January 2, 2015, 7:00 p.m. — Zinc Ointment (1971), McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
1971. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Altman, Brian McKay. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, Michael Murphy. The director’s anti-Western taps into 1970s paranoia about the ruthlessness and long reach of corporate America. In the unforgiving frontier wilderness of Washington State in 1902, Christie’s cynical prostitute and Beatty’s hapless con man fall victim to deluded ambition, bravado, and despair. 120 min.
