Play It to the Bone, New Titles from Warner Archive and More: Jim Hemphill's Weekend Viewing Recommendations

Back in October 2015, I interviewed writer-director Ron Shelton for this site about the making of his immensely entertaining Play It to the Bone, a 1999 boxing picture that subverted sports movie clichés to its commercial detriment but artistic triumph. A deftly balanced work that is as smart and violent as it is sweet and funny, Bone is one of Shelton's best films, and certainly his most underrated - something I've always found mysterious given how obvious and pleasurable its virtues are. It's...