Stagecoach Announces Lineup

Next year will only be the fifth year of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, but that didn’t stop them from wrangling up a star-studded lineup....  read more

Stagecoach DVD Review

Director: John Ford Writers: Ernest Haycox, Dudley Nichols Cinematographer: Bert Glennon Starring: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell Studio: Criterion / Walter Wanger Productions The legendary western that begat more legend By the time director John Ford had cast the role of the Ringo Kid for Stagecoach—loosely based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant—both the genre he was working in (the Western) and the actor he snagged (a towering Iowan named John Wayne) were entrenched in the backwaters of B-movie-dom. But when Ford’s camera zooms in on the Ringo Kid, saddle in one hand and Winchester rifle in...  read more

Stagecoach Festival '08 unveils lineup

Coachella has a doppelganger. Names like "Arcade Fire" and "Radiohead" do not impress it. It prefers line dancing to the awkward, hands-in-pockets shuffle. And when it wears a trucker hat, the intention is most certainly not ironic. Although it shares the same space as the Coachella Music Festival, Stagecoach couldn't be any more different from its more celebrated cousin. So while you're busy salivating over the mere fact that Coachella '08 now has a date attached to it, maybe you should scope out what this year's country music extravaganza is cooking up. Essentially, the festival involves airlifting the entire Nashville...  read more