In the 1950s, Universal Pictures hit on an absurd premise that would delight millions and make millions: the Francis the…
The Son Rises on AMC A calculating pioneer patriarch shifts his family fortune from steers to crude in AMC’s newest Western.
On April 8, a new series, The Son, will premiere on AMC. Starring Pierce Brosnan, the four-time James Bond who rode West…
DVD Review: THE MARK OF ZORRO Kino Lorber, $29.95
DVD Review: THE MARK OF ZORRO (Kino Lorber; $29.95) In this Blu-ray release of the 1940 classic, Tyrone Power stars as …
Sink or Swim When shooting a movie scene becomes deadly. Stagecoach, 1939.
Nobody could overstate the impact of 1939’s Stagecoach on film in general and on the Western in particular. It rescued t…
DVD Review: One-Eyed Jacks
After languishing in unwatchable 99-cent copies, 1961’s One-Eyed Jacks (Criterion Collection; $29.95), the last Vista V…
Frontier Justice For Sale Stalking the elusive Western at the American Film Market.
For nearly 40 years, film distributors and filmmakers from around the world have annually converged in Santa Moni…
A Divided America Underground re-creates the struggle for freedom in the antebellum South.
The story of the Underground Railroad, the antebellum, sub-rosa conspiracy to lead escaped slaves from Southern plantati…
Remembering The Horse Soldiers Constance Towers on the two Johns in her life: John Ford and John Wayne.
Lovely Constance Towers became a star when she played the female lead in two John Ford Westerns back-to-back: 1959’s The…
Best of the West 2017: Western Movies, DVDs and TV Shows The Pathfinder Films
For all of the pathfinders’ importance in the settling of the West, the films about those great pioneers comprise a shor…
Hollywood’s Texas Ranger Remembering Joaquin Jackson’s contributions to the Western film genre.
Hell or High Water is the sleeper movie hit of the summer; Jeff Bridges’ portrayal of Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton might…