Billy himself would have approved The late Val Kilmer’s acting career delved into films of so many genres—from Top Secret to Top Gun, from...
Val Kilmer’s ‘Billy’
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Henry C. Parke
Western Movies
AMERICAN PRIMEVAL GOOD AND EVIL The Mountain Meadow Massacre is center-stage in this brutal and enthralling pioneer docudrama American...
Mormons in the Movies
From Mormonsploitation to edification, Latter-Day Saints Cinema runs the gamut The early screen portrayals of Mormonism were not...
An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
She assembled artisans, Historians and linguists to keep their three Nations’ portrayals accurate Not so long ago, in many Western...
Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
Does American Primeval Tell The True Story? The two most compelling characters in American Primeval are, not coincidentally, the two...
Kris Kristofferson— A Texan at Oxford
The scholar, songwriter, pilot also acted in dozens of Westerns If he’d done nothing but write Me and Bobby McGee, and Sunday Morning...
Best of the West 2025: Western Movies, DVDs, and TV Shows
The Passion Projects of the Modern Western A Year of Underrated Excellence I saw two Westerns in theaters in 2024: Horizon: An American Saga Chapter...
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid–The Way It Should Be Seen
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid–The Way It Should Be Seen Fifty years after its first release, the film’s recent version is considered the best....
Wyatt Earp at 30
Screenwriter Dan Gordon reveals the real story behind the making of the blockbuster biopic. When it comes to the events in Tombstone on October 26,...
Is Horizon the End of the Epic Western?
Our experts weigh in on the fate of Kevin Costner’s four-part film series. Oscar-winning actor, director, producer Kevin Costner blinked back...
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Seventy-five years after its debut, John Ford's second cavalry Western is considered one of the greatest Westerns. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, the...
In Search of the Real Bass Reeves
For a century, slave-turned-Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was legendary among history buffs, but with the general public, he couldn’t get...