Can a film be a Western if the story takes place on the other side of the globe? Writer-Director Matthew Holmes makes a convincing case. “In the...
The Australian Jesse James
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
The Oscar-winning Cisco Kid, Warner Baxter, stars as farmer-turned-bandit Joaquin Murrieta, in 1936’s Robin Hood of El Dorado. Though MGM sold the...
Wanda the Wonderful
Carolyn McCartney’s documentary about her grandmother, sharpshooter Wanda Savage, is a mind-boggling pleasure. Part Chickasaw and born to a family...
Longmire’s Vengeance Ride
When the final episode of A&E’s Longmire, season three, came to a close, audiences were left with some tantalizing questions: Now that Walt...
Workin’ on the Railroad
Fans of AMC’s Hell on Wheels anticipate the driving of the Golden Spike the same way Dracula anticipated the driving of the wooden one: closure is...
Workin’ on the Railroad
Fans of AMC’s Hell on Wheels anticipate the driving of the Golden Spike the same way Dracula anticipated the driving of the wooden one: closure is...
Bronco: Final Season
Says the theme, “Once any girl has kissed him twice she’s dreaming of shoes and rice.” In the fourth and final season of Bronco, Ty Hardin’s Bronco...
Bronco: Final Season
Says the theme, “Once any girl has kissed him twice she’s dreaming of shoes and rice.” In the fourth and final season of Bronco, Ty Hardin’s Bronco...
A Quarter-Century Tribute
Every first-time movie director thinks he is making the next Citizen Kane. Few are correct. But director and star Kevin Costner did something his...
Yellow Rock
In 2011’s Yellow Rock, broken man Tom Hanner (Michael Biehn) is hired by sinister Max Dietrich (James Russo) to find his brother and nephew, who...
The Films of Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa was admired by some of the finest writers of the 20th century, and a surprising number wrote screenplays about him: Ben Hecht, who,...