Throughout the vast history of cinema the profession of law enforcement has been portrayed heavily and made its mark on the big screen in both dramatic and comical fodder. Whether it be straight up cops and robbers or crooked officers on the take in gangster flicks or ant-hero gun-slinging loners trying to buck the system the presence of crime-busting cads never fail to add compelling, if not at times over-exaggerated, insight into the world of law-enforcing personalities.
The one element of the law-enforcing community that seems somewhat limited but still registers mightily in some cinematic arenas is the concept of the sheriff. Sheriffs do cast a prominent shadow in all sorts of fields in the movies: westerns, medieval times, contemporary country car-chasing farces and even some urban melodramas.
In Arresting Developments: Top Ten Sheriffs in the Movies we will take a look at some of the notable on-screen sheriffs in...
The one element of the law-enforcing community that seems somewhat limited but still registers mightily in some cinematic arenas is the concept of the sheriff. Sheriffs do cast a prominent shadow in all sorts of fields in the movies: westerns, medieval times, contemporary country car-chasing farces and even some urban melodramas.
In Arresting Developments: Top Ten Sheriffs in the Movies we will take a look at some of the notable on-screen sheriffs in...
- 2/19/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Recently, ABC dished out the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Resurrection" season finale episode 8 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "Tom Apart," and it sounds like things will get pretty damn intense and interesting as unnatural forces start to overcome little Arcadia, and more! In the new,8th finale episode press release: Arcadia is going to get overcome by both physical and unnatural forces. Press release number 2: The town of Arcadia will be in a state of chaos when the return of the deceased reaches a critical mass. Bellamy is going to have no other choice than to ask for outside aid which will backfire when Sheriff Fred steps in with his own agenda, triggering a siege on the town that no one saw coming. Guest stars will feature: James Tupper as Dr. Eric Ward, Kathleen Munroe as Rachael Braidwood, Veronica Cartwright as Helen Edgerton, Kevin Sizemore as Gary Humphrey,...
- 4/27/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Professor Jay Holstein Daniel Kraus's Professor doesn't start with a bang so much as a barrage. In its opening minutes, the University of Iowa's Jay Holstein comes right at his undergrads, waking them from their lecture hall reveries and deflating any preconceptions they might have about what lies in store for them. And of course, thanks to Kraus, Holstein has the same effect on us. What's more, Holstein is a prime example of practice-what-you-preach (or maybe the reverse?): he's not only a popular professor of religious studies, but also an ordained rabbi. As such, like the subjects of the other films in the Work Series - Preacher, Musician, and Sheriff - Holstein is something of a performer. Yet these docs aren't really about playing to the public, or even about all the introspective, behind-the-scenes work that's done in preparation for them. Rather, the focus is on that middle...
- 9/20/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline's weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. Today we hear from Daniel Kraus, whose superb Work Series gets a showcase this weekend in Chicago.
Remember those seven masterpieces of the '00s you've likely never seen? Hopefully you have checked out at least some of them by now -- particularly the endlessly intriguing work of Chicago filmmaker Daniel Kraus. Since 2004, the documentarian has delivered three films chronicling ordinary Americans at their rather extraordinary jobs. Their tiles are self-explanatory and deceptively simple -- Sheriff, Musician and Kraus's latest, Professor. The films, meanwhile, are anything but.
Remember those seven masterpieces of the '00s you've likely never seen? Hopefully you have checked out at least some of them by now -- particularly the endlessly intriguing work of Chicago filmmaker Daniel Kraus. Since 2004, the documentarian has delivered three films chronicling ordinary Americans at their rather extraordinary jobs. Their tiles are self-explanatory and deceptively simple -- Sheriff, Musician and Kraus's latest, Professor. The films, meanwhile, are anything but.
- 5/13/2010
- Movieline
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