2022 was the Year of 1883 From Taylor Sheridan's popular series to director Walter Hill's latest film, the past year was one of the decade's most...
Best of the West 2023: Western Movies, DVDs & TV Shows
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Henry C. Parke
Jeremiah Johnson
Half a century later, it’s still the best mountain man movie ever made. Long before there was a grid to live off of, there were mountain men,...
Ulzana’s Raid
Fifty years after its release, Robert Aldrich's Western stands out as a classic in an era when the genre is waning. In 1972’s...
Barry Corbin
The veteran actor has defined the art of bringing bad news to good Westerns. There are a certain very few actors whose presence lends the...
True Grit
Director Brian Downes has made it his life's work to build and fill the expanded John Wayne Birthplace Museum. If you’ve visited the John...
Patrick Wayne
An actor in his own right, the Duke’s son entertained audiences for decades in Westerns and action movies. In the golden years of Hollywood,...
Lee Martin
A born storyteller, the California ranch girl has worked hard at her craft to become a successful Western novelist and screenwriter. ...
Katy Haber
Sam Peckinpah’s Girl Friday, and Saturday, and Sunday, and… Film is the most collaborative of arts: no one makes a movie alone. So, how...
Eye for Eye
L.J. Martin makes a movie. Western author L. J. Martin, with more than 40 novels to his credit, is not one to wait for things to happen: he...
1883: The Wagons West Story
Innovative filmmaker Taylor Sheridan’s new series captures the grit and the glory of the trail. When True West spoke to creator Taylor Sheridan in...
Christopher Mitchum
The reluctant Western star shares memories of his acting career. "Dad started acting just about the time I was born, in 1943,” Christopher...
Bruce Boxleitner
James Arness made all the difference in his storied film and television career. In 1976, Gunsmoke’s James Arness was about to take on the lead role...