Michael Heilemann

The Searchers

When it was first released in 1956, John Ford's latest western The Searchers didn't set the world on fire. But it wasn't long before it started its long crawl back into the limelight. And by the late 60s a new generation of film makers, including George Lucas, found renewed inspiration in it.

Michael Heilemann
The Searchers
Michael Heilemann

Scum and Villainy

A hive of scum and villainy, and nexus of western, middle-eastern and eastern influences.

Michael Heilemann
Scum and Villainy
Michael Heilemann

There Was Once a Certain Kind of Cinema

Christopher Frayling called him 'the first post-modern film maker' and as such Sergio Leone had an underrated and overlooked influence on Star Wars. How a samurai became a cowboy, who became a bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away.

Michael Heilemann
There Was Once a Certain Kind of Cinema