Collections/January 2022

Starring Sterling Hayden

Featuring Pharos of Chaos , a 1983 documentary portrait of Hayden A sailor and fisherman who fell into movies by accident, Sterling Hayden never lost the rugged, no-nonsense naturalism that was at the center of his appeal. A commanding, outsized screen presence thanks to his strapping, six-foot-five-inch frame and distinctive baritone voice, Hayden brought innate strength and gravitas to classic noirs ( The Asphalt Jungle , The Killing ) and westerns ( Johnny Guitar , Terror in a Texas Town ) alike. Memorably cast later in his career as the Hemingwayesque alcoholic writer whose disappearance is at the center of Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye , Hayden radiated the kind of maverick cool that can’t be learned—it just is.

10 films — 0 on the Channel, 10 unavailable