Don Siegel – FilmFest Salon

Film: “The Beguiled”

Film remakes can be tricky things, especially when the original is not an undisputed classic. I saw the original of The Beguiled over forty years ago. Starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Don Siegel, I enjoyed it but it was not a success. He played a wounded Yankee soldier in the Civil War who stumbles […]

Film: “Baby Driver”

By filmfestsalonJuly 13, 2017Film Review Blogauteur, car chases, Don Siegel, Edgar Wright, Elza Gonzalez, Goodfellas, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Lily James, The Driver, The French Connection, The Godfather, Walter Hill

This adrenaline-rush movie gets the job done, and lovers of stylish movie action – which certainly includes me – will want to see it more than once. Still, British cult auteur Edgar Wright has made some questionable choices that stand in the way of total satisfaction. The title hero, who actually goes by the name […]