Everybody’s West: 2024 will be remembered as a bellwether year for diversity in Western film productions and subject matter. “Compared to the 20th...
Best of the West: Western Movies
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Silver Screen Buckaroos
Films and television shows featuring real working cowboys have made America’s icon famous worldwide since 1894. In America’s first...
Jack London at the Movies
For nearly 120 years, filmmakers from around the world have adapted the American adventurer’s novels into captivating films and television. Read...
Journey to Lone Pine
The iconic Western film location is celebrated every year at the internationally famous Lone Pine Film Festival. Among the hundreds of long-running...
The Unsinkable Raquel Welch
The groundbreaking star left a legacy of courage in Western films. "I’m glad you’re writing about Raquel Welch because she shouldn’t be forgotten....
Robert Duvall – A Western Career
The actor is not ready to hang up his hat and spurs. Robert Duvall would be one of the finest actors in the history of film if he never appeared in...
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...
Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy
From his humble beginnings to his last ride in Monument Valley, the Sooner native never strayed far from his Oklahoma roots. Actor Ben Johnson and I...
Y:1883 The Taylor-Made West
Writer-director-producer Taylor Sheridan celebrates his roots with his new series filmed in Texas. When writer, producer and director...
L.Q. Jones, a Villain With a Grin
The highly respected Texas actor and director reflects on a 50-year career in Hollywood. L.Q. Jones, the sandy-haired giant with the high...
Great News
News of the World, Tom Hanks’ first Western, is one of the best films of the year. While Texas novelist Paulette Jiles liked the idea of News of the...
Westerns Down Under
In 1906, just three years after the 12-minute The Great Train Robbery, the first ever hour-long film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, another...