Director Ralph Nelson followed Requiem for a Heavyweight with this complex, unflinching Marvin H. Albert story in 1966. …
Tag: western films
Solitary, Singular Sam Shepard The playwright and actor understood the cowboy life offered the best tests for civilization.
Sam Shepard died July 27, 2017, at the age of 73, after a hard-fought battle with A.L.S. His understated, natural style…
Last of the B Westerns
Many of the early day silver screen cowboys had been real working cowboys earning $30 a month and found on western ranch…
The Best of the Weird Western This Halloween, set aside Stephen King’s The Dark Tower and watch these solid Westerns.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, an endlessly-in-the-works film that finally premiered on August 4, disappointed fans beca…
Farewell to Curly Bill Powers Boothe: 1948-2017.
On May 14, 2017, actor Powers Boothe died just short of his 69th birthday. A magnetic and commanding presence, he enjoye…
Buffalo Bill in the Movies From the frontiersman himself to those who tried to fill his boots.
The first actor to play Buffalo Bill in the movies was the man who had perfected the role for over a quarter century on …
John Wayne: “Bigger Than Life”
One might assume John Wayne and William F. Cody had little in common besides their Iowa origins and international fame a…
I Killed John Wayne Bruce Dern recalls the experience of shooting down the beloved icon in The Cowboys.
Who would’ve guessed that, in the last decade of his life, a lung lost to cancer, John “Duke” Wayne would star in a doze…
Why Do Western Actors Rarely Wear Spurs On Screen?
Why do Western actors rarely wear spurs on screen? Charles “Spade” Phillips Odessa, Texas Mostly because of animal welfa…
Two Different Docs From The Quaid Brothers
Dennis Quaid has acted in his share of Westerns—including as Sam Houston in 2004’s “The Alamo” and cast-out James-Younge…