“Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach.” Manny Farber, The Nation. Is there a better way to wallow in the post-gluttony induced guilt of a Turkey-day binge then to admire two superbly fit and breathtakingly beautiful… Continue reading
Lancastic rolls on this weekend and Burt finds himself trapped in two very different situations. In Birdman of Alcatraz, he’s trapped by prison walls. In The Train, he’s trapped between the French resistance and a Nazi train laden with stolen art. Both are directed by John Frankenheimer, whose career was given a… Continue reading
It was early in my days with the Trylon when I feel in love with Lancaster when we showed The Sweet Smell of Success, a movie so dark, so mean, so grim that it’s hard to believe it was ever made. Shortly thereafter I went on a noir bender and… Continue reading
Review by Trylon regular John Bloomfield. A pickup baseball game played by soldiers on the barren ochre land outside Fort Lowell is interrupted when a rider appears yelling, “Ulzana’s on a raid”. Ulzana (Joaquin Martinez) and a small group of Apaches have broken out of the San Carlos Reservation. When… Continue reading
THE HOLIDAYS! Oh, man, you either love ’em or hate ’em. Love the shopping, trimming the tree, celebrating with family and friends… or not. One thing we can all agree on, the holidays see some dynamite movies coming. Our brother and sister screens here in town have sleigh full of… Continue reading
“Elmer Gantry is an all American boy! He’s interested in money, sex…and religion.” Burt Lancaster was nominated four times for a Leading Actor Oscar (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry, Birdman of Alcatraz and Atlantic City), but only pulled down a win once for Elmer Gantry, screening tonight and tomorrow… Continue reading
Oh, you lucky souls! Lancastic!, our Burt Lancaster Centennial Series marches on with two of his craziest, most entertaining flicks, including TRAPEZE, from 1956, and not available on DVD anywhere in this hemisphere. Pony up for two tickets and you can see that and The Professionals, which isn’t quite in… Continue reading
“When you talk about The Swimmer will you talk about yourself?” Let’s be honest–that is one weird looking poster. And The Swimmer is one weird, weird movie. And again, to be honest, you probably won’t walk out of the Trylon asking yourself: “Am I like Burt Lancaster’s Neddy Merrill?” This… Continue reading
