Bound for Glory

Hal Asbhy's biopic of Woody Guthrie - an acclaimed film in its day, but not much seen or talked about anymore. Its most praised element is Haskell Wexler's cinematography, and the praise is merited. What a gorgeous movie. So many impossibly lovely "magic hour" shots. A lot…

Will Sloan

Lockdown ain't that bad when you can spend time watching good movies like this. Perhaps a bit too long and slow-going, but personally didn't care, maybe because I got all the time in the world at the moment. It's a movie as much about a specific period of time, as it is…

Dirk Diggler

By the time it finished, my fiance only remembered the train scenes from this movie. My theory is the movie is so boring that she fell asleep and would only watch when a train came on screen because it's loud whistle would wake her up. ------ This viewing was for…

Quintin

A brilliant – and for the most part brilliantly unconventional – biopic of the legendary protest singer Woody Guthrie, which until its final 30 provides no stock storytelling, no obvious Hollywood moments and no real antagonists aside from the system itself, just the man…

Rick Burin

If you're a fan of the colour brown, boy have I got the film for you.

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During a remarkable run in the 1970s, it's arguable that Hal Ashby may have made 'better' films, but he didn't make one as important as Bound for Glory. Based on Woody Guthrie's 1943 memoir describing his experiences travelling America during the Great Depression of the…

Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸

Cinephiles often speak of Hal Ashby’s iconic run of 70s films, the Harold & Maude director just couldn’t miss for an entire decade, yet Bound for Glory is probably the least discussed because it takes place in another era. And quite frankly, I think it’s Ashby’s best work.…

Brian Formo

If you like trains, you'll love this.. 🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞

Andrea Sue 🧇

"You folks... sure are depressing." Musical biopics rarely do much for me. They almost always follow a set formula, seldom deviating from the tropes you'd expect: obscure beginnings, initial rise, brush with stardom, cracks emerge, an epiphany of some kind, etc.…

Matthew Noble