A question came in recently from a True West reader about the premise of Alan Le May’s great novel, The Searchers, the s…
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Kevin Costner The award-winning actor, director and producer reflects on Silverado, Yellowstone, his new Netflix series The Highwaymen, and on acting and his love of the western.
Back in 1989, when Life Magazine asked Hollywood legends like James Stewart, Bette Davis and Olivia DeHavilland to pick …
The Heart of Willcox The Rex Allen Museum keeps the memory of an Arizona favorite son alive for fans around the world.
Rex Allen said his heart would always belong to his hometown of Willcox, Arizona, and he wasn’t kidding. A replica of a …
Can You Tell me What Version of the Winchester ’73 Jimmy Stewart Used in the Movie of the Same Name?
Can you tell me what version of the Winchester ’73 Jimmy Stewart used in the movie of the same name? John Charles Vestav…
Morgan Woodward The villain Matt Dillon couldn’t stop killin’.
Actor Morgan Woodward is known for many things, most of them unpleasant: he’s so good at playing bad that, “although it …
Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch Despite the terrible loss to movie and television history, local agencies and studios have pledged to rebuild.
The cost in human life and property from the fires that blazed through California in November 2018 cannot yet be calcula…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Coen Brothers latest film celebrates the Western with their famous brand of dark humor.
The new Netflix Western anthology film from Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, is the best Western comed…
Best of the West 2019: Western Movies The Future is Female? In Westerns, the future is here!
Ever since The Virginian, Owen Wister’s genre-defining Western novel, female characters have traditionally been portraye…
More than Animal House Before his memorable role as Otter the ladies man, Tim Matheson launched his career in Westerns.
Despite 183 acting credits, two Emmy nominations and no signs of slowing down, the suave and funny actor Tim Matheson w…
DVD Review: Dawson City Duo A perfect pairing: two movies set in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City!
Those Redheads from Seattle (Kino Lorber; $19.95); Dawson City: Frozen Time (Kino Lorber; $29.95 and pictured above). A …