Late New Hollywood legend Robert Altman (Gosford Park, M*A*S*H), late master of violence Sam Peckinpah, and Dogme 95, the Danish avant-garde movement led by directors Lars von Trier and Thomas ...

The Western always attracted renegades, and with the possible exception of Clint Eastwood, Sam Peckinpah was the genre’s last great American director. Like all great artists, Sam Peckinpah didn ...

Love, comedy and drama are combined in this tale of desert survival in the Old West from legendary director Sam Peckinpah. A rich young widow (Stella Stevens) of questionable reputation falls in ...

Dr Stevie Simkin uncovers how the BBFC's response to Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs has shaped their censorship policy on sexual violence for the last three decades Optimum have granted Sam Peckinpah’s ...

Three couples. Four trips. A lot to unpack.

This rugged western is one of the key films that ushered in a grittier, more cynical Hollywood golden age in the 1970s: hard-living director Sam Peckinpah was known for pulling no punches, and he ...